Amanda Seales And Shaun King Spar Over Rodney Reed Activism

Social media has been lit up by customers since Rodney Reed’s execution was stayed by the Texas Courtroom of Appeals, lots of whom are battling over whether or not his case deserves a recent look.

Maybe one of the best instance of the discourse over Reed’s case revealed itself lately by way of Insecure actress Amanda Seals and activist Shaun King. Seals took to her Instagram account on Sunday (November 17) and posted a nine-minute lengthy selfie video she titled “What I would like I spotted previous to rallying for Rodney Reed.”

Through the video, Seals relayed her concern over the unrelated rape allegations which were levied towards Reed prior to now and referred to as advocates for the loss of life row inmate as “duplictous.” She additionally revealed she regrets as soon as backing Reed’s exoneration. 

RELATED: Rodney Reed’s Execution By Deadly Injection Blocked

“It’s very duplicitous, not simply his household, however individuals who fancy themselves activists, had been doing so with the information that his particular person, Rodney Reed, isn’t just accused of however has been linked to earlier rapes by way of his DNA being found throughout the sufferer,” she stated within the IG video.

After watching the video, Shaun King responded on his Instagram, captioning a repost of the video with the “factual errors” in Seales’ reasoning over the Reed case.

“On behalf of the household of Rodney Reed, I’ve to reply right here on to @AmandaSeales. We’ve counted over 20 egregious factual errors in her viral video, however NONE had been extra inflammatory and damaging than this one,” he wrote. “Right here, she says that Rodney Reed, who she fails to say was a highschool pupil on the time, in Wichita Falls, Texas, raped and killed a lady there. LIES. ALL LIES. I’m proud to report that solely Amanda, in her rush to get a video out, killed that girl. She is fortunately nonetheless alive and nicely in the present day. She was not murdered by Rodney or anybody else. And a jury voted shortly and unanimously to acquit Rodney on all expenses in that case.

“Sooooooo many lies on this video,” he continued. “Rodney didn’t commit the crime, was acquitted, and the lady was by no means murdered. Individuals. Watch out what you hearken to out right here. Amanda referred to as herself Google looking out the case for just a few hours and stated quite a lot of factually incorrect stuff that does actual hurt.”

King additionally posted tweets in regards to the Rodney Reed case on his Twitter, claiming that the Innocence Undertaking, who has been pushing for his exoneration, wouldn’t be “duped” by Reed over the previous 18 years.

On Monday, Seales took to her Instagram Dwell and chatted with one among her followers on the platform in regards to the Reed case. Whereas not talking about King explicitly, she reiterated her place about her assist for Reed.

“The purpose that I used to be making was that I felt that there was quite a lot of different pertinent info connected to this particular person’s existence, in relation to this case, that was not offered,” she stated. “I’m not the one one however I believe there’s different individuals who have regarded on the info offered by the Innocence Undertaking, the data offered by different sources and nonetheless don’t really feel assured he might be harmless. In order that’s the place I believe opinion is available in.”

On Friday (November 15), Rodney Reed was granted a keep of execution after the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles unanimously really helpful Texas Gov. Greg Abbott delay Reed’s execution.

Reed and his household have lengthy proclaimed his innocence within the 1996 rape and homicide of 19-year-old Stacey Stites. Investigators reportedly suspected Stites’ then-fiancé, former police officer Jimmy Fennell because the offender. Stites was strangled along with her personal belt and her lifeless physique was left in a wooded space. Reed was convicted greater than 20 years in the past, by an all-white Texas jury, after his DNA was discovered inside Stites.

Within the 1998 case, Reed claimed he had been having a consensual sexual relationship with Stites, which was why his DNA was in her vaginal cavity. Forensic scientists have additionally stated it’s scientifically unimaginable that Reed was the assassin, in response to the DNA. As well as, the homicide weapon was by no means examined for DNA.