This page is dedicated to documenting the Ashland and greater Rogue Valley’s response to this website’s existence.
An individual identifying as an employee of Ashland Food Co-Op (don’t know her personally so I can’t say for certain): Rianna Sheree has made the claim within a BLM group on Facebook that I had “threatened staff members” during my time at the Co-Op.
This is a lie.
This most certainly did not happen. Never in my time within AFC, nor after, have I ever threatened harm, physical or otherwise, to any staff members or associates of AFC.
…Or any other humans last I checked. The same cannot be said for some of my past coworkers, as I’ve mentioned.
Due to the efforts of Miss Sheree I cannot enter that group thread to defend myself. So I am writing my answer to her false accusation here. In case that lie starts to circulate.
I’m not sure what business a person has in the Black Lives Matter movement if, their first response to racism being exposed in their workplace, is to lie to discredit a whistleblower.
The movement is not, “Black Lives Matter Except When It’s Inconvenient“.
*Important Correction 8/10/2020*
I have just been made aware that Rianna Sheree is another moniker for Rianna Koppel who I DID know as one of my AFCEA representatives. I apologize for the error. The original post will be kept for posterity. The rest of the statement stands.