What started as a roadside stop for two Black residents of Richmond, Virginia, quickly spiraled into what they describe as a racially charged attack that left one of them hospitalized with life-threatening injuries — and both fearing for their lives.

Around 6:30 p.m. on July 20, Amylah Majors and her wife, Jamaria Gaskins, were driving along Partlow Road in rural Spotsylvania County when they struck debris in the road. As they pulled over to check for damage, what happened next has shaken the local community and drawn national scrutiny.

Before they could even get out of their car, a man emerged from a nearby home and gave them a thumbs-up gesture. They assumed he was coming to help. Instead, Majors said, he and two other white individuals — one of them a woman — began shouting racial slu

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