White teen seen on Ring camera spewing vile slurs while threatening to rape, kill black neighbors
ByYaron Steinbuch
Published Sep. 25, 2023, 9:43 a.m. ET
Shocking doorbell video captures a white teen repeatedly pounding on the door of a black woman and her daughter — spewing racial slurs and threatening to rape and murder the Oregon women while making stabbing motions with a knife.
Nubrittany Smith told KOIN that she and her mom, Tasha, started getting the terrifying visits soon after they moved into their new apartment in Gresham, a city in the suburbs of Portland, in June.
Smith shared videos from her Ring camera of the man, identified as 19-year-old neighbor Dominic Austin, repeatedly walking up to her door while shirtless — and swinging and thrusting a blade as if attacking them.
“I’ll f—ing rape your daughter, bitch!” the suspect says in one video. “You’re about to get murdered,” he says in another, adding: “Call the cops, bitch!”
The footage also shows the man mumbling about slavery and saying he wants the two women to be whipped.
In one, he stops walking away to turn back and say: “N—er bitch.”
An unhinged white man has been captured on video hurling racist attacks and death threats against his black neighbors in an Oregon apartment complex.Instagram/iambigbadbrit
Video showed the shirtless man hurling racist slurs and making apparent death threats against his black neighbors.
Austin, 19, has been charged with menacing and violating a stalking protective order.Instagram/iambigbadbritSmith notified police and the building management on June 30 — the day after the first incident — and continued to report the threats, with nothing being done, she complained.
“We were terrified, we were upset, we didn’t know what was going on,” she told KOIN.
“Instantly, we took the videos from the Ring camera, attached them to an email and sent them to the Landings at the Morrison,” she said of the apartment complex.
Management only notified Austin on Sept. 8, and an eviction notice was then filed, according to KOIN.
Police officers respond to the women’s apartment.KOIN“Part of the rental agreement says that if a tenant should threaten another tenant, the landlord can throw the offender out in 24 hours’ notice,” attorney Greg Kafoury told the outlet.
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“The people who run this very large apartment complex didn’t give a damn,” he said. “The police didn’t give a damn. And I don’t know how anyone can look at those videos and come to any other conclusion.”
Smith complained about the response to her complaints.
“As a black woman, we (my mother and me), I felt that we weren’t heard. I feel that we were not important,” she told KOIN.
In August, another resident had filed a temporary protective order against Austin for similar threats that were reported to police at least twice, according to the outlet.
Austin was arrested on Sept. 20 on one count of menacing and 10 counts of violating a stalking protective order.
“I was failed by the system and by the Landings at the Morrison,” Smith told the station. “I don’t feel safe. Because he’s in jail today but I don’t know what tomorrow is going to be. He could be released at any time. Then what happens next?”
Smith has launched a GoFundMe account to raise money for a move from the complex.
The Landings at Morrison ApartmentsKOIN“We have been enduring harassment from the tenant who lives above us since June 29, 2023. The individual is struggling with mental health and has been coming down to my unit making death threats, racial slurs and rape threats,” she wrote.
Gresham police told the outlet in a statement: “We are aware of the terrible conduct of the suspect in this case, including statements that indicate the motivation for the crime is hate or bias. We share in our communities’ concern and appreciate the unique impact bias crimes, in particular, have on victims.
“Although the suspect has been arrested and is currently in custody, the investigation is continuing. We are working with the district attorney’s office to ensure the suspect is charged with the appropriate crimes,” police continued.
Nubrittany Smith and her mom, Tasha.GoFundMe“As with all cases where a concern about our response is brought to our attention, we will review our response to identify ways to improve our service to the community,” the statement added.
The Post has reached out to The Landings at Morrison Apartments for comment.
