52-year-old man in Iowa kidnaps woman and forces her to watch Roots

Robert Lee Noye, an African-American man, is facing harassment and false imprisonment charges, in the first degree. He faces these charges due to allegations he kidnapped a white woman and forced her to watch the entire series of Roots. The reason for his actions is reportedly to get her to understand her racism, even if it was to be done in a very unconventional fashion.

The unnamed victim told authorities she was abducted and forced to watch the 9-hour ABC series, Roots, she also stated that when she tried to move Robert Lee Noye threatened to kill her, stating he told her to, “Remain seated and watch the movie with him, or he would kill her and spread her body parts across interstate 380 on the way to Chicago.”

The series Roots is a well-known television series about a man named Kunta Kente, who played a slave. The classic was written by Alex Haley and became a popular TV show in 1977. The story depicts the life of a slave and goes on to tell the story of the slave’s future generations. Though it was originally dubbed a non-fiction story it was later discovered that much of the story was fabricated.