Lawsuit filed after off-duty officer, 'mob' allegedly tried to force ...
WEBJan 28, 2021 · A former North Carolina police officer who was fired and criminally charged last year after he allegedly gathered a group of armed people and tried to enter the home of a Black teen who he thought was a suspect in the case of a missing person, has been sued by the victim's family Tuesday.
Former deputy countersues family for defamation after being labeled racist
WEBJun 17, 2021 · Attorneys representing Monica Shepard and her son Dameon Shepard, the African American family at the center of the lawsuit, portrayed the case as “a present-day example of the long and ugly history of white mobs acting with impunity and reckless disregard in the extrajudicial pursuit of Black Americans.”
Officer fired, under investigation after attempting to force way …
WEBMay 11, 2020 · Monica Shepard told reporters that her son Dameon answered loud knocks to the door of their Pender County home and were allegedly confronted by Kita and other men, who were armed. Shepard and her son are both black; Kita and the group that confronted them are white.
Armed White men who showed up at a Black family’s home were ... - CNN
WEBMar 27, 2021 · An African American mother says she won’t sit down to talk with two men who came armed with about 13 other White people to her North Carolina home last year looking for a missing teenage girl – and...
Mob Leader Charged After Trespassing At Black Home - Essence
WEBNov 4, 2020 · Monica and Dameon Shepard say a mob of roughly a dozen people came to their home at 10 in the evening demanding that they be let in.
Lawsuit filed against former New Hanover Co. deputy accused of ...
WEBJan 26, 2021 · “On May 3, 2020, the Defendants, a mob of known and unknown white residents led by then-New Hanover County Sheriff’s Deputy Jordan Kita, attempted to forcibly enter the private Pender County home of Plaintiff Monica Shepard, an African American woman who lives there with her son, Plaintiff Dameon Shepard.
About 15 people, some armed, confronted the wrong black …
WEBMay 11, 2020 · Monica Shepard and her son, Dameon, are one of two black families in the middle-class Pender County neighborhood about a 30-minute drive northeast of Wilmington, family attorney Jim Lea told CNN.
Ex-deputy led armed mob to Black teen’s home, NC lawsuit says
WEBJan 26, 2021 · Armed mob of vigilantes led by ex-deputy ‘terrorized’ Black teen in NC, lawsuit says. North Carolina teenager Dameon Shepard, shown with his mother, Monica and attorney, Jim Lea, was ...
Two charged after “armed mob” terrorizes North Carolina family
WEBMay 11, 2020 · Mother Monica Shepard stepped in and faced down the crowd of armed men, including an off-duty sheriff's deputy, when they attempted to force their way into her home.
Monica Shepherd
WEBMonica Shepherd. "The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy." MLK, 1963.