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Arrest at Wal-Mart leads to charges of racism

Quick ReadArrest at Wal-Mart for alleged line cutter leads to charges of racism, ongoing court case

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Nearly three years after Heather Ellis switched checkout lines at a southeast Missouri store and touched off what she calls a racially charged dispute with white customers and authorities, the young black schoolteacher faces a trial that could send her to prison for 15 years.

Witnesses have told authorities that Ellis cut in front of waiting customers at the Wal-Mart in Kennett...

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