After Viral Arrest Video, Online Threats Prompt a Black Family to Flee Forney
Before a video of a Kaufman County sheriff’s deputy pinning her daughter to the ground went viral earlier this month, Antanique Ray was pursuing a career in real estate. The 41-year-old mother supports three kids and one grandchild, and she wanted a better salary than she was making working for Amazon.
Now, Ray and her family, facing a wave of threats and online harassment, have had to leave town.
At the time, Ray was taking classes toward her real estate license. Then one day late last month, her daughter Nekia Trigg was walking back to her house from her cousin’s in Forney, around a half-hour east of Dallas.
According to Kim T. Cole, the family’s attorney, 18-year old Trigg was crying as she walked because of an argument with her cousins about removing photos from her social media page.
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Forney Family Wants Sheriff's Deputy Fired Over Pinning Down Daughter
In a video of the incident, Kaufman County Sheriff's Deputy Conner Martin has Antanique Ray’s daughter Nekia Trigg pinned on her back beneath him. The officer holds Trigg’s arms down with his elbows, using his hands to press hers into the grass.
Ray, 41, squats beside them. At one point Ray reaches out in an apparent attempt to hold her daughter’s hand. Martin shouts, “Do not touch me. Back up.”
“Calm down, just calm down,” Ray tells him.
As Trigg struggles to breathe beneath Martin, Ray says, “You don’t have to do her like this.”
Read more: https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/forney-family-calls-for-termination-of-officer-who-used-ju-jitsu-technique-to-restrain-daughter-12138959