For nearly two years, the Chambers family’s fight for justice hasn’t been easy, as the family claims authorities are doing more to cover up what happened and protect the white teenagers who allegedly left their son traumatized.
Kristle Chambers and her husband Jerry Chambers Sr. say the past two years have been traumatic for them and their now 18-year-old son, Jerry Chambers Jr.
“From day one, September 14, 2020, the victim walked into the sheriff’s office himself and gave his report,” Kristle Chambers said.
Jerry Chambers Jr., was 16 years old back on Sept. 12, 2020, when he attended a party with a small group of friends who were all white, according to Chambers’ parents.
The teenagers were at a home in Powhatan County, Virginia, about 30 miles west of Richmond. The county of about 31,000 is 88 percent white and 9 percent, Black.
The Powhatan Sheriff’s Office describes Chambers as becoming intoxicated and passing out, and while he was unconscious others at the party wrote racial slurs on his face and arm.
Photos show a sex toy placed on his face with mustard smeared on a cheek. Another photo shows Chambers, appearing to be unconscious, sitting on a toilet with his pants down and a Confederate flag draped over him.
“The details written on his head that says, white lives matter, there are also pictures I don’t have possession of that I saw such as on his arms it said n—-r and KKK so for them to try to not classify this as a hate crime is just absurd,” Kristle Chambers said of her son’s predicament.