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Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1583501 Man says white couple called police on him for stenciling 'Black Lives Matter' on his own property James Juanillo, who identifies as a person of color, posted a video to Twitter Friday showing his encounter with a white couple who called the police after they saw him stenciling "black lives matter" onto his own property. SAN FRANCISCO -- A San Francisco man said a white couple called the police after they saw him stenciling "Black Lives Matter" onto a wall outside of his home. James Juanillo, who identifies as a brown man, posted a video to Twitter Friday showing his encounter with the man and woman. The video begins with the couple asking Juanillo if he was "defacing private property" moments after he finished writing the phrase on a retaining wall outside of his home. Our sister station KGO-TV interviewed Juanillo, who said he clearly stenciled in chalk, which will wash away in the rain. "That leaves only the message to be problematic," he said. "If I did live here, and this was my property, this would be absolutely fine? And you don't know if I live here, if this is my property?" Juanillo asked in the video. The woman then claimed that she knew Juanillo didn't own the property because they "know the person who does live here." Juanillo encouraged them to call the police if they feel unsafe, which they eventually did. "The police came and recognized me immediately as a resident of the house and left without getting out of their patrol car. I didn't even show them my ID," Juanillo told Storyful. Brad Gilbertson, who is one of the owners of the property, said he doesn't know the couple in the video. "She just claimed she knew the owner of the house. She doesn't know me. I thought she was out of line," he said. The woman at the center of the Central Park dog incident caught on camera has been fired, her employer confirmed on Tuesday. While the woman's identity has not been independently confirmed, makeup subscription service Birchbox responded to Twitter users who identified her as Lisa Alexander, CEO of LAFACE Skincare. "We have not worked with LAFACE for several years and, as a result of the CEO's actions today, have officially cut ties with them," the company said in a statement. Birchbox ?@birchbox A note from the Birchbox Team regarding Lisa Alexander and LAFACE. Juanillo said he hopes this video helps his community come together against racism. "What she did is polite racism. It's respectable racism. 'Respectfully, sir, I don't think you belong here,'" he said. KGO-TV reached out to Alexander and is awaiting a response.abc13.com