I'd be willing to bet she knew damned well he lived there and just wanted to be disagreeable.

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See above.

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If you are following someone into a building, you damn right have to prove who you are, especially if you don't have a fob for the keypad. She had every right to stop him. This had nothing to do with race. You people (yes I said you people, as in all of you people, not just black people in general) pull that fcking race card way too fcking much. Once she realized he wasn't a real threat she tried to be nice again. I wouldn't have been. I would have made sure that door shut on anyone in a big city who doesn't have a key fob.

He can't push back. That's how black men get killed in this society. Parents have to teach their black sons NEVER to resist, even if it means letting someone harm them because everyone is going to see them as being in the wrong. This is an ugly, racist culture. He stayed calm because of long practice.

He didn't even try to push past her. A decent person... No wonder she didn't recognise him!

Thank you for saying that Aunt Messy. That's what I always think about when I see these videos - of course the people being accused are being overly polite, they don't want to give anyone a reason to shoot them.

Yes, with a president showing the example of being a racist, how are parents able to teach their children, also, It is amazing this continues in this century !!!

we're not all parents though

He opened the door with a key and she called the police? Really??

If you don't think this is about race, then you're an idiot. If a white man the same age had done the same thing, she'd have been hitting on him and asking him to come over to her place.

She was blocking the door either way - couldn't open, couldn't close. Yes, he could have said, "Just close the door" and waited until she moved to open it again himself, but she was acting weird herself.

Okay - let's say that all of the same things happen but he's white. Does she still call the police? I really don't think so. What reason is there for calling the police? It's because she didn't think he belonged even with the key - I expect she thought he'd obtained the key to that apartment in some illegal way.

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Is that what you would have done, Aunt Messy? You have no idea how this woman would have behaved had the man been white and done the same thing. He bypassed the security feature and, therefore, she had reason to be concerned.

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Alex, I don't care what color you are, if you try to enter a secure apartment building by trying to go through when somebody else opens it instead of using the keypad, I would be calling security or the police. I wouldn't block the door, like this silly woman did, but bypassing the security feature is a concern regardless of color.

OF COURSE---We always have to have "that one" white guy that is an apologist and blames the black dude..."racially baiting her"? He was trying TO GO HOME. Nothing more. It is pathetic when you can catch something THIS wrong and obvious on video....and we STILL have certain people lauding her and criticizing the guy. Unbelievable and shameful.

Um...I'm fish belly white. I'm so pale I don't even have freckles. Also, I'm blond with green eyes. Questions?