Landlord Discriminates against Interracial Couple. Gets shock of a life time - YouTube

Channel: SoulSnack

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- [John] This is a private residence
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Sir, you're trespassing.
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- This is your husband?
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- But now all of a sudden you see me
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and the house is no longer available?
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I'm gonna give you one more chance.
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- Hi, how are you, Christina, right?
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- Yes, hi John how are you?
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Nice to meet you.
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- Likewise, likewise.
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- I'm so sorry, my husband is running late.
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He just finished his shift at the hospital,
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but he should be hear in any minute.
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- [John] Ah that's no problem.
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Listen, while we wait for him,
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why don't I take you to see this backyard?
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- Yeah, sure, thank you.
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Wow, this is lovely.
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I like it, I like it.
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Beautiful pool, nice backyard.
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I think this is perfect for us.
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So when is this property available?
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- Immediately.
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- Great! Well, if my husband and I agree,
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I believe we are prepared to sign the lease today.
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But do you have any other candidates
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that are interested in this property?
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- If you and your husband want it, it's yours,
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You can even move in tomorrow if you'd like.
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- Great, thank you so much, John.
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I'm excited, now I can't wait to see the inside of the house
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- Oh, you're going to love the inside.
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- Hello!
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- We're back here.
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- Excuse me, this is a private residence sir,
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you're trespassing.
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- Wait, wait John this is my husband.
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- This is your husband?
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- My husband, Anthony.
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- Hello, it's a pleasure to meet you.
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- [John] Hello.
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- She said her husband was a doctor,
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I guess I was expecting something different.
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- So, honey, John here was telling me
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that the property is still available
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and we can just go inside and take a look at it.
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So shall we?
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- Okay.
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- Yeah, it turns out I won't be able
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to show it to you today.
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- What do you mean?
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- What?
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- [John] Well, it's not livable yet.
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The inside is still being remodeled.
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- Wait, what?
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John, you just told me a minute ago
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that we could move in tomorrow if we wanted to
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and we want to.
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- [Christina] I don't get it.
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- Yeah, uh yeah.
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Look, I got confused with another property.
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The bathrooms are not done yet,
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I think the kitchen still needs some work,
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and I just got a text from a different client who offered
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some more at the beginning, so
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sorry.
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You can see yourselves out.
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- [Anthony] Hold on, we're not going anywhere.
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- Excuse me?
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I asked you to leave.
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Now like I said, the house is no longer available.
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- You told my wife that this house was available
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and you told her that we can move in whenever we wanted to.
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But now all of a sudden you see me
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and the house is no longer available?
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I tell you what, I'm going to give you one more chance.
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Can we please see the inside of this house?
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We're both qualified and we're ready to move in tomorrow.
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- I already told you once.
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If you don't leave, I will have to call the authorities.
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(laughing)
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- There's no need.
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We are the authorities.
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- What are you talking about?
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You're not a cop, please leave.
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- You're right, I'm not a cop.
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I'm not even a doctor, but I am Anthony Robinson,
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federal housing anti-discrimination unit.
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This here is my partner, special agent Christina Martinez.
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And you my friend, are under arrest.
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Please put your hands behind your back.
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- What? This is ridiculous.
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You guys can't do anything to me.
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You think these handcuffs scare me?
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- Hey Anthony, the guy's right.
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He's going to bail himself out in the next day.
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Why don't we just hit him where it really hurts.
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- Hm, you know what you're right.
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- What are you talking about?
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- Well you see, I have the authority to either arrest you
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or issue you a citation.
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As my partner pointed out
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if I arrest you you'll probably be out by this afternoon.
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But if I give you a citation, (laughing)
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that's a whole different story.
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See, you either pay the citation or you go before a judge
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and with the evidence we have
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no judge is going to grant you a pardon.
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- Big deal, I'll just pay for the fine.
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- Okay.
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- Christina, write 'em up.
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- You got it.
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- How much is this fine?
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- It starts out at fifty thousand dollars,
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but you know what?
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You're fine will be like double, triple that.
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Since this obviously isn't your first offense, right Johnny?
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- Fifty thousand dollars?
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- Actually that's the minimum.
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It'd probably be like a hundred thousand dollars, at least.
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We've been investigating your company
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for racial discrimination for a long time.
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(laughing)
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And your actions today is all the evidence that we need.
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- Here you go, buddy.
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Have a nice day.
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- Wait, wait.
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Look, I'm really sorry.
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I did discriminate against you.
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I admit it, I'm guilty and I'm really sorry.
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But I can't pay this fine,
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my company will go bankrupt if I pay this.
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I'll end up on the street.
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- Poor thing.
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- Tell that to the judge,
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maybe he'll show you some humanity.
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- That's something you need to learn a lot about, see ya.