"My eye is in so much pain, my eye and my nose," Trinity Washington said.
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Sunday night, the girl had emergency surgery on her eye.
She and her mother said the injuries happened after neighbors in the Lawndale neighborhood hosting a Mexican Independence Day celebration used a racist slur against the African American family
"That word shouldn't be used toward us; it shouldn't be used against anybody because that's a bad word," Washington said.
A few minutes later two women allegedly attacked the girl when she didn't move her 3-month-old Yorkie out of their way.
The sixth-grade honor student and cheer captain named her puppy Barbie.
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Washington and her mom said Barbie was stepped on by one of the women but survived.
Then they said the aggressors targeted Washington.
"I looked up and a bottle was being thrown to my face; I dropped down because I felt something hard," Washington said. "She punched me in my nose. When she punched me I almost blacked out, and I fell again."
Washington's mother preferred for her face not to be shown on TV.
"I want justice; I want them to see her," Wanda Porter said. "Everyone has been so supportive, sharing the love, letting her know she is beautiful. I'm just heartbroken that this happened to her."
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For the girl, who hopes to be pediatrician someday, she said this is not only painful but confusing.
"I didn't do anything; all I was trying to do is put my dog in the house," Washington said.
The police report the family shared with ABC7 Chicago classified this case as an aggravated battery of a child.
Chicago police said no one is in custody, and the case is being investigated, as Washington prepares for surgery Friday, hoping to lessen her pain.
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