Activist and Attorney Both Allege a Texas Trooper Raped a Black Woman
Style Magazine Newswire | 5/25/2018, 8:12 a.m.
Sherita Cole Dixon
Source: TheGrio.com
A Black woman is accusing a Texas state trooper of sexually assaulting her, inciting both outrage and a call for justice from social activist Shaun King, reports Heavy. Sherita Dixon-Cole’s story went viral after King, who writes for The Intercept, shared the story on his social media platforms. In a Facebook post, King contends that Cole was raped by a Texas trooper and then jailed for suspicion of DUI. That trooper has now been identified as Officer Daniel Hubbard of the Texas Department of Public Safety. Her family contends that not only was Dixon-Cole not drunk, but she passed a breathalyzer test as well. The family also alleges that the trooper who pulled Cole over at 1:30 a.m. on May 20 in Waxahachie, Tex., said Dixon-Cole could go home if she agreed to have sex with him. Details are sketchy as the story continues to develop.
