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Cheektowaga, New York — A White man was arrested after racial slurs were exchanged in a tit-for-tat road rage incident with a Black woman who claims her child was allegedly subjected to assault during the confrontation.
A viral video, originally uploaded to Facebook on May 6 but since deleted, captured the final moments of the clash between Justin Goodrich and Adreana Jemison in a Western New York suburb.
Copies of the video which have circulated online show Goodrich standing outside his vehicle with a toddler beside him as he argues with Jemison, who followed them to their destination.
Goodrich repeatedly shouts racial slurs at Jemison, accusing her of throwing objects—later identified as loose change—at his car. In response, Jemison alleges that Goodrich had previously assaulted her child during an earlier encounter.
The confrontation escalates with a barrage of expletives and slurs, culminating in Jemison retrieving a snow brush as the two come face-to-face. Soon after the situation deescalates and Jemison leaves while vowing to press charges.
After the video went viral online, Goodrich was subsequently doxxed on social media and charged by local authorities with endangering the welfare of a child, criminal mischief and second-degree harassment. He was later arraigned, released, and is scheduled to appear in court in July.
Following the incident, Goodrich was immediately terminated by his employer, United Refrigeration, which publicly denounced his actions as “inconsistent with the values and policies of the Company.”
Goodrich informed local media that he was unable to comment on the incident. Meanwhile, in an interview with WKBW, Jemison made a surprising admission, stating, “I sporadically threw some change at his [Goodrich’s] window.” Despite this acknowledgment, she did not face any charges for her actions.
Following Goodrich’s arrest, Jemison took to social media to question why assault and hate crime charges were not filed against him as well.
WKBW obtained surveillance video of the earlier altercation between Jemison and Goodrich. Goodrich is seen at the passenger side of Jemison’s car while Jemison is seen exiting hers.
The cars soon leave the intersection of George Urban Blvd. and Union Road, where Jemison claims the altercation became physical.
According to WKBW, Cheektowaga Police said they could not comment on the case, however, they did take the time to condemn Goodrich’s use of racial language.
“The derogatory comments that were made are something that we can’t stand for as a community, as a police department,” Lt. Brian Bzibziak said to WKBW. “But at the same time, we did our job yesterday, we investigated this incident, and we made an arrest. If there needs to be more charges, we’re still open to that with the district attorney’s office. We are working on that as well.”
Jemison would shed some light on the original incident, claiming that Goodrich immediately started honking at her after she made an allegedly routine merge:
“As soon as I got onto the lane, he was already on the horn…I looked at him, gave him the finger and said [expletive] you. It went from there, like he already came up evil…He looked at me, rolled down his windows, and said, ‘It’s always you people, always you [expletive].’”
In an interview with WKBW, Jemison’s ten-year-old daughter, Aleana would imply that she was choked by Goodrich.
“I didn’t do nothing wrong,” Aleana said. “He just went up to me and he was pulling my shirt. He was on my neck and I felt like I was going to pass out.”
Civil rights groups do not appear to have intervened in the situation and the GoFundMe started by Jemison has yet to exceed one-third of its $10,000 goal at the time of this writing.
Jemison’s self-organized fundraiser claims the money will be used to pursue legal actions against Justin Goodrich, as well as mental health treatment for the affected family members.
“I am seeking the best legal representation, as well as a skilled psychiatrist and therapist to support us through this ordeal,” Jemison wrote on GoFundMe.
The alleged road-rage incident between Justin Goodrich and Adreana Jemison comes in the wake of the Shiloh Hendrix fundraiser. Shiloh Hendrix is a White mother who was accused on film of calling an allegedly autistic Somalian child the n-word.
Though the man filming threatened to ‘doxx’ Hendrix, the woman insisted the young boy was attempting to steal from her toddler’s diaper bag and refused to deny or disavow her reaction.
When dared to use ‘the n-word’ again, Hendrix did so unashamedly. Though a local chapter of the NAACP would intervene, no charges were filed against Hendrix. At the time of this writing, the relocation fundraiser for Hendrix stands at $780,245.
The decision to only prosecute Justin Goodrich and not Adreana Jemison echoes similar situations involving alleged White-on-Black incidents that have been investigated by the Justice Report.
Among the most notorious was a September 2024 incident in St. Louis, MO between three White construction workers and an off-duty Black police officer.
The construction workers alleged that the Black police officer attacked the group when they prevented him from making a left turn from a lane that was closed for construction.
One of the workers spoke with local media, claiming the officer was so drunk that he aimed a punch at Garrett Gibbs’ colleague and hit Gibbs instead.
“He caught me right in the mouth here,” Gibbs asserted. “I don’t believe he was breathalyzed. I don’t know if the car was searched or anything, so the police officers were informed that we believed he was drunk.”
Despite the unanimous assertion that the unnamed Black cop was an intoxicated aggressor, the officer was never breathalyzed and was allowed to leave the scene without any citations.
Gibbs’ and his two co-workers were later arrested and held on six-figure bonds. If convicted, they could spend decades in prison.
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