Woman fired after video of her blocking man from his building goes viral

Tuesday, October 16, 2018
ST. LOUIS -- The woman seen in a viral video confronting and blocking a St. Louis man from entering his downtown loft was fired from her job Sunday.

Cellphone footage captured the confrontation between the two tenants, showing the woman stopping a man from entering his own 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 video shows the woman asking 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 left without giving anyone a citation.
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