Park Sloper Calls Cops On Black Woman Taking Shelter From Rain

PARK SLOPE, BROOKLYN — A Park Slope woman called police because a black woman sought shelter in her doorway on a rainy day, video shows.

Darsell Obregon said she was waiting for an Uber in a doorway near Fifth Avenue on July 22 when a young woman came outside and demanded she leave, according to video Obregon posted to YouTube days later.

Obregon refused to move because “a sudden rain storm began … I was just waiting for my ride and would be leaving in a couple of minutes,” she explained in her post.

She began filming when the young woman called police.

“You’re standing on public property,” the woman informs Obregon. She soon clarifies, “This is not public property …We’re the owners of this building”

The first of two video clips shows the woman demanding a police officer come and force Obregon to leave and providing a description.

“Black,” She says after police ask her a question. “I absolutely do not know her and that’s why I want her off my property.”

The second clip shows Obregon getting into the Uber as the barefoot woman follows and informs her she now wants her to stay.

“If you go anywhere you’ll be committing a crime as well,” she says. “You know that right?”

“Okay,” Obregon responds.

“I’m just doing my work,” the driver says.

Obregon’s video has since been viewed by more than 800 people on YouTube and 10,000 people on Facebook. One frustrated viewer dubbed the young woman #DoorwayDebbie and the moniker has caught on.

“Dear white women," a commenter wrote. "Stop calling the cops on black people going about their daily business. #doorwaydebbie"

Obregon did not immediately respond to Patch's Facebook message requesting an interview.

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