Man Yells ‘F*** The Ni**ers,’ Fires At Black Sheriff Candidate’s Campaign HQ

Zena Stephens TX Sheriff candidate
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A white male in a Jeep allegedly screamed “fuck the niggers” before firing a shot through the window of a black candidate for sheriff’s campaign headquarters on Monday, local TV station KMBT reported.

No one was injured during the incident.

Zena Stephens, who is running as the Democratic candidate for Jefferson County Sheriff, told NBC that the shooting at her Beaumont, Texas office was an act of “ignorance.”

Beaumont police arrested a white male whose white Jeep had the same license plate as the shooter’s on an unrelated charge Monday night, according to KMBT. Police told the news station that they found two firearms inside the vehicle and planned to question the man about the shooting at Stephens’ office.

The suspect has not been identified by law enforcement yet, and the charge for his initial arrest wasn’t released.

This is the first time that Stephens, who currently works as the Chief of Police at Prairie View A&M University, is running for public office. Beaumont residents will head to the polls Tuesday to decide between Stephens and her Republican opponent, Ray Beck.

Beck called the incident a “travesty” in an interview with KMBT.

“This should not happen in modern times,” Beck said. “I am a personal friend of Zena’s and we are all glad that she and her friends and members of her campaign were not injured.”

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  1. I’m just glad we’re in a post racial society.

  2. Justice Roberts, SCOTUS: This is not necessarily about racism, which has been eradicated from its roots in this country.

  3. Beaumont police arrested a white male whose white Jeep had the same license plate as the shooter’s on an unrelated charge Monday night, according to KMBT. Police told the news station that they found two firearms inside the vehicle and planned to question the man about the shooting at Stephens’ office.

    Let’s not rush to judgement!

  4. Beaumont residents will head to the polls Tuesday to decide between Stephens and her Republican opponent, Ray Beck.

    Uh, no. The general election is in November. This is a primary. Republicans and Democrats do not compete against each other. Really makes it difficult to watch election coverage here when the writers don’t know the difference between a primary and the general election.

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