Rocky -Harms of Family Won a Civil Square Against a Neighbor

Jack Yevgeny Turner was ordered to pay to the neighbors of John and Kini Mitchell and Roy and pull the witches of the loop in the front yard.

The loop and dummy hung Turner, a white man, violated the statue of Virginia in 2009, which forbids to show the loop to intimidate someone. Both Mitchell’s families and black witches.

The trial for a civil claim was conducted on December 19 in the district court of Franklin County. The jury looked only more than an hour before deciding to award $ 2.5 million between Mitchell’s families and witches.

“Now they can, we hope to put it behind them,” said Will Davis, a lawyer who represents the family in a civilian claim. Davis is also a member of the Virginia Delegates House, representing the 39th district. Turner’s lawyer, Mayor of Rocky -Holland Perind, said he was not planned to challenge the decision.

Mitchell’s family still lives next to Terner on Lindsa -Line in Roka -Mauntie, while the witch family remains a short distance at one road. No family intends to move what they stated that they would give in to Turner’s intimidation.

John and Kina Mitchell moved to the house in 2013 to be closer to the sister of Kina, Thaze Witcher. The witch’s family has lived in their home since 2006.

Both families said they had little contact with Turner until 2014. Kina Mitchell said Turner began to call the police about loud noises around this time and claimed that someone was knocking on his windows and shining lights into his house.

“Just all kinds of fake accusations,” the Vitcher said.

Both Mitchell’s family and the family were witnessing that they had survived the cases where Turner would turn his middle finger on them as they passed by. Traze Witcher said she faced the Turner one time. At that time, she was driving past his house in a sister’s vehicle and stopped to resist his gesture.

“He said,” You don’t belong to here, “the Vitcher recalled.

The intimidation actions are intensified within months before June 2015, when Turner showed a loop in his front yard.

The witch mentioned the witch, seeing the dummy hanging in the front of Turner, came home from work on June 17, 2015. She was the first in any family who noticed the loop and quickly made his way to her sister’s house next to Terner to inform them what he did.

“I had an array of emotions,” the Vitcher said. “It was painful, frightened, angry, worried about my sister’s safety and concerned about my sister’s safety.”

Seeing the NOSE display, John Mitchell said he immediately went to the Franklin District Sheriff’s office to submit a report. Mitchell stated that the show was particularly traumatic because on the same day the White Rule killed nine black fans in Churchton Church, South Carolina.

Captain Paul Coldwell responded to the incident by Franklin. According to the testimony of the Court provided by Coldwell, Turner stated that he was asked that “he was a racist, and he loved black people, but did not like n —–.”

To see a dark-dressed dummy hanging out of the loop was something Mitchell or Family Witch, said they never expected a meeting while living in Franklin County. John Mitchell mentioned how angry his father was when he learned about the incident.

“He lost it,” Mitchell said about his father. “Because in the 60’s, it happened with him. I was emotionally seeing my dad survived something that he survived in 40 years.”

Mitchell stated that they all believed in 2015 with Barack Obama, a black man who held the post of president, that the issues of race had improved in the country. According to him, these beliefs have decreased in recent years.

Both families said the intimidation of Turner lasted after the loop was displayed. In December 2015, he was briefly taken into custody for placing a painted sign in his yard, which says “Black N —– Life does not matter. Got a rope? “The sign was drawn on the cardboard and put against his house that goes to Mitchell’s house.

In the end, Turner was found guilty of a 6th grade crime for showing a loop. He was sentenced to five years in custody with four and a half years terminated.

Turner’s lawyer in court claimed that the loop was protected by a free language, which was reflected in his private property. The court ruled that, although it was privately owned, his show in the front yard was in full.

Later, Turner appealed a criminal record and took a case in the Court of Appeal of Virginia, which he had ruled against him in November 2016. The case was considered by the Supreme Court of Virginia in 2018, which confirmed the decision of the lower courts.

Mitchell stated that the intimidation acts lasted even after Turner was released from prison for hanging a loop. In May 2018, the judge ruled that Turner would have to leave for another 90 days in prison after he confessed to spit on Mitchell’s mailbox for months.

Mitchell questioned that condescending sentences had taken Turner after continuing cases of harassment against his family. He also asked why the officers responded so much after his family had stated for months that Turner had spit on his mailbox.

And the witches and Mitchell’s families stated that they were grateful for the help provided by Coldwell during the initial incident with the loop.

Turner expressed repentance on his actions for many years. At the hearing of the sentence in December 2015, he apologized to Mitchell directly, saying, “I did something that I regret. … It will never happen again. ”

In September 2016, directly before his case before the Court of Appeal of the State Court of Appeal, Turner sent a letter to Roanoke Times, offering to apologize to the “African-Americans of the area for my meaningless and cruel actions”, not actually indicating what it is.

Despite the fact that the actions of intimidation have subsided from Turner in recent years, and in a week since the claim, both families recognize that they still do not feel comfortable in their homes. Mitchell’s family has placed the privacy fence between the houses in recent years, but Kin Mitchell said she was still instinctively looking at Turner’s house every time she leaves her home.

“What he did, no one should worry,” Mitchell said.

Both John and the Grass Witcher have stated that they also remain inconvenient in their home after a year of intimidation of Turner.

“I don’t feel that we have a home, we have a house,” Vitcher said. “Your home should be up to your safe shelter. Your home should be a peace place where you are happy.”

Cinema Mitchell said she was still fighting over the years of injury through the acts of intimidation of Turner. She continues to feel anxiety, panic attacks and sleepless nights to this day, she said.

“It’s a trauma that I would not want anyone,” Mitchell said.

Both families stated that they were grateful for the jury decisions in December. Mitchell said that the results of a civil case is one way to show the community that the levels of racism they have survived should not be accepted.

“I hope that at least in this district he shows that he is not tolerated,” Mitchell said.