‘Do You Live Out Here?’: Florida Deputies Launch Investigation After Videos Show Four White Men Stalking Black Teen Through Neighborhood

A set of videos that are being widely shared on social media shows four white men following and harassing a Black teenager through a Florida neighborhood. Whitney Portela posted the clips on Facebook and TikTok that show her 18-year-old son walking through a residential community in Sarasota with four older white men tailing him and hassling him about where he lives. The videos posted on Tuesday garnered more than four million views on TikTok overnight. The Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office said its investigating a video showing a group of white men follow and harass a Black teenager through a neighborhood. (Photos: TikTok/@qweenie333) Portela explained what happened leading up to the incident. Right after Hurricane Milton swept through the city, she said there was no power and very little cell service in their home, so her son went outside to call his girlfriend and go for a walk through his neighborhood. The teen began recording himself as four white men who appear to also live in the same neighborhood start to stalk him and press him for answers about where he lives. “Obviously, he doesn’t live here,” one man is heard saying in the background. “You’ve been past my house four...