San Francisco skincare CEO, Lisa Alexander, apologizes after a video of her scolding a man stenciling his own house with "Black Lives Matter," went viral. According to Fox News' CEO of LAFACE, a San Francisco-based company, apologized to James Juanillo, she scolded while decorating "Black Lives Matter," on Sunday, June 14.
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"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," she said. Lisa said she wants to apologize to Juanillo in person and was committed to learning from the experience.
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A white couple call the police on me, a person of color, for stencilling a #BLM chalk message on my own front retaining wall. “Karen” lies and says she knows that I don’t live in my own house, because she knows the person who lives here. #blacklivesmatter pic.twitter.com/rOpHvKVwgP — Jaimetoons (@jaimetoons) June 12, 2020
According to ABC11's latest report, Lisa and her husband, Robert, were caught threatening James Juanillo, who was identified as a person of color. Lisa also warned him she would call the police for stenciling 'Black Lives Matter' on his property. Juanillo was able to record the incident, and he posted the video on Twitter on Friday, June 12.
LAFACE's CEO apologises after the incident
The viral video starts with a couple asking Juanillo if he was "defacing private property." At that moment, he had finished writing the phrase on a retaining wall outside of his home. KGO-TV, a sister of ABC11 channel, had a chance to get Juanillo's story, and he said that he only used chalk that could be easily washed away by water.
#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”
Story:https://t.co/Wnxpe4CSpC@abc7newsbayarea pic.twitter.com/rhtjbVvJ7R — Luz Peña (@LuzPenaABC7) June 14, 2020
"That leaves only the message to be problematic," said Juanillo."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?" he asked in the video.
In Lisa's defense, she thought that Juanillo did not own the property because she knows the person living there. Juanillo told the couple that they could call the police, which they did soon after. He said that the police recognized him after they arrive, and left without getting out of the police convoy since they knew he was a resident of the house.
"I didn't even show them my ID," he said.
One of the property owners, Brad Gilbertson, said he didn't know who the couple was in the video. The woman just claimed that she knew the owner, Gilbertson, confirmed. Juanillo hoped that the viral video will unite his community to fight racism.
