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Viral video: SF man fired after refusing to let Latino resident enter his own apartment building

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A San Francisco man was blocked from entering the parking garage of his own apartment complex earlier this week after a couple in an SUV pulled ahead of him in a confrontation that was captured on video.Michael Barajas, who lives at the SOMA Residences and is a graduate of UC Berkeley, said he used his remote to open the garage door on Tuesday evening after coming home from buying fruit when a white SUV with Florida license plates drove in front of him and stopped, preventing Barajas from entering."Today I was not let into my complex by a white couple from Florida that said they would not let a criminal into their complex as they needed to protect it," Barajas, who is Mexican American, said on Instagram, where he posted a . "They thought I was trying to tailgate them to break in and rob them/other cars in the garage."After several minutes, a bystander who also lives in the apartment complex, intervened.on Jun 24, 2020 at 12:23am PDT"Dude, pull into your space or go!" the bystander said.The situation then escalates as a bystander is heard smacking the man's car and yelling for him to move.The man, who has since been identified as William Beasley, then exits the SUV from the passenger side, confronts the person who hit his car and reportedly assaults him by knocking him to the ground, according to . The video didn't capture the alleged assault.At this point, Barajas exits his vehicle, and the bystander who intervened is seen on the floor of the garage in the video."You don't touch my car, bro!" said Beasley, who added, "I'm protecting my f--king place!"ALSO:A woman who was driving the SUV gets out of the car in order to coax Beasley to get back in the vehicle."The girlfriend tried to pay us to not call the cops and not press battery charges," Barajas said on Instagram. "Police arrived and I have filed a report along with my neighbor."SOMA Residences told ABC7 News that it is "actively working to resolve" the issue and condemn "violent acts, aggression toward any residents, discrimination and harassment."Beasley, who works at APEX Systems, was reportedly fired on Thursday."We have concluded our internal review of the incident with one of our internal employees," . "We have made the decision to terminate the employee, effective immediately. We will not tolerate violent or racist behavior of any kind at Apex Systems."Matthew Tom is a Homepage Editor at SFGATE. Email: mtom@sfgate.com.

A San Francisco man was blocked from entering the parking garage of his own apartment complex earlier this week after a couple in an SUV pulled ahead of him in a confrontation that was captured on video.Michael Barajas, who lives at the SOMA Residences and is a graduate of UC Berkeley, said he used his remote to open the garage door on Tuesday evening after coming home from buying fruit when a white SUV with Florida license plates drove in front of him and stopped, preventing Barajas from entering."Today I was not let into my complex by a white couple from Florida that said they would not...

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