#BlackLivesMatter | Lisa Alexander says she wants to apologize directly to Mr. Juanillo: ⬇️
“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”
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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
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- A San Francisco man said a white couple called the police after they saw him stenciling "Black Lives Matter" in chalk onto his own property.James Juanillo, who identifies as a person of color, posted a video to Twitter Friday showing his encounter with the man and woman, identified only as Lisa and Robert.The woman seen in the video, later identified as Lisa Alexander, apologized in a statement Sunday, saying in part, "The last 48 hours has taught me that my actions were those of someone who is not aware of the damage caused by being ignorant and naive to racial inequalities. When I watch the video I am shocked and sad that I behaved the way I did. It was disrespectful to Mr. Juanillo and I am deeply sorry for that."The video begins with the couple asking Juanillo if he was "defacing private property" moments after he finished writing the phrase on a retaining wall outside of his home."If I did live here, and this was my property, this would be absolutely fine? And you don't know if I live here, if this is my property?" Juanillo asked.Juanillo told ABC7 News, "She thought this was devaluing someone's property. She knew it was chalk, she knew this would wash away in the rain. That leaves only the message to be problematic."Alexander then claimed that she knew Juanillo didn't own the property because they "know the person who does live here."Juanillo encouraged them to call the police if they feel unsafe, which they eventually did."The police came and recognized me immediately as a resident of the house and left without getting out of their patrol car. I didn't even show them my ID," Juanillo said.Brad Gilbertson is one of the owners of the property, and says he doesn't know the couple in the video."She just claimed she knew the owner of the house. She doesn't know me. I thought she was out of line," said Gilbertson.While the woman's identity has not been independently confirmed, makeup subscription service Birchbox responded to Twitter users who identified her as Alexander, CEO of LAFACE Skincare."We have not worked with LAFACE for several years and, as a result of the CEO's actions today, have officially cut ties with them," the company said in a statement."What she did is polite racism. It's respectable racism. 'Respectfully, sir I don't think you belong here,'" said Juanillo.Juanillo says he hopes this video helps his community come together against racism.In her apology Sunday afternoon, Alexander said:
CileTheSane on June 14th, 2020 at 20:46 UTC »
and having it caught on video.
She didn't just question him, she lied about knowing the people who own the house. She was so certain he couldn't possibly belong there she thought that was a safe lie to make.
TickDicklerzInc on June 14th, 2020 at 20:39 UTC »
Her tone is infuriating. She approached this man as if she was talking to someone else's child that she might have to find the parents for.
adpirtle on June 14th, 2020 at 16:51 UTC »
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