Police in Madison, Wisconsin, are investigating a potential hate crime after a biracial woman said four white men yelled a racial slur before setting fire to parts of her.
According to Yahoo, 18-year-old EMT Althea Bernstein was sitting in her car Wednesday morning when four white men approached her car screaming "n****r" at her.
Her mother pushed her to go to the hospital to have the wounds treated, and she reported the incident to police, who said in a statement that they are now investigating the incident as a possible hate crime.
In a statement on Thursday to the Wisconsin State Journal, Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway spoke about the incident.
In recent weeks, white supremacists have staged counter-protests in response to widespread demonstrations over police brutality.
