"I was FORCED to work every night and come back with NO LESS than $120"
Published at : October 16, 2021
ALL: DID YOU KNOW? HUMAN TRAFFICKING HAPPENS IN SAN FRANCISCO.
Candice Shepard is a survivor of human trafficking and said she didn't think she was ever going to get out. Shepard, grew up in Ridgecrest but found herself in cities such as Reno, San Francisco and San Jose trafficked by an individual she says she trusted.
When Shepard first met her pimp, she wasn't aware of what he did for a living. All she knew is he promised her a comfortable life with food and shelter and a supply of meth, the drug she had been addicted to since she was 11. However, he tricked her. When they moved to Reno together, he made her pay him for everything he gave her and forced her into prostitution. And she had to stay if she wanted to live to see her daughter again.
Shephard constantly felt her pimp's eyes on her. Just in case she forgot, he would point his gun at her from his car and the red dot from his laser appeared on her chest.
She worked every night and was ordered not to come back with less than $120. All that money was taken from her. One day Shephard jumped out of a two-story San Jose hotel window. Carrying the few items she owned in a grocery bag, she ran barefoot for her life. Shepard had a chance to escape a life of abuse when her pimp left the hotel to deliver drugs to a client.
Candice Shepard is ONLY ONE example of what is happening in United States every day. This video was filmed by our colleagues from @26 Seconds and its director and Kelly Galindo. For more information please check here: https://watch.showandtell.film/watch/26seconds
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Candice Shepard is a survivor of human trafficking and said she didn't think she was ever going to get out. Shepard, grew up in Ridgecrest but found herself in cities such as Reno, San Francisco and San Jose trafficked by an individual she says she trusted.
When Shepard first met her pimp, she wasn't aware of what he did for a living. All she knew is he promised her a comfortable life with food and shelter and a supply of meth, the drug she had been addicted to since she was 11. However, he tricked her. When they moved to Reno together, he made her pay him for everything he gave her and forced her into prostitution. And she had to stay if she wanted to live to see her daughter again.
Shephard constantly felt her pimp's eyes on her. Just in case she forgot, he would point his gun at her from his car and the red dot from his laser appeared on her chest.
She worked every night and was ordered not to come back with less than $120. All that money was taken from her. One day Shephard jumped out of a two-story San Jose hotel window. Carrying the few items she owned in a grocery bag, she ran barefoot for her life. Shepard had a chance to escape a life of abuse when her pimp left the hotel to deliver drugs to a client.
Candice Shepard is ONLY ONE example of what is happening in United States every day. This video was filmed by our colleagues from @26 Seconds and its director and Kelly Galindo. For more information please check here: https://watch.showandtell.film/watch/26seconds
HELP US RAISE AWARENESS. SHARE, LIKE AND COMMENT.
#HumanTrafficking
#ModernDaySlavery
#Prostitution
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