A white woman called the police on a black child she wrongly accused of sexual assault. After being confronted with video footage, she apologized.

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• A white woman apologized on Friday after a video went viral showing her calling 911 to wrongly report a sexual assault allegation against a young, black boy in Brooklyn.
• The woman, 53-year-old Teresa Klein, had alleged on Wednesday that the boy groped her at a convenience store.
• Klein was confronted with security-camera footage on Friday showing that the boy’s backpack had brushed against her.
• The original video is the latest in a series of instances where white people have called police on black people for seemingly innocuous behavior, raising concerns of racial bias.

A white woman in Brooklyn who called 911 and falsely accused a young black boy of sexual assault apologized on Friday after being confronted with video footage showing that the boy appeared not to touch her.

Teresa Klein, 53, sparked outrage across social media this week after she was captured on video outside a convenience store calling police and accusing a nine-year-old boy of groping her.

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