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iluvtennis

(19,876 posts) Sun Jun 14, 2020, 10:26 PM Jun 2020

Woman apologizes after backlash from confronting homeowner

Sherrilyn Ifill@Sifill_LDF·7m
Woman apologizes after backlash from confronting homeowner

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https://apnews.com/cbb4852493ad0e891983149f4541da92?utm_medium=AP&utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_source=Twitter

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The CEO of a cosmetics company issued an apology Sunday after a video was widely shared online showing her and her husband confronting a man and threatening to call police because he stenciled “Black Lives Matter” in chalk on his San Francisco property.

The video, which has been retweeted 155,000 times, has sparked accusations of racism and led a cosmetics distributor to cut ties with Lisa Alexander, founder and CEO of LaFace Skincare.

“There are not enough words to describe how truly sorry I am for being disrespectful to him last Tuesday when I made the decision to question him about what he was doing in front of his home,” Alexander said in a statement. “I should have minded my own business.”

The video, which first appeared Tuesday on the Facebook page of James Juanillo, shows a couple asking him whether he lives in the house before asserting that they know he doesn’t live there and is therefore breaking the law.

Juanillo doesn’t answer the couple, but invites them to call the police. The couple then walk away, with Alexander responding: “Yes, we will do so.”

The video stops short of showing what happens next. Juanillo summed up the encounter on Twitter: “A white couple call the police on me, a person of color, for stenciling a #BLM chalk message on my own front retaining wall.”

He added that Alexander “lies and says she knows that I don’t live in my own house, because she knows the person who lives here.”

Juanillo, who is Filipino, told KGO-TV he believes the couple accused him of defacing private property because they didn’t think he belonged in the wealthy Pacific Heights neighborhood.

He said a police officer pulled up several minutes after the encounter and drove away after recognizing Juanillo as a longtime resident.

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As she said in her "apology", she should have minded her own business.

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Woman apologizes after backlash from confronting homeowner (Original Post) iluvtennis Jun 2020 OP

I guess karen got the message nt FoxNewsSucks Jun 2020 #1

The only message karen got was that her business is in jrthin Jun 2020 #3

Losing money. That's why she is sorry. AllyCat Jun 2020 #16

Here is the video. She is HORRID. Not surprised she's an entitled CEO. Alex4Martinez Jun 2020 #2

I can't watch. Things like this are so depressing... gristy Jun 2020 #5

she is only sorry her bottom dollar is affected demtenjeep Jun 2020 #20

I may have the unpopular opinion Obvious85 Jun 2020 #12

It was chalk. Chalk. On his own home. Alex4Martinez Jun 2020 #13

Ummmm... SHE LIED! SlogginThroughIt Jun 2020 #15

She lied???? AllyCat Jun 2020 #17

he had stencils, and other supplies demtenjeep Jun 2020 #21

That simple malaise Jun 2020 #25

13.9 million views and counting not fooled Jun 2020 #18

Her website is down, social media accounts closed. Alex4Martinez Jun 2020 #4

Whatever StarfishSaver Jun 2020 #6

Yawn, racism is going to get expensive, so yes mind your damn business. tulipsandroses Jun 2020 #7

+1 uponit7771 Jun 2020 #22

Trying to save LaFace MagickMuffin Jun 2020 #8

Not likely to change what's in her heart and mind. KY_EnviroGuy Jun 2020 #9

Drumpf Continues To Drain The Swamp sfstaxprep Jun 2020 #10

I can smell the sincerity. dalton99a Jun 2020 #11

A black woman who used chalk on a monument is in jail on felony charges. Alex4Martinez Jun 2020 #14

this person needs to goto jail for filing a false police report. AllaN01Bear Jun 2020 #19

+1 uponit7771 Jun 2020 #23

"I'm sorry ... (that I'm losing money over this) left-of-center2012 Jun 2020 #24

I love that the cops knew him, and were just like, "Hey, man!" obamanut2012 Jun 2020 #26

FoxNewsSucks

(10,435 posts)

1. I guess karen got the message nt

Reply to iluvtennis (Original post)

Sun Jun 14, 2020, 10:27 PM

Jun 2020

jrthin

(4,837 posts)

3. The only message karen got was that her business is in

Reply to FoxNewsSucks (Reply #1)

Sun Jun 14, 2020, 10:32 PM

Jun 2020

trouble, and she'll try and did her way out with an apology. It was reported that companies who carried her products have dropped her.

AllyCat

(16,228 posts)

16. Losing money. That's why she is sorry.

Reply to jrthin (Reply #3)

Mon Jun 15, 2020, 12:28 AM

Jun 2020

Alex4Martinez

(2,198 posts)

2. Here is the video. She is HORRID. Not surprised she's an entitled CEO.

Reply to iluvtennis (Original post)

Sun Jun 14, 2020, 10:31 PM

Jun 2020

Last edited Mon Jun 15, 2020, 01:27 AM - Edit history (1)

The rich so often suck.

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gristy

(10,667 posts)

5. I can't watch. Things like this are so depressing...

Reply to Alex4Martinez (Reply #2)

Sun Jun 14, 2020, 10:42 PM

Jun 2020

demtenjeep

(31,997 posts)

20. she is only sorry her bottom dollar is affected

Reply to gristy (Reply #5)

Mon Jun 15, 2020, 12:52 AM

Jun 2020

otherwise she wouldn't give a shit

Obvious85

(259 posts)

12. I may have the unpopular opinion

Reply to Alex4Martinez (Reply #2)

Mon Jun 15, 2020, 12:14 AM

Jun 2020

I am all for BLM and everything else, I'm as liberal as they come, but painting on a retaining wall is a suspicious activity, period, and if someone else was painting on his retaining wall and she questioned that person, he would be grateful. It's all perspective, I don't think she was rude or overtly racist. We can't encourage others not to look out for others property.

