Ohio mom bombarded with death threats after black neighbor’s video goes viral: ‘massive misunderstanding’

one mother from ohio The two are speaking out after receiving vicious death threats both directly and on social media over a viral video that has caused some to call her “racist,” which she says is completely false and the result of a “massive misunderstanding.”

Michelle Bishop spoke to Fox News Digital about the situation involving her neighbor, Damichael Jenkins, who posted dashcam footage of her panicking at her front door, believing she was being inappropriately followed by Jenkins and not he believed his claim that he lived in the House he had entered.

The exchange has gone viral on social media, with news Tagging her As “Karen” he assumed that Jenkins was a threat simply because of his 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 she took her young daughter and son with her in traffic to look at the lights of Christmas and a car with its headlights on was slowly Driving behind them as they walked down a dimly lit street in the dark.

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The bishop then explained that he moved his children to the sidewalk, but that the car did not pass her “on time” and that the driver began to ask him questions.

“I didn’t answer, I got into my daughter, ‘Walk this driveway, turn here, don’t look back at the truck,’ so we pulled into the driveway, ended up on the porch, it was The doorbell rang,” Bishop said.

“Nobody was answering at the time. The truck was backed into the driveway. He stayed in his truck. I couldn’t see him and I looked down the driveway at the time and said, ‘Is that your house?’ ” And he said: “Yes. I was completely panicking and just trying to protect my kids.”

Bishop had in fact tried to seek refuge in the home that belonged to Jenkins, and the ring’s doorbell footage captured her telling Jenkins that she doesn’t think he lives there before running to another nearby home and screaming for help

The bishop said the bishop told Jenkins that he had “scared the crap out of” her and that she was “caught off guard.” Jenkins told Bishop he wasn’t following her and was just admiring Christmas lights.

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Bishop tells Fox News Digital that he has apologized many times, which the Jenkins family wouldn’t accept, and he thought the issue was resolved until the video was posted to a local neighborhood Facebook group and finally To come to attack her as a racist.

“It’s wreaking massive devastation on our family in every way you can think of,” he said. Our family, our businesses. We’re getting hundreds, if not thousands, of threats right now from our direct messages, to our phones, to voice calls to stores. But some of the threats we’ve received have turned into death threats.”

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

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

“There are several that are very graphic and violent about our children that I don’t want to share here,” he added. “Our businesses have seen massive devastation, one of them having to close temporarily due to death threats, screaming at our store, saying they’re going to kill every last employee. So it’s affecting us in massive ways.”

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Social media is abuzz with posts calling the bishop a “racist,” including one that read: “Michelle Bishop … count your days.”

Jenkins, a real estate developer, went on the “Nightcap” podcast with former NFL stars Shannon Sharpe and Chad “Ochocinco” Johnson. She didn’t know Jenkins’ career during the interaction.

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

“The headlights were in the back and then the first time I looked in the driveway of his truck, the headlights were there and I wasn’t specifically trying to look at him,” Bishop said. I addressed the situation. He had absolutely no idea what he looked like. Like I said, I thought he was a young white guy. It was all a massive 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 internet outrage completely made this situation,” Walsh Published ax. “The woman saw a truck slowly following behind her. She panicked about the truck before she ever saw who was in it. She came back later that night and apologized for the mistake.”

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Walsh continued: “This should have been the end of it. No harm, no foul, no one was hurt. An innocent mistake. Instead, this guy chooses to put the footage online and embarrass himself in front of the world. And surprisingly a lot of The idiots of social networks ran uncritically and proceeded to this woman’s life.

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

“I think a love can cover a multitude of things and what happened that night was a massive misunderstanding, “he said. , and I would love to sit down with them.”

“I think what happened that night was a massive misunderstanding,” the bishop continued. “I have the heart, hearing their perspective on things. I’ve never been in their shoes. I don’t know what they’re up against. I can’t speak to that. So hearing their point of view and how I felt about it, but It really was a misunderstanding. A massive misunderstanding and if given the chance, like I said, I’d love to reconcile that relationship.”

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