(La Porte County, IN) - Local Sheriff’s deputies encountered a unique individual skateboarding through the area.
On Thursday afternoon officers responded to a welfare check on State Road 2. They encountered Demarcus James, who is on a coast-to-coast mission to raise awareness for mental health.
James is a professional skateboarder from San Francisco, California. He told officers he left Oakland about two-and-a-half months ago bound for New York City, a journey of almost 3,000 miles.
According to a GoFundMe page set up to support his endeavor, after battling mental illness himself and even attempting suicide, James is now traversing the country to show people that there is hope.
Passing through La Porte County on Thursday, James posted on social media about the beautiful fall colors everywhere:
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Officers checked on him and wished him well. “They were super cool and respectful,” James said, “just curous about what I was doing. Once they heard about the trip, they were stoked and just let me roll on.”