Alex4Martinez

(2,198 posts)

13. It was chalk. Chalk. On his own home.

Reply to Obvious85 (Reply #12)

Mon Jun 15, 2020, 12:18 AM

Jun 2020

Karens are Karens whether it's about race or not.

SlogginThroughIt

(1,977 posts)

15. Ummmm... SHE LIED!

Reply to Obvious85 (Reply #12)

Mon Jun 15, 2020, 12:24 AM

Jun 2020

She fucking lied to his face about knowing who lived there. Not Racist? Bwahahahhahahahahaha!!!! OK......

AllyCat

(16,228 posts)

17. She lied????

Reply to Obvious85 (Reply #12)

Mon Jun 15, 2020, 12:29 AM

Jun 2020

Said she knew who lived there.

demtenjeep

(31,997 posts)

21. he had stencils, and other supplies

Reply to Obvious85 (Reply #12)

Mon Jun 15, 2020, 12:53 AM

Jun 2020

he was obviously the home owner

because he was a poc, that asshole lady assumed he couldn't afford to live there

malaise

(269,187 posts)

25. That simple

Reply to demtenjeep (Reply #21)

Mon Jun 15, 2020, 10:02 AM

Jun 2020

not fooled

(5,801 posts)

18. 13.9 million views and counting

Reply to Alex4Martinez (Reply #2)

Mon Jun 15, 2020, 12:40 AM

Jun 2020

Bwahaahaa.

You can't buy that kind of publicity.

Alex4Martinez

(2,198 posts)

4. Her website is down, social media accounts closed.

Reply to iluvtennis (Original post)

Sun Jun 14, 2020, 10:35 PM

Jun 2020

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StarfishSaver

(18,486 posts)

6. Whatever

Reply to iluvtennis (Original post)

Sun Jun 14, 2020, 10:43 PM

Jun 2020

tulipsandroses

(5,127 posts)

7. Yawn, racism is going to get expensive, so yes mind your damn business.

Reply to iluvtennis (Original post)

Sun Jun 14, 2020, 10:54 PM

Jun 2020

She's shocked when she saw herself on video, that she would act that way? Really? OK Karen.

uponit7771

(90,364 posts)

22. +1

Reply to tulipsandroses (Reply #7)

Mon Jun 15, 2020, 01:09 AM

Jun 2020

MagickMuffin

(15,958 posts)

8. Trying to save LaFace

Reply to iluvtennis (Original post)

Sun Jun 14, 2020, 11:09 PM

Jun 2020

it appears she has quite a bit of egg on her LaFace

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,494 posts)

9. Not likely to change what's in her heart and mind.

Reply to iluvtennis (Original post)

Sun Jun 14, 2020, 11:09 PM

Jun 2020

Most of these social media rebukes will simply drive racism from overt to covert and stoke deep rage. Even those who lose their jobs will just find an new enabler employer with similar racist attitudes. For those suffering from a brainwashed conservative or elitist mindset, racism is baked in and ingrained.

If they change their bad habits, it will only be to save face for the sake of profits or business reputation.

Superficial equality is of no value, just like superficial apologies.

KY

sfstaxprep

(9,998 posts)

10. Drumpf Continues To Drain The Swamp

Reply to iluvtennis (Original post)

Sun Jun 14, 2020, 11:42 PM

Jun 2020

These Racist Pieces Of Shit are emboldened by their Cult Leader.

Another 2 bite the dust.

dalton99a

(81,599 posts)

11. I can smell the sincerity.

Reply to iluvtennis (Original post)

Sun Jun 14, 2020, 11:42 PM

Jun 2020

Alex4Martinez

(2,198 posts)

14. A black woman who used chalk on a monument is in jail on felony charges.

Reply to iluvtennis (Original post)

Mon Jun 15, 2020, 12:20 AM

Jun 2020

She wrote "tear down" in yellow chalk, faces 1 to 5 years.

https://www.11alive.com/video/news/local/protests/john-gordon-statue-atlanta-tear-down-written/85-6391fbf4-9838-4d57-9364-d1dc9ed3569f

I guess the SF CEO might want to move to the deep south where she can fit in.

AllaN01Bear

(18,443 posts)

19. this person needs to goto jail for filing a false police report.

Reply to iluvtennis (Original post)

Mon Jun 15, 2020, 12:48 AM

Jun 2020

uponit7771

(90,364 posts)

23. +1

Reply to AllaN01Bear (Reply #19)

Mon Jun 15, 2020, 01:09 AM

Jun 2020

left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)

24. "I'm sorry ... (that I'm losing money over this)

Reply to iluvtennis (Original post)

Mon Jun 15, 2020, 09:57 AM

Jun 2020

"The CEO of a cosmetics company (Lisa Alexander, founder and CEO of LaFace Skincare) issued an apology Sunday after a video was widely shared online ..."

The social media furor over the video led 'Birchbox',
which distributes beauty products via a subscription service,
to announce Saturday that it has cut ties with the company over Alexander’s “racist actions.”

obamanut2012

(26,142 posts)

26. I love that the cops knew him, and were just like, "Hey, man!"

Reply to iluvtennis (Original post)

Mon Jun 15, 2020, 10:03 AM

Jun 2020

And didn't even get out of the squad car. I bet Alexander and her husband freaked out.

Also, her husband has been fired by the financial firm he worked for.

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