MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) – A Memphis man faces charges after he was charged with threatening to lynch a woman.
Officials responded to an intimidation report near Winchester and Hacks Cross on Wednesday, according to a police report. A woman told police that she was leaving a shopping cart in a parking lot when she heard a man yelling at her.
The woman told officers that the man rolled down his window, called her a racial fraud, threatened to hang her on a tree, and then prevented her car from leaving.
The police report said officers who responded to the area were being followed by a man who was later identified as Clinton Jeffries.
The next day, police said the woman selected Jeffries from a list of six photos.
Police interviewed Jeffries on Thursday. At the time, they said he waived his rights and admitted calling them a bow, threatening to hang her and block her car.
The report also says that the woman “was made fearful of her life by the anger brought against her.”
Jeffries is now charged with civil rights intimidation and simple assault. Prison records show he was booked on Friday and released at his own discretion.
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