Ohio Mother Bombarded With Death Threats After Black Neighbor’s Video Goes Viral: ‘Massive Misunderstanding’

A ohio mom de dos is speaking out after receiving fierce death threats both directly and on social media over a viral video that has caused some to call her “racist,” which she claims is completely false and the result of a “misunderstanding massive”.

Michelle Bishop spoke to Fox News Digital about the situation involving her neighbor, DaMichael Jenkins, who posted Ring camera footage of her panicking at her front door, believing Jenkins was following her inappropriately and not believing her claim. that he lived in the house where he had stopped.

The exchange has gone viral on social media, with news reports. tagging her as a “Karen” who assumed Jenkins was a threat simply because of her race, which Bishop vehemently disputes.

Bishop told Fox News Digital that the incident in question began on a cold November night in Delaware County, Ohio, when he took his young daughter and son on a run to go look at Christmas lights and a car with its headlights. lights were slowly approaching. driving behind them as they walked down a poorly lit street in the dark.

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Bishop then explained that she moved her children to the sidewalk but the car did not pass her “in a timely manner” and the driver began asking her questions.

“I didn’t answer, I went in… I told my daughter, ‘walk down this driveway, turn here, don’t look back at the truck,’ and then we went into the driveway, ended up on the porch, I was ringing the doorbell “Bishop said.

“No one was responding at the time. The truck was backing into the driveway. He stayed in his truck. I couldn’t see him and I looked into the driveway at that point and said, ‘Is this your house?’ And he said, ‘Yes. And I said, ‘I don’t believe that,’ and at that point I was in full defense mode. There was no way to change my mind at that point. I was completely panicking and just trying to protect my kids.” .

In fact, Bishop had attempted to seek shelter in the home that belonged to Jenkins, and Ring doorbell footage captures her telling Jenkins that she doesn’t believe he lives there before running to another nearby home and screaming for help.

Later footage shows Bishop telling Jenkins that he had “scared the hell out of her” and that she was “caught off guard.” Jenkins told Bishop he wasn’t following her and was just admiring the Christmas lights.

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Bishop tells Fox News Digital that he apologized many times, which the Jenkins family did not accept, and thought the issue had been resolved until the video was posted to a local neighborhood Facebook group and eventually picked up by the media, which caused a storm of hate messages. approached her attacking her as a racist.

“It’s causing massive devastation to our family in every way you can imagine,” he said. “Our family, our businesses. We are receiving hundreds, if not thousands, of threats right now in our direct messages, on our phones, and in voicemails calling stores. “But some of the threats we have received have turned into death threats.”

“You and your children deserve to die slowly and you should kill yourself or they will do it for you,” they told Bishop in a message.

“We know who you are and where you live. Your husband is coming home and will be a single father. You should be hanged in public,” another message said.

“There are a lot of very graphic and violent things regarding our children that I don’t want to share here,” he added. “Our businesses have suffered massive devastation, one of them had to temporarily close due to death threats, called our store and said they were going to kill every last employee. So it’s affecting us massively.”

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Social media is littered with posts calling Bishop a “racist,” including one that read, “Michelle Bishop…count your damn days.”

Jenkins, a real estate developer, participated in the “Nightcap” podcast with former NFL stars Shannon Sharpe and Chad “Ochocinco” Johnson earlier this week, a show with more than 1.5 million subscribers on YouTube, and accused Bishop of racial profiling despite her claims that she did not know Jenkins’ race during the interaction.

Bishop told Fox News Digital that she “absolutely” didn’t know Jenkins was black, and that she even told the neighbor of the house she ran to when she panicked that the person could have been white.

“The headlights were behind me and then the first time I looked at his truck in the driveway, the headlights were there and I wasn’t specifically trying to look at it,” Bishop said. “I was addressing the situation. I didn’t know what it was like at all. Like I said, I thought he was a young white man. It was all a huge misunderstanding. That’s all it was.”

Bishop has received some support on social media from prominent conservative accounts, including that of commentator and author Matt Walsh.

“I’m late to this, but of course the angry Internet mob got this situation completely wrong,” Walsh said. published in X. “The woman saw a truck slowly following her. She panicked about the truck before seeing who was inside. Later that night she returned and apologized for the mistake.”

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Walsh continued: “That should have been the end. No harm, no foul, no one was hurt. An innocent mistake. Instead, this guy decides to post the pictures online and embarrass her in front of the world. And as expected , a bunch of drooling idiots on social media followed him uncritically and proceeded to destroy this woman’s life. Good job, some of you will never learn.”

Bishop told Fox News Digital that he hopes to reconcile with the Jenkins family.

““I think love can encompass a multitude of things and what happened that night was a huge misunderstanding,” he said. “We are lovers of all people, and if we are given the opportunity, as I said, I believe forgiveness should be given to all.” , and I would love to sit with them.”

“I think what happened that night was a huge misunderstanding,” Bishop continued. “I hold their heart, I listen to their perspective on things. I’ve never been in their shoes. I don’t know what they’re facing. I can’t talk about it. So hearing his point of view and how he felt, I understand. But it really was a massive misunderstanding. I really wish, hope and pray that you understand that that night I was a mama bear trying to protect my children and if I had the chance, like I said, I would love to reconcile that relationship.”

Jenkins did not respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.