A Connecticut man is facing a plethora of charges for allegedly knocking an 11-year-old boy off his bicycle and telling him to go back to where he came from. The boy’s mother believes her child was targeted because of his race, saying a form of this kind of bullying happens to their family on a daily basis.
Jameson Chapman, 48, has been charged with third-degree assault, risk of injury to a child, and second-degree breach of peace after he was identified as the man captured on two now-viral videos featuring a pre-teen biracial boy named Daniel Duncan. A police report notes Chapman told state troopers while being processed that the young boy “deserved it.”
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The first video, which was captured by Duncan’s friend, was filmed earlier in the day when Chapman’s initial encountered the group. The white man is seen confronting the middle schooler, who can be heard telling the man he almost got “hit by a car.”
The man never addresses the child’s comments but tells him he doesn’t belong in Deep River.
“Get the f**k out of my town,” Chapman says to the child 37 years younger than him. “Where did you grow up? Did you grow up in Connecticut?”
The boy says, “No.”
“No, you didn’t… So, get the f**k out of my town,” he repeats.
One of the videos were posted on TikTok by a person claiming to be related to Daniel. The text overlaid on the clip said, “We need justice!”
“So sad this is happening to our children. When will this end,” it continued. “Deep River CT, man assaulting my nephew because he is not white! Need justice for Daniel! Just like many others.”
Another video shows the man in a different section of the city pushing Duncan, a sixth-grader, off his bike. As he attacked the young boy, the footage shows him yelling, “Get the f*** off your bike.”
In a police report, Duncan told officers that Chapman had bumped into his friend while they were riding their bikes. The group attempted to evade Chapman after he cursed at them for a second time while in a convenience store. They waited in the parking lot for Chapman to leave, but encountered him for the third time, resulting in the push.
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