An Ohio mother of two is speaking out after receiving vicious death threats both in person and on social media over a viral video that painted her as a “racist.” “
Michelle Bishop spoke to Fox News Digital about a situation involving her neighbor Damikael Jenkins. The house he pulled into.
The exchange went viral on social media, with news reports label her Bishop bitterly contests as “Karen” assumes that Jenkins is a threat simply because of his race.
Bishop told Fox News Digital that the incident in question began on a cold November night in Delaware County, Ohio, when she was taking her young daughter and son for a jog to look at Christmas lights. A car with headlights on drove behind them as they walked down an unlit street in the dark, he said.
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Damikael Jenkins, left, and Michelle Bishop. (Fox News)
Bishop then explained that she moved the 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 said to my daughter, 'Walk down this driveway, turn here, don't look back at the truck,' and we pulled into the driveway and walked onto the porch. I went to the doorbell and rang the doorbell,” Bishop said.
“Nobody answered at that point. The truck was backing into the driveway. He stayed in the truck. I couldn't see him and at that point I looked in the driveway and said, 'This is… Is this your house?” And he said, “Yes, I don't believe that.” I was in a complete panic and just trying to protect my child. ”
In fact, Bishop tried to find shelter in a house belonging to Jenkins. Ring doorbell footage captures Jenkins telling her she doesn't believe he lives there before running to a nearby home and screaming for help.
Later footage shows Bishop telling Jenkins that he “scared the crap out of her” and that she was “caught off guard.” Jenkins told Bishop that he was not following her and was only admiring the Christmas lights.
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Michelle Bishop speaks to Fox News Digital. (Fox News)
Bishop tells Fox News Digital he has apologized multiple times. The Jenkins family was not accepted. Goes her way to attack her as a racist.
““It's causing massive devastation to our family in every way you can possibly think of,” she said. “Our family, our business. We have received thousands, if not thousands, of threats at this point in direct messages, phone calls, voicemails calling the store. But , some of the threats we received turned into death threats.”
“You and your children deserve a slow death and you should kill yourself or have it done for you,” Bishop was told in one message.
“We know who you are and where you live. Your husband is coming home to be a single dad. You should be hung in public,” another said. said the message.
“There are some very graphic and violent things about children here that I don't want to share,” she added. “Our businesses have seen massive devastation, with one having to temporarily close due to death threats, calls to our stores, and employee He says he will kill the last one.
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Social media is littered with posts called “racist,” including one post that reads, “Michelle Bishop…count your f—ing days.”
Jenkins, a real estate developer, joined former NFL stars Shannon Sharpe and Chad “Ochocinco” Johnson on the “Nightcap” podcast earlier this week. She did not know Jenkins' race during the interaction.
Bishop told Fox News Digital that she “absolutely” didn't know Jenkins was Black, and told a neighbor at the house she ran from when she panicked that the person might have been white. He said he said that.
“The headlights were behind me and then when I looked in the driveway at his truck, the headlights were there and I wasn't trying to see him,” Bishop said. I definitely didn't know what he looked like. Like I said, I thought he was a young white guy. It was all a massive misunderstanding. That was it. ”
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 got this situation completely wrong,” Walsh Posted on x. “A woman was seen following a truck slowly. She panicked about the truck and saw who was inside it. That night, she came back and apologized for her mistake. did.”
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Walsh continued, “That was the end of it. No harm, no foul, no one was hurt. An innocent mistake. Instead this man decided to put the footage online and shame her in front of the world. Idiots on social media run judgmental and tear this woman's life apart.
Bishop told Fox News Digital that he hopes to reach a settlement with the Jenkins family.
“I believe that love can cover many things and what happened that night was a massive misunderstanding. We are lovers of all people, and like I said, I believe in giving forgiveness to all people, and I want to sit down with them. is. ”
“I think what happened that night was a massive misunderstanding,” the bishop continued. “I embrace their hearts and hear their perspective on things. I've never been in their shoes. I don't know what they're up against. I can't talk. He really understands that, like I said, there was a massive misunderstanding and if given the opportunity, I would like to reconcile that relationship.”
Jenkins did not respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.
