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Assault near Wisconsin protests investigated as hate crime

| June 25, 2020 10:27 AM

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — An assault on a biracial woman in Madison was being investigated Thursday as a hate crime after the woman told police she was burned by lighter fluid thrown at her and ignited by a white man, just a few blocks from violent protests at the state Capitol.

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