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White Woman Seen Pointing Gun At Black Mom Outside Of A Michigan Chipotle Charged With Felonious Assault - Blavity

A white woman in Michigan was arrested after pointing a gun at a Black woman and her daughter.

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(1843) Samuel H. Davis, “We Must Assert Our Rightful Claims and Plead Our Own Cause”

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