A black family and their friends were followed around Berkeley on Memorial Day weekend by a white woman who told them to 'get out' of the town and that they didn't belong there
A biracial family was followed through Berkeley, California, by a white woman who grabbed them, ripped the shirt of one woman and told the group 'you don't belong here'.
Lauren Milewski, 31, first approached Essex Cook 30, as he, his family and some friends of theirs were walking through the city during Memorial Day weekend, Berkeleyside reported.
Believing she was walking so close to him because his group were taking up too much of the sidewalk, he offered to let her go around them - but she declined, and instead began to harass them.
Video taken during the incident shows her telling the group: 'You don't belong here. Get out of Berkeley. Get out of here. You don't belong anywhere'.
Essex, who had the darkest skin in the group, said the woman appeared to be the most focused on him when spouting her vile remarks.
A woman is heard telling her to stop and move back from them, but Milewski is not deterred.
During the altercation, both Essex's girlfriend and his cousin, Elexia, tried to intervene and get Milewski to stand down, but instead the 31-year-old attacked her.
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