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A white sheriffs deputy in North Carolina is facing criminal charges after allegedly leading an armed mob to the home of a black teenager and trying to force their way inside as part of a botched vigilante mission.
New Hanover & Pender County District Attorney Ben David on Friday announced the charges against Jordan Kita, a New Hanover Sheriffs Office detention officer accused of wearing his uniform while leading the group of peopleone of whom was allegedly packing an AR-15to confront a high school student at his home. Kita has since been fired from the sheriff's office.
The teenager, Dameon Shepard, was playing video games late one evening when the group of men arrived at his door, demanding to know the whereabouts of a 15-year-old girl named Lekayda Kempisty who had been reported missing. Three in the group were said to be armed, carrying a shotgun, a semi-automatic rifle, and a handgun. Kita wore his New Hanover County Sheriffs deputy uniform and gun, though he had not come to Shepards house on official business.
The group said they were going to enter the house and question him, the Port City Daily reports. But in addition to having no legal authority to question or detain Shepard, they also had the wrong guy.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/sheriffs-deputy-charged-after-leading-armed-mob-to-home-of-black-teen-da-says?ref=home
Cha
(297,809 posts)Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)they just weren't wearing the robes and hoods.
Demovictory9
(32,482 posts)tblue37
(65,502 posts)Maraya1969
(22,507 posts)out of hand. This is the second vigilante action in a week; thank God this one didn't end up with a dead black child.
dalton99a
(81,637 posts)Vigilante group including New Hanover deputy allegedly threatens Laney High senior in case of mistaken identity
Corgigal
(9,291 posts)Being corrupt, then its cops/ deputy sheriffs running around like laws dont matter.
None of this ends good, for anyone.
Me.
(35,454 posts)Needs to be seriously addressed
DENVERPOPS
(8,862 posts)they lump democrats in with all the people of color and Jewish.....
They get hyper pumped up everytime Trump gets up in public and makes the "OK" sign with his fingers.
The Trumphumpers all have one thing in common, they are cowardly racists and bullies.......
Me.
(35,454 posts)Aristus
(66,478 posts)But,
WFT South???
I'm Southern born-and-raised, so I don't want to hear about how it's just a few bad apples making things rough for everybody. I grew up around these people; I know how they think.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)niyad
(113,627 posts)Utter incompetence, cowardice, ignorance, racism. . .no end to the now former deputy's failings.
Nazipuncher
(6 posts)We're seeing this on all fronts.
mountain grammy
(26,659 posts)The GOP is the mob.. one big lynch mob.
ancianita
(36,160 posts)This reopening is a new Republican random-by-design attack campaign on all non-whites. Brown shirts are out.
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Oh, black people are beyond pissed. SO beyond pissed.
And that's probably what whites are trying to foment.
Itching for the "boogaloo."
AllaN01Bear
(18,534 posts)glad the higher ups clamped down on this mob rule.
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