Black family's funeral interrupted and branded "gang meeting" by neighbour

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This is the moment an African-American family coming together for a funeral was harassed and told they looked like a "gang meeting".  DeSean Robinson, 38, was spending the day with her extended family on August 3 in Monroe, Louisiana, USA, after the funeral of her grandfather.  And while the group were gathering outside her uncle's home, a disgruntled neighbour came out to complain that their cars were blocking his driveway.  Shocking video shows the neighbour becoming irritable with the family.  He can be heard branding the gathering as a "gang meeting" and threatening to call the police.

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00:00It's the damn road right here.

00:02James, James. It's okay. I'm so sorry.

00:04Well, I'm not sorry.

00:06Get in the car.

00:08No, this ain't right.

00:10I told him to move that car.

00:12I'm going to call the police if y'all don't do something.

00:14Sir, it's an out-the-path of a road.

00:16I don't care about all that crap.

00:18Oh, wow.

00:20I don't like you running my neighborhood.

00:22James.

00:24I live right there.

00:26James, stop.

00:28Well, don't dust me off the driveway.

00:30She keeps talking about your car.

00:32She says she don't want your car in the driveway.

00:34My car is not blocking their driveway.

00:36They can get out of their driveway.

00:38Don't block my driveway.

00:40James, James, you can talk to people better than that.

00:42No, I ain't. I don't like it.

00:44Don't do that.

00:46Mr. James, if you wanted to beg back, you could and get out, Mr. James.

00:48I can call for records and get this moved.

00:50Stop. No, you can't. Come on.

00:52That's so mean of you, Mr. James.

00:54Come here.

00:56James, stop.

00:58We ain't going for this shit, James.

01:00I ain't going either.

01:02It's crazy.

01:04This is the neighborhood that they designed for the hood.

01:06James, stop.

01:08You got to stop saying stuff like that, Mr. James.

01:10What's going on?

01:12Mr. James, give him some room.

01:14How you doing?

01:16No, I don't like this.

01:18You're ruining my neighborhood.

01:20I don't care what you're doing here.

01:22I don't believe in this crap.

01:24You're going to get in my face.

01:28You're going to start some trouble right there.

01:30There's trouble right there.

01:34I don't care about all that crap.

01:36This is not right.

01:48Oh, wow.

01:54They're going to run me in my house.

02:00We're just having a family get together.

02:02That's all it is.

02:08I can't even get out of my driveway.

02:10My wife cannot.

02:12We'll move this car right there.

02:24Oh, wow.

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