- Black ranchers face sustained harassment, including doxxing, surveillance, and animal deaths on their property.
- The couple purchased land to launch a farm focused on food access and community health.
- Despite threats, the ranchers refuse to leave their land, committed to feeding their community.
Black ranchers Courtney “CW” Mallery and Nicole Mallery say they are now fighting for their lives after shots were fired at their Colorado property during Easter weekend. As previously reported by BOSSIP, this marks the latest escalation in a years-long dispute tied to allegations of racism, harassment, and law enforcement inaction.
According to Capital B, the couple, who own Freedom Acres Ranch in Yoder, Colorado, say the shooting was not random but the result of “sustained, repeated, and documented inaction” by the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office.
“We are no longer speaking about harassment. We are no longer speaking about intimidation. We are speaking about survival,” the couple said in a statement to Capital B. “All we want to do is farm and feed our community. How much terror must a family endure before it is taken seriously?”…