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WAUWATOSA, WI -- A black teen who was on his way home from church with his white grandmother and her white friend was arrested by Wauwatosa police after a passerby, who was also black, thought the teen was robbing the women and alerted police, according to police reports.
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Fortunately, nobody was injured.
After a matter of minutes, police spoke with the women in the car, who indicated that the teen was, in fact, a family member and that the three of them were on their way home from church.
According to police reports, the teen was released within a few more minutes and the family was sent on their way.