A family dispute over a simple question — where is their grandfather buried — has turned into a viral national story after a Pennsylvania woman shared screenshots she says show her brother, Dakota Sheipe, using a racial slur during the exchange. Sheipe says the messages were taken out of context and that he was relaying his grandfather’s words, not expressing his own views.
How the Story Started
According to the viral video, which was amplified by creator Eric Bryan Stone across Facebook and Threads, the woman texted her family asking where her grandfather was buried. Rather than a reply from her father, she says she received a response from her brother, Dakota Sheipe. The screenshots she shared show one message reading, “Don’t worry about it. He isn’t your grandfather! Btw this is Dakota. So go screw yourself you trailer trash b***h!”
A second screenshot, which drew the most reaction online, showed a message referencing their grandfather’s disapproval of her using a racial slur.
Sheipe’s public Facebook profile lists Ace Transport LLC as his employer and Kutztown University of Pennsylvania as his school; he is based in Pennsylvania.
The Video Goes Viral
The clip spread quickly after being framed by his sister as exposing racism within her own family, picking up thousands of reactions. Many commenters praised her for sharing the messages publicly, with comments including “I LOVE when people expose their family members” and “When someone shows you who they really are, believe them the first time.”
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Sheipe’s Response
An account under Sheipe’s name posted a public response roughly eight minutes after the video began spreading widely. In it, he said his sister had edited out context showing the slur was a quote of their grandfather’s own words, not his: “My sister leaked messages and completely deleted where it said these were my grandpas words… Respectfully I just relayed my grandfathers words to her.”
He said his intent was not racist, asked Eric Bryan Stone to remove the video, and claimed Stone declined to do so. He also described the backlash as a “false story” being pushed by critics, and closed his post with “BTW ALL LIVES MATTER!” In a separate post from September 11, he added: “Just to clear the air: I’m a MAGA conservative, but that doesn’t mean what a lot of you apparently think it does.”
Sheipe also made additional personal claims about his sister in his posts. Those claims have not been independently verified and are not reported here as fact.
Calls for Him to Lose His Job
After identifying Sheipe’s employer from his public profile, Eric Bryan Stone tagged Ace Transport LLC and Amazon in his posts, suggesting Sheipe shouldn’t be driving for them. Commenters picked up the thread, with some predicting consequences once his employer became aware of the video.
As of now, Ace Transport LLC has not issued any public statement confirming a firing, suspension, or other disciplinary action. The calls for his dismissal are coming from commenters online, not from any statement by the company itself, and there is no official confirmation that Sheipe has lost his job.
Where Things Stand
The dispute ultimately comes down to two competing accounts of the same messages: his sister’s framing of them as an unprompted racist outburst, and Sheipe’s claim that the slur was a direct quote attributed to their grandfather, with the surrounding context removed before the screenshots went public. Neither the full, unedited message thread nor any statement from Ace Transport LLC has been made public to resolve that dispute.
