HAYWOOD COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) — Attorneys for a trucker behind several viral videos showing a chaotic altercation at a North Carolina landfill plan to file a federal lawsuit, alleging civil rights violations by landfill and sheriff’s office staff.
Matheson & Associates, PLLC, a Raleigh-based law firm, announced the accusations against TBD Landfill and the Haywood County Sheriff’s Office during a press conference on Wednesday, Aug. 13. The attorneys were joined by Joseph Joines, the Black man who originally shared the videos, and Angelica Hendon, a trucker who worked at the same company as Joines and was at the scene when the June 26, 2025, incident occurred.
Attorney Moseley Matheson claimed that individuals with TBD Landfill assaulted Joines and Hendon and used physical force and intimidation tactics to harm them without cause. Matheson went on to claim a Haywood County sheriff’s deputy was not only present during the entire incident but also participated in the assault…