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Sadik Hossain

‘Don’t belong over here’: California man tells black teen she isn’t allowed to practice driving in neighborhood. So black dad puts him in place

A Northern California father posted a video of a confrontation that began when a white man walked up to his daughter’s car during a driving lesson. Marlan Simpson said the man told the teen she should practice in her own neighborhood because she did not belong on that street.

Simpson said the exchange happened on September 15 in Fremont, a city just south of San Jose. He explained that they had chosen a public road that followed the same path she would use on her driving test. The car was said to be in reverse when the man reached her window.

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