and um ohio Among them is speaking out after she received vicious death threats live and on social media over a viral video that caused her to be smeared as “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, Damichelle Jenkins, who posted camera footage of herself in a panic on the front doorstep, believing she was being inappropriately followed by Jenkins, and they did not believe his claim that he lived in a house he had checked out. To him.
The stock market has gone viral on social media, with news reports Label them As a “Karen” he assumed that Jenkins was a threat simply because of his race, which Bishop strongly opposes.
Bishop told Fox News Digit 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 on a jog to go look at Christmas lights and a car with its headlights on slowly drove up behind them as they walked down a poorly lit street. In the dark.
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Damichelle Jenkins, left, and Michelle Bishop. (Fox News)
Bishop then explained that she had taken her children to the curb, but the car did not pass her “in time” and that the driver began asking her questions.
“I didn't answer, I walked – I told my daughter, 'Walk this corridor, turn here, don't look at the truck,' and so we went into the corridor, and we ended up on the porch and the doorbell rang.
“Nobody was answering at that point. The truck was backing up the driveway. He stayed in his truck. I couldn't see him and look up the driveway at that point and I said, 'Is this your house?' And he said, “Yes. “I was completely in a panic trying to protect my children.”
In reality, Bishop tried to seek shelter in the house that belonged to Jenkins, and ring doorbell footage captures Jenkins saying she doesn't think he lives there before running to another nearby house and screaming for help.
Footage later shows Bishop telling Jenkins that he “scared the crap out of her” and that she was “turned off.” Jenkins told Bishop he wasn't following her and was admiring the Christmas lights.
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Michelle Bishop speaks to Fox News Digital. (Fox News)
Bishop told Fox News Digital that she apologized multiple times, which Jenkins' family would not accept, and thought the case was resolved until the video was posted to a local neighborhood Facebook group and was eventually picked up by the media, causing a storm of hateful messages. To come in her way attacking her as a racist.
““It's causing tremendous devastation to our family in every way you can think of,” she said, “our family, our business.” We're receiving hundreds, if not thousands, of threats at this point in our direct messages, to our phones, voicemail messages calling to stores. But some of the threats we received became death threats.”
“You and your children deserve to die slowly and you must kill yourself or it will be done to you,” he told the bishop in one letter.
Another message said: “We know who you are and where you live. Your husband is coming home to be a single dad. You should be hanging out in public.”
She added: “There are many graphic and very violent images regarding our children that I do not want to share here.” “Our business has seen tremendous devastation, someone has to temporarily close due to death threats, and he called into our store, saying they were going to kill every single one of the employees. So it affects us in tremendous ways.”
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Social media is littered with posts calling Bishop a “racist,” including one post that says, “Michelle Bishop…count your days.”
Jenkins, a real estate developer, went on the “Nightcap” podcast with former NFL stars Shannon Sharp and Chad “Ochocinco” Johnson earlier this week, a show that has more than 1.5 million subscribers on YouTube, and accused Bishop of racial tirade despite One of her claims is that she did not know Jenkins' race during the interaction.
Bishop told Fox News Digital that she “absolutely” did not know Jenkins was black, and that she told the neighbor in the house she ran to when she panicked that the person might have been white.
““The headlights were behind me,” Bishop said, “and then the first time I looked at the truck on his truck, the headlights were there and I wasn’t specifically trying to look at him. I was addressing the situation. I definitely didn’t know what he looked like. Like I said, I thought he was a white guy and it was all a huge misunderstanding. That's all he was.”
Bishop has received some support on social media from prominent conservative accounts, including rings and author Matt Walsh.
“I'm late to this but of course, the online outrage has completely bungled this situation,” Walsh said Posted on x. “The woman saw a truck slowly following her. She was terrified by the truck before she saw who was inside. Later that night she came back and apologized for the mistake.”
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Walsh continued, “That should have been the end of it. No harm, no foul, no one hurt. The idiots on social media ran wild with her and moved on with this woman's life.”
Bishop told Fox News Digital that she hopes to reconcile with Jenkins' family.
“She said: “I think love can cover many things and what happened that night was a massive misunderstanding. We are fans of all people, and if given the opportunity, as I said, I believe forgiveness should be given to everyone, and I would love to sit with them.”
“I think what happened that night was a colossal misunderstanding,” the bishop continued. “I catch their heart, I hear their perspective on things. I understand that is a huge misunderstanding and if given the opportunity, like I said, I would love to reconcile that relationship.”
Jenkins did not respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.
