Cellphone footage captured the confrontation between the two tenants, showing the woman stopping a man from entering his downtown loft and demanding proof he lived there.
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D'Arreion Nuriyah Toles posted several videos online of his interaction with the woman on Saturday, after he arrived home from a late night at the office.
Toles wrote that the videos show what it's like to be a black man in the U.S.
The woman asks him to prove he belongs there. She later follows him after he enters the building.
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In the viral video, Toles can be heard telling the woman, "You are blocking me into my building. This is my building as well. So, I need you to get out of my way."
Police were called to the scene of Toles' loft, but they left without giving anyone a citation.
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