The best prosecutor in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, says the cabinet is paying his full attention to the reported attack on July 20 against Amylah Majors and Jamaria Gaskins, a married Black Lesbian couple who was rushed to have been killed, threatened, threatened, threatened, threatened, threatened, threatened, threatened with weapons and weapons. Hate.
“I take the case very seriously and immediately asked for an in -depth investigation of all the facts and circumstances when the case first attracted the attention that is underway,” Commonwealth’s lawyer Ryan Mechafey told AdvocateS “All relevant charges, including potential charges of hatred crimes, will be considered after the investigation has been completed. Our office vigorously pursues crimes.”
This Sunday, specialties and Gaskins were driving on Partlow Road, wooded, two -lane participation in the village district Spotsylvania, about 60 miles north of Richmond and 65 miles southwest of Washington, Colombia County when they hit the waste and withdrew to inspect the car. What followed, said Majors, was a violent meeting with three white people who left the nearby home and began to call racial rumors and threats.
“We were pursued, threatened with a firearm, and called racial rumors by three white faces who acted as if they were part of a white supreme group – two men and one woman,” Major wrote in a public post at Gofundme. “Two of them physically attacked my wife as they smeared a gun and shouted threats. They called us” N*ggers “, they told us that we did not belong there, and one of them even exposed to hatred and confused us.”
Major said she was on the phone with the police during the confrontation. “As we tried to leave, the three jumped into vehicles and chased us on the road. One of them went to us at a 4-collector and pointed a gun directly to my head through the driver’s window. At that moment we really believed we wouldn’t do it alive.”
The couple’s vehicle crashes during the pursuit. “I was thrown out of the car,” Majors writes. “I woke up to the hospital with a spine fracture, a broken clavicle, a broken rib, a severe concussion and multiple head injuries that require a staple. Beyond I am grateful to be alive.”
Specialty and Gaskins Destroyed Cars
Destroyed cars of specialties and GaskinsJamaria Gaskins, kindness gofundme.com
She said that Gaskins moved away with minor physical injuries: “But we were both attacked, injured and almost killed. It was not just a coincidence – it was an attempt at violence designed to harm us and silence us. We will not be silent.”
Advocate has contacted specialties and Gaskins for an interview.
The Sheriff of the County of Spotsylvania has accused the 32 -year -old Elizabeth Walfrey for breaking down a firearm, and Mark Goodman, 59 -year -old, with obscene exposure after video footage appears to show it and shout servants, Fredericksburg Free Press Reports. A third person seen in the video is not charged. Investigators say the case remains active.
In a written response to AdvocateMajor Delbert Mirk, a spokesman for the Sheriff Service of Spotsylvania, has confirmed that the investigation remains widely grown. “The investigation includes all persons observed in the video. No one will be excluded from potential accusations until the investigation is completely locked,” Mirik wrote.
He also turned to public concern about the delay in sharing information. Although the incident happened on July 20, the Sheriff’s service did not publish a public statement until July 30. “The decision to delay the public news message is based on fears about the safety of victims,” Miri said. “Immediate release could reveal their location and potentially expose them to further damage and victimization. After confirming that the victims were written and their safety was no longer at immediate risk, we continued with the release, to guarantee transparency, still prioritizing their well-being.”
In response to broader concerns about racism and public safety in the county, Mirk said: “County Spotsylvania is a diverse and safe community. This particular incident and related to this video is understandably evokes emotions such as fear, and powerlessness, and we are using the wreck of our units. Racio Slts.
Specialists and Gaskins were in the area visiting a family in the neighboring Caroline County.
“It was hatred. Purposeful. Deliberately. And deadly,” Majors writes.
Their Gofundme campaign, launched on July 29, raised just under $ 4,000 from a goal of $ 125.00 to Wednesday.
“We were experiencing something that had to finish us,” Majors writes. “And now we are talking – not only for themselves, but also to all who have ever been directed and forced to remain silent.”
Wolffrough and Goodman are planned to appear in the Spotsylvania District Court on November 20.
This article originally appeared on Advocate: The Black Lesbian couple in Virginia almost killed in what the authorities say is a “potential crime of hatred”