Weigh In! If this was YOUR community, how would you handle it?

I ran across this video that showed a confrontation among neighbors. CAUTION: Strong Language.

The person who posted the video said that apartment management didn't do anything when showed the video. But I'd love to hear your thoughts! What would you all do if you were shown this video?



Here is the description from the video:

I live at a "luxury apartment" complex in Tampa, FL. Due to poor construction my downstairs neighbor can hear me walking around upstairs and thinks I am intentionally stomping.

One Sunday afternoon at 3:30 I had an MBA class from UT at my apartment filming a class project when there was a loud banging on my door. I opened the door and my neighbor started hurling racist rants at me. Once she saw that the people in my apartment were black, puerto rican, and white she decided I was not longer a racist and instead was just gay. She started calling me a white faggot (i am straight) and threatening to kill me. Shortly after that one of my friends grabbed a camera and began recording and this is the last 11 minutes of the encounter.

I remained calm throughout the scenario and simply took this video to property management to allow me to be released from my lease or her evicted for criminal threat to my life but they took no action.

Also I recognize that she was grieving over her husband but that is still no excuse for her actions. Furthermore I acknowledge that, even though I remained calm, I should have just shut the door about 30 seconds in on this. At the end when I finally do close the door you can sort of see it but they were trying to force my door in/open.

Enjoy the video and feel free to like or comment below.

EDIT: If you dont want to read through the comments - I recongize I could have closed the door much sooner. I wanted to hear her out and I didn't want her to leave with the false sense that it would be fixed and thinking the "stomping" would stop because I have never intentionally stomped. I walk around in socks or bare feet 90% of the time but she never took the time to really hear me out.

Also yes - I think the son was cool as a cucumber here and seemed like a nice guy and he and I probably could have talked it out nicely if given a real chance but we never got that.

Some have said to call the police. We called TPD that day when she was in the hall saying she was going to get her gun and she had something for us. The police never came.

Intimidation and disrespect will not be allowed. I would seek out the advice of my attorney’s as how to take this to the next level. I would speak with the other resident who was being offensive and ask her to put in writing her concerns regarding this incident and I would privately speak with the other resident and ask him to also provide in writing the nature of the situation and what lead up to these moments. However, most leases state that tenants are encouraged and have the right to “peaceful living conditions” (in TN). I would neither place blame or apologize but draw up an incident report and as stated prior-seek counsel with my attorney on how best to handle this.

It is a lease violation to "threaten, intimidate, yell, curse, etc" at any other resident or staff member in the community.

Eviction . (period)

He just posted a response:

Well, having a class in your apartment, filming a project.... that might actually have been noisy. Was it 2 or 20 people? What exactly was going on in there during the filming? As for the rest, it's not clear if the complaining tenant has already taken it to management. But it does sound as if she's brought this up several times before to the tenant. It could actually be that this person is noisy and a heavy walker and trying to blow it off saying she has personal issues.

While the tenant was mad that doesn't necessarily put her in the wrong about how she feels about everything and make him in the right. And I don't see anywhere that the poster said he's trying to make sure he's not disturbing her. I would address the reaction with the complaining tenant and try to get documentation on the guy. If it's going on during the day it shouldn't be too difficult.

I had a tenant above me that sounded like an elephant. I began addressing it with him and at no point did he every try to be conscious of those below him. It got so bad I finally terminated his lease. Lo and behold I later learned that everyone who'd live where I was had the same problem. And yes, I asked the same question, why didn't you do something about him.