Man calls police on 9-year-old Black girl spraying bugs

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Man calls police on 9-year-old Black girl spraying bugsCALDWELL, N.J. (CNN) - A New Jersey man called police on his 9-year-old Black neighbor when he saw her outside spraying to help stop an invasive insect.“There’s a little Black woman walking and spraying stuff on the sidewalks and trees,” said Lawshe in his call to police.Scares me though.”When an officer arrived, he found a 9-year-old girl who told him about the lanternflies as her mother, Monique Joseph, walked down the sidewalk toward them.After she’s told about the situation, Joseph indicates to the officer she knows Lawshe and that he lives across the street.Joseph and her older daughter spoke out about the incident in front of the Caldwell town council."

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