A lesbian couple suffered injuries in a serious car crash after being chased by racists in Spotsylvania County, Virginia.
The couple’s supporters are demanding justice after the people who chased them were released with minor charges.
The incident unfolded on July 20 when Amylah Majors and Jamaria Gaskins were driving on Partlow Road in Spotsylvania County around 6:30 p.m. Their car hit debris in the road and they pulled over to check for damage.
Majors said before they could get out of the car, a man exited a nearby home and gave them the thumbs up sign, which they believed meant he was going to help them.
Instead, he called them the n-word and shouted at them to leave the area. He told them they didn’t belong there.
Two other people – a man and a woman – began shouting racial slurs at them.
“They called us [N-words], told us we didn’t belong there, and one of them even exposed himself while screaming hate and slurs at us,” Majors stated on a GoFundMe page.
Majors and Gaskins, from Richmond, were in the area visiting Gaskins’ mother, a resident of Caroline County.
“As we tried to leave, all three of them jumped into vehicles and chased us down the road,” Majors said. “One of them rode up beside us on a 4-wheeler and aimed a gun directly at my head through the driver’s window.”
The chase ended when the women’s car crashed. Majors, who wasn’t wearing a seat belt, was ejected from the vehicle.
She suffered head and neck injuries and serious internal injuries, including a fractured spine and a broken clavicle and rib. Gaskins walked away with minor injuries.
Police arrested 2 people, later identified as Mark Goodman and Elizabeth Wolfrey, and charged them with misdemeanors, including possession of a firearm and incident exposure. More charges are expected to be added.
“I am beyond grateful to be alive,” Majors stated.
