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TexasTowelie

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Thu Sep 8, 2016, 07:06 AM Sep 2016

Black California family shocked by arson attempt, spray-painted swastikas and racial slurs [View all]

A panicked family of seven bolted out of their California home early Wednesday as somebody tried to torch the two-story home with Molotov cocktails after spray-painting racist slurs across its facade, police said.

Roshon Williams was rousted awake by her 28-year-old daughter who screamed, “Mom, the house is on fire,” around 3:15 a.m., according to NBC Bay Area.

Williams grabbed a fire extinguisher and rushed out the backdoor of her Antioch home together with her family.

That’s when they noticed the vandalism.

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/black-calif-family-shocked-arson-attempt-swastikas-article-1.2782608

Cross-posted in the California Group.

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