“The last 48 hours have taught me that my actions were those of someone who is not aware of the damage caused by being ignorant”.
EMBED >More News Videos James Juanillo, who identifies as a person of color, posted a video to Twitter Friday showing his encounter with a white couple who called the police after they saw him stenciling "black lives matter" onto his own property.
A note from the Birchbox Team regarding Lisa Alexander and LAFACE. pic.twitter.com/CZSpBQegeA — Birchbox (@birchbox) June 13, 2020.
When I watch the video I am shocked and sad that I behaved the way I did.
"If I did live here, and this was my property, this would be absolutely fine?
"Alexander then claimed that she knew Juanillo didn't own the property because they "know the person who does live here.
"The police came and recognized me immediately as a resident of the house and left without getting out of their patrol car. »