Roland Martin
@rolandsmartin·1.9M subscribers·31.6K videos
"How Could They Do This?": Black Woman Doused In Gasoline And Set On Fire | Roland Martin
Posted
January 4, 2025
Views
25,323
Likes
858
Comments
222
Engagement
January 4, 2025
25,323
858
222
4.26%
Every word spoken in this episode is indexed. Type any phrase to jump straight to the moment it was said.
Type any word or phrase that may have been spoken. Click a result to seek the player to that exact moment.
Try a name, a topic, or a quoted line
See what was published immediately before and after this episode.
8:23Now PlayingIn North Carolina, a 20-year-old black woman is fighting for her life after being doused with gas and set on fire.
Ashanti Downey was rushed to the emergency room on December 16 with second and third-degree burns down the right side of her body.
Downey told police she was walking along Highway 27 toward a Dollar General in Harnett County when an unidentified man came up behind her, dumped gas all over her, and lit a cigarette that sparked the fire.
No witnesses have been located, and authorities have not received any information from the public regarding this incident. Anyone with information is urged to contact Detective Ronald Beasley at 910-893-0151, the Harnett County Sheriff's Office at 910-893-9111, the Tip Line at 910-893-0300, or submit a tip at P3Tips.com.
A GoFundMe page has been created to assist with Downey's medical expenses.
Downey's 21st birthday was on New Year's Day.
Join this channel to get access to perks:
Support #RolandMartinUnfiltered and #BlackStarNetwork via the Cash App ☛ PayPal ☛ Venmo ☛ Zelle ☛ roland@rolandsmartin.com
Annual or monthly recurring #BringTheFunk Fan Club membership via paypal ☛
Download the #BlackStarNetwork app on iOS, AppleTV, Android, Android TV, Roku, FireTV, SamsungTV and XBox 👉🏾
#RolandMartinUnfiltered and the #BlackStarNetwork are news reporting platforms covered under Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research.
Sentinel Indexing in Progress
Metadata and chapters are available. Claim extraction for this episode is pending.
All video content is delivered via YouTube embedded players in accordance with the YouTube Terms of Service. Sentinel provides research tools that promote discovery and accountability across political media.
