joining us is garrett jones. we tried to get your neighbor. her husband answered the door and driend speak saying it was a minor incident. we know that wasn't so minor. it was quite upsetting. >> thank you for having me. >> since the video went viral, what kind of responses have you gotten from people >> big majority have been supportive. we get support from people outside of discovery bay. just, you know, unfortunately incidents like this are all too common across this country, so it even resonated with them because they've been through events like this before, but obviously, they didn't reach and make it to a platform like this where it could be discussed sand hopefully bring out some sort of change. >> has your neighbor reached out to you or her family or friends? >> one of the neighbors tried to reach out for her. they actually came over and the neighbor the neighbor spoke for her basically. it was nothing that i felt was genuine, and it was sort of to kind of put a band-aid over the situation and sweep it under the rug. >> it was not an a

a large group of supporters now rallying around garrett jones and his family saying this type of behavior will not be tolerated in discovery bay. demonstrators march income the sprite were met with a small group of counter pro thiagoers, but the protests remained peaceful. >> there's other communities and other black folks in communities like this, all over the bay area and the current who are going through this exact same issue, and maybe they didn't want to speak one is we decided to do so, because acts like this cannot be tolerated, and no individual, no matter the race, color, or creed, should have to deal with anything like this. >> the incident happened last week when the woman approached jones' young nephew and asked if she could pet his dog. the woman left and returned five minutes later, accusing he dog of attacking her poodle, and that's when the racist attack occurred. the woman in the video denies making any racist comments and said the video was doctored. >>> the pandemic has many blood banks canceling blood drives, which has had a huge impact on blood supplies. >> not everyb

they say that she's harassing them about their dog and they have it on video garrett jones and his 13r-old son they were outside their home where they lived for 12 years with their 2 year-old pit bull. named ice monday afternoon you can see their neighbor with her dog approached them. her name is adana dean and she started asking them about their dog and saying that this was unacceptable and they needed to stop acting black in a white neighborhood take a look. >>you're acting conversation begin escalated and she. >>begin to tell she was going to you know report my dog and call the police on me and. and that's the racial slurs begin come out here acting like black people and that's not normal people don't act like you did how we act and we how we are can you came over here with a taser. >>and here she showing you what was in her hand she says it's actually not a taser that it's an ultrasonic dog chaser. the jones family says like told you they lived in the family for 12 years they say they've never had a problem before. they say they haven't heard from her since this they haven't got a

i know a lot of you watched this video on abc7news.com this week, garrett jones had a white neighbor come over, holding a stun gun. she said she was upset about the jones' dog and told the jones family to stop, quote, acting black. jones joined us on abc 7's getting answers and said the neighborhood response has been largely positive. >> we received outpour from, you know, the country club community here in discovery bay, from our neighbors, even from people outside of discovery bay who have been showing their support, love and, you know, just, you know, unfortunately incidents like this are all too common across this country. and so for some it even resonated with them. >> jones says another neighbor this week reached out to him on behalf of the neighbor in the video but he says he did not feel that it was genuine. the woman also declined to speak to us. >>> new developments after months of debate a panel has voted to change the name of sir francis drake high school. the school will remove any reference to the 16th century english explorer with ties to slave trading. in the meantime

i know a lot of you watched this video on abc7news.com this week, it shows garrett jones and that white neighbor coming over holding a stun gun. she said she was upset about the jones' dog and told the jones family to stop, quote, acting black. jones joined us on abc 7's getting answers and said the neighborhood response has been largely positive. >> we received outpour from, you know, the country club community here in discovery bay, from our neighbors, even from people outside of discovery bay who have been showing their support, love and, you know, just, you know, unfortunately incidents like this are all too common across this country. and so for some it even resonated with them. >> jones says another neighbor this week reached out to him on behalf of the neighbor in the video but he says he did not feel that it was genuine. the woman also declined to speak to us. >>> new developments after a month of debate a panel has voted to change the name of sir frances drake high school. the school will remove any reference to the 16th century english explorer with ties to slave trading. in t

it was a peaceful demonstration that came days after garrett jones and his family had that encounterneighbor. the woman in the video named donna deane. despite her comments as she is not a racist she claims the item in her hand was a dog chaser not a taser she says its device used to deter dogs with high-pitched sounds nonetheless the jones family now pursuing legal action against teen. >>there's also probably grants for civil suit in violation of the civil rights laws so there are a lot of gul ramifications to what she has done nothing genuine nothing that. >>that i can with sit here allow me to to. i guess. feel like she genuinely understands what she did. >>contra costa county deputies say that no crime was actually committed in that altercation that interaction but they did document. >>what happened between the neighbors. contra costa animal services is apparently now handling the case. >>the time now 6.36 in the east bay berkeley firefighters are on the scene right now looking for hot spots after his big fire 7 story building on university in shattuck went up in flames, it was u

i know a lot of you watched this video on abc7news.com this week, garrett jones had a white neighbor come over holding a stun gun. she said she was upset about the jones' dog and told the family to stop, quote, acting black. jones joined us on abc 7's getting answers and says the neighborhood response has been largely positive. >> we received outpour from, you know, the country club community here in discovery bay, from our neighbors, even from people outside of discovery bay who have been showing their support, love and, you know, just, you know, unfortunately incidents like this are all too common across this country. and so for some it even resonated with them. >> jones says another neighbor this week reached out to him on behalf of the neighbor in the video but he says he did not feel that it was genuine. the woman also declined to speak to us. >>> new developments after after months of debate a panel has voted to change the name of sir frances drake high school. the school will remove any reference to the 16th century english explorer with ties to slave trading. in the meantime