According to Muwali Davis, Sheppard's attorney, he is "not a threat to the community" and he's "merely a college kid trying to figure out life under some extraordinary circumstances."
The Lowndes County Sheriff's Office confirmed that the 21-year-old Sheppard was apprehended Thursday morning at around 11:15 a.m. without incident.
On April 17, Sheppard was videotaped with other black radicals stomping on the American flag as part of a protest on campus. He clashed with Air Force vet Michelle Manhart when she snatched the flag away from the group in an attempt to prevent its desecration. Manhart, a former Playboy model, was briefly detained and banned from campus.
An arrest warrant was later issued for Sheppard after deputies found a gun that belonged to him in a backpack on Valdosta State University's campus. Authorities said Sheppard was also being investigated by the FBI for possibly making terroristic threats on social media.
Last week, Sheppard published a vicious manifesto filled with hate speech against white people.
WCTV reported that Sheppard was taken to the Hillsborough County Jail, where he will have an extradition hearing "in the near future."
Note the use of the term of reference 'black radical.'