‘Disturbing’: Video Shows White Men Following Black Teen In Neighborhood

Photo: Getty Images A viral video showing a group of white men following a Black teen in Sarasota, Florida has sparked outrage among the community and social media users, per the Herald-Tribune. The teenager’s mother, Whitney Portela, shared a one-minute clip on social media of her son being followed down a street in a neighborhood by at least three men. In a Facebook post, Portela said at least one of the men had followed her son in a vehicle for several minutes. Portela accused the men of racial profiling. Video of the incident has amassed millions of views across social media platforms. “The morning aftermath of Hurricane Milton, my son wanted to walk the neighborhood to talk to his girlfriend on his phone because we didn’t have power so his service was bad in the house. This is what he had to deal with. Even after telling these men he lives here, they were not satisfied with his answer and continued to harass him,” Portela wrote on her Facebook. @qweenie333 TikTok, I really need some help, what you see here is my child being racially profiled, and followed by four grown men all because he was walking around OUR neighborhood…...