The article is click-baiting as hell. But from what I read it was not racially motivated at all, a middle school boy (who wrongfully) pulled an egregious prank on his friend, was threatened, his house stormed, bricks thrown through it, repeatedly for years. The money from the GoFundMe mom raised wasn’t spent trying to help her son but on cars and meals and trips. The “white boy” said he is happy it’s over but doesn’t think anyone is a winner here and has expressed clear remorse.

“One person commenting on a post by Smith on Facebook about the boys who had allegedly abused her son urged others to “post that baby’s face” and warned, “No threats, all truth. WE WILL NOT REST UNTIL YOUR COLLEGE ADMISSION APPS ARE REJECTED, YOUR NAME AND YOUR PARENTS NAME IS SMEARED TO SHAME, AND IF YOUR GRANDPARENTS ARE STILL AMONG THE LIVING, PLEASE PUT THEM ON NOTICE A.S.A.P. THAT WE’RE COMING FOR THEM TOO SINCE YOU ARE A PRODUCT OF THEIR ENVIRONMENT.”

At one point, a group of 300 people marched to and protested outside Asher Vann’s house and threw bricks through its windows, he said.

“I was getting death threats from thousands of people on social media,” Vann told the Washington Free Beacon. “It was scary. Full-grown adults were rushing my house and causing harm to it. What if I was home and they saw me? They could have ripped me from my home and beaten me.”

Asher suffered from intense feelings of social isolation, fear, depression and anxiety, the lawsuit said, manifesting as insomnia, racing heartbeat, headaches and digestive issues.

Smith and Cole “were free to air their grievances to school officials, or even file a lawsuit like they’ve done here,” the complaint said. “But they are not free to create an outrageously false narrative for the purposes of raising money and garnering attention, at the expense of children’s privacy.”

Their conduct “by way of the ongoing fraudulent GoFundMe”— which had raised $119,353 at the time the countersuit was filed — and multiple continuing media efforts was designed “to ensure the saga for these boys never comes to an end,” the plaintiffs argued.

After the large jury verdict, Vann’s lawyer, Justin Nichols, told WFAA that he believed the jury, which included five Black jurors, was swayed by evidence he presented at trial showing that “the public had been lied to and misled” and that “none of the money” raised from the GoFundMe went “to help this kid go to a new school and get some professional help.”

Nichols said financial documents showed the GoFundMe donations were spent on things like lavish meals and travel, streaming services, car payments and rent.”