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Raymond James Financial Inc. said it fired an employee after a video captured him and his wife in a confrontation with a man stenciling “Black Lives Matter” in chalk outside his own San Francisco home.
The video shows Robert Larkins, a managing director at Raymond James, with his wife Lisa Alexander, the chief executive officer of LaFace Skincare, confronting the resident and saying they will call the police. James Juanillo, who is Filipino, posted the video, saying, “A white couple call the police on me, a person of color, for stenciling a #BLM chalk message on my own front retaining wall.”
“Raymond James has zero tolerance for racism and discrimination of any kind,” the company said in a post on Twitter. “After an investigation into the circumstances of a video alleging racism by one of our associates, we have concluded that the actions of he and his partner were inconsistent with our values, and the associate is no longer employed by Raymond James.”
“I did not realize at the time that my actions were racist and have learned a painful lesson,” Alexander said in a statement to ABC.
Alexander, CEO of the La Face skin care line, reportedly is already suffering professional consequences since the video in the posh Pacific Heights neighborhood went viral.
Juanillo said they the cops, who responded to the scene recognized him and didn’t get out of their squad car.
Birchbox announced it had severed ties with Alexander’s brand, SFGate reported.
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
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