(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . After being targeted for years by neighbors, Black farmers near CSprings are arrested. Racism? duh [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.', 'Backgroundurl Avatar_Large', 'Nickname', 'Joined', 'Created_At', 'Story Count', 'N_Stories', 'Comment Count', 'N_Comments', 'Popular Tags'] Date: 2023-02-09 You can't make this stuff up, folks. I can’t believe this shit is happening in my backyard. I can’t believe it. But I can. I saw a bizarre headline on a local online rag several days ago about how there was an arrest warrant out for a Black farmer and his wife who owned a 100 acre farm in El Paso County, the county that is home to Colorado Springs and the Air Force Academy and New Life Church and Focus on the Family and most recently the Club Q killings. They were wanted on stalking charges. What? The article didn’t make any sense. The couple, Courtney and Nicole Mallery, who claim to have been terrorized by their neighbors for the past two years, (the sheriff’s office admit that they responded to 170 calls related to the Mallerys and investigated 19 different complaints) including having their animals killed and their property vandalized...why were they the ones being arrested? Apparently having an article run in ArkRepublic about the situation didn’t sit well with the El Paso County Sheriff’s office. Now lotta people taking a look. Which is good. Cuz it’s a mess. The Rocky Mountain NAACP is investigating claims of racism made by two Black ranch owners in El Paso County who allege their predominantly white neighbors and the sheriff’s office have harassed them the last two years. It’s a dispute between neighbors that has exploded in recent weeks on national social media and played out in an El Paso County courtroom Tuesday in the most pedestrian of ways. The couple, Courtney and Nicole Mallery, have been accused of felony stalking on their neighbor's farm in Yoder, about an hour east of Colorado Springs. Both were arrested Monday on warrants related to those charges. www.cpr.org/... More information here: nybreaking.com/… Hard to trust this information: krdo.com/… White Neighbors Try to Drive Out Black Ranchers by Slaying Their Livestock x THE SHERRIF/DEPUTY IS MARRIED TO THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY SO EVEN IF HE FILED A COMPLAINT WITH THE SHERIFFS OFFICE, HIS WIFE WOULD DECLINE IT FROM HIGHER UP ANYWAY! — Ms.Ōtsusuki if ya nasty 🥷🏽🪷 (@muvakage) February 8, 2023 www.gofundme.com/… I wish I could get to the bottom of it myself. I just want justice for these people. I wish I trusted the justice department around here. More eyes please. [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/2/9/2152059/-After-being-targeted-for-years-by-neighbors-Black-farmers-near-CSprings-are-arrested-Racism-duh Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/