Posted on 10/17/2018 10:38:26 AM PDT by dennisw
White woman who confronted her black neighbor at St. Louis condo building defends herself against accusations of racism and says she was just concerned for her safety
Hilary Brooke Thornton, 32, was filmed blocking D'Arreion Toles, 24, from entering the St. Louis loft building where they live Thornton was fired from her job as a luxury realtor after the footage went viral
Toles said he was coming home from work on Friday night when the confrontation took place Thornton, who was holding her dog on a leash, demanded to know what apartment he lived in She has since denied that she is racist and says she was concerned for her safety Thornton claims she was following direction from the condo board to not let in strangers
A white woman who was filmed blocking a black man from entering the St. Louis loft building where they live has denied that she is racist and says she was concerned for her safety.
Hilary Brooke Thornton, 32, was fired from her job as a realtor after footage of her confronting D'Arreion Toles at their luxury condo building in Missouri City went viral.
Toles said he was coming home from work on Friday night when Thornton physically blocked him from entering.
The 24-year-old filmed the incident as Thornton, who was holding a glittery phone and her dog on a leash, demanded to know what apartment he lived in.
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You get it! Just looking at her, she looks honest, I believe her account. She has/had no axe to grind. The black guy (resident) simply did not have his key to the buildings front door AND then winged it from there.
Nothing matters except she is white and he is black so she is wrong.
“The black guy (resident) simply did not have his key to the buildings front door AND then winged it from there.”
What makes you think he did not have a key to the building?
Apparently this lady was so “concerned for her safety” that she got in the elevator with this stranger and followed him to his door. I call B.S. on her story.
Straight up troll. Either that or a bee with an itch. Could be both I guess.
Would you want a neighbor who regularly let their dog pee that close to the front door?
It is also possible that he pushed the button on his fob while walking up, and she just didn’t know, and he just didn’t feel like being civil to her and show her he had the fob.
Being that he unlocked the door to his own apartment, it appears that he must have had a key........OK. But he apparently did not have an electronic key for the Lobby.
“But he apparently did not have an electronic key for the Lobby.”
That is her opinion, and that may have nothing at all to do with reality.
"...troll..."
She was under no obligation to let him in and shouldn’t have.
“She was under no obligation to let him in and shouldn’t have.”
He lives in the building.
He has a right to enter the building.
You are correct on this but she is honest in my book. If the police were really going to get involved they could ask him to show them his front door key that evening. Doubtful they did this in the present racial climate.
Idiota!
And she has no obligation to allow a stranger to enter on his word that he lives there.
He also said that someone buzzed him in.
Tailgating is a common ploy used by criminals to get into limited access buildings.
I'm sure there is a clause in her agreement that forbids a tenant from letting in anyone that is not a tenant or vouched for by a tenant.
my kid lives in a building where you put your key in and hit a button to open the main door. If some guy came dancing up behind me and tried to get in on my buzz, i probably would not let him do that. Idk anybody in that apartment building except my girl. So m aybe he lives there, maybe not. Not my deal to figure out.
“She was holding a locking primary acess door open for her dog when a person she didn’t know forced his way past her and refused to show his key or fob to open that door.”
There is no evidence that he forced his way into the building.
Instead, he entered the building where he has an apartment.
“And she has no obligation to allow a stranger to enter on his word that he lives there.”
I have not read where the HOA or management company placed her in the role of determining which residents can and cannot enter their apartments.
If she had voluntarily let him in and he was not a resident and attacked someone or burglarized a unit she could have been held civilly and possibly criminally liable.
Why didn't he have his security fob?
If he didn't have it then he calls the apartment manager to be let in.
Why you refuse to see this as a basic security precaution is beyond me.
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