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The most notable thing about this story, other than the usual - white mob feeling they had the right to do this to a black family - who were these other people anyway, were they sworn law enforcement officers - is the inability of these individuals to self-correct when it was pointed out to them that they were at the wrong house.
Armed 'mob' allegedly tried to enter black family's North Carolina home, white deputy charged
Among the people demanding to enter the home was a person carrying an assault weapon and another with a shotgun, according to local reports.
May 10, 2020, 8:27 AM PDT
By Kalhan Rosenblatt and Associated Press
A sheriff’s deputy in North Carolina is facing criminal charges after authorities said he led a group of armed people to the wrong home in a search for a missing girl.
New Hanover County District Attorney Ben David said Friday that Jordan Kita, who worked in the New Hanover Sheriff’s Office, led an armed group to the home of Dameon Shepard, a senior at Laney High School in Wilmington, on May 3, according to James W. Lea, a lawyer for Shepard’s family who is preparing a civil lawsuit.
Shepard, who is black, says the all-white group tried unsuccessfully to force its way into the family's Pender County home, about 20 miles north of Wilmington.
His mother, Monica Shepard, told the group they should leave, according to Lea.
“Coming to the door like that with a mob of people with guns, what do we expect? What were their intentions?” Monica Shepard told WECT-TV. “What if he was the person they were looking for or what if I was not home? What would’ve happened? I don’t want to have that conversation. I don’t want him to be a statistic. It’s scary.”
Kita was looking for Lekayda Kempisty, a 15-year-old girl who was reported missing earlier that day. She was later found safe.
In its effort to find Lekayda, Kita’s group was searching for someone named Josiah who used to live next door.
During the confrontation, Shepard repeatedly tried to point out to the group that they had the wrong house and that a yard sign
out front explicitly congratulated “Dameon” on his high school graduation, to no avail, Shepard told news outlets.
Armed 'mob' allegedly tried to enter black family's North Carolina home, white deputy charged