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Neighbors - Season 1 - Episode 04: White Privilege Card
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00:23I'm alexa person this is my wall my neighbor Jeff wants me to take it down
00:29and I am NOT taking it down I think you can see why anybody living across the street from that
00:35cartel looking residents would be unhappy she was my black mama everybody hates when I say that but
00:47she was she totally took care of me we had a great relationship all of a sudden he starts feeling
00:53me constantly he's a psycho I needed some eyes so I went and I bought a couple of cameras I
01:00had no
01:00idea how much activity I would capture I'm like a specimen to him just like a specimen if she needs
01:08that kind of privacy she picked the wrong neighborhood I need protection from this
01:12really dark disturbed human being I could feel the anger growing inside of me he dangerous
01:26every day I'm affronted by this wall I'm offended by it it aggravates me every single day I open the
01:34front door to get the paper and there's that wall the scar on the neighborhood when she first moved
01:41in I walked across the street rang the doorbell Alexa answered I introduced myself welcomed her to the
01:46neighborhood and told us anything she needed please feel free to come across the street I first met Jeff
01:52about a week after I moved in we were both getting our mail he was kind enough and nice enough
01:58then I
01:58didn't see him again until we were well into construction I began seeing her build an eight
02:04foot fence his face was red and he was yelling I can't see in what is this wall and what's
02:10happening
02:10here and this shouldn't be here one day I found some strangers in my backyard leering at my pool that
02:17was scary I needed to secure this perimeter we've seen no crime to speak of at all in this neighborhood
02:25Jeff doesn't understand that the wall it's going to be a mix of an Italian and a French villa with
02:32landscaping and water features Jeff's never seen the plans this is a photograph of the compound where
02:41Osama bin Laden hid out we did the right thing and tracking him down and getting rid of him and
02:46it's
02:46very tall here's a huge black metal gate well 10 feet high 12 feet high structures like that are
02:59built to keep people out and that's exactly what she has over there you want your home to be safe
03:04needs
03:04to be a sanctuary like what's the point of attacking someone over a wall although it's been incredibly
03:10challenging and frustrating at times it underscores my work I don't know the woman but this is their
03:19site which is kind of strange it describes her as an alchemist of light she says she helped starseeds
03:26activate their earthly mission by remembering who they are it's unusual and I'm not interested in buying
03:32her books I'm an author a professional lecturer and speak where I'm invited what do you do well I am
03:40an alchemist there are four different realities happening simultaneously consciousness and everything
03:46it's working in a multi-dimensional space people are deciding which path they're going to take there's fear
03:52or love choose wisely my name is no accident a person this represents a paradox I'm everyone
04:00and no one I have the gift of seeing people's energies if you activate it through kindness through
04:08love through unity consciousness it grows outward if you are dealing with the dark that's where you know
04:16my neighbor is firmly right here beer I don't know Jeff well he was in the Texas Senate for a
04:23while he's
04:24been a figure in San Antonio for many decades the far right of my party decided I wasn't really
04:30Republican enough that I was really a Republican in name only a rhino so to counteract that I bought
04:37this painting and hung it in my office at the State Capitol so give me a break I started out
04:44as a
04:44county commissioner served in the Texas House of Representatives and then served in the Texas
04:48Senate and then was the judge of a justice court for the last 10 years I introduced the Castle Doctrine
04:54Bill that says you have the right to defend yourself in your home in your motor vehicle or your place
04:58of
04:59business I discovered that Texans had a duty to retreat if they were attacked in their home that is
05:05completely un-Texan we should have a right to defend our family and ourselves what we're talking about is the
05:10right of self-preservation we will pass it in Texas this was taken in the East Room of the White
05:15House
05:16that's our oldest son and the president it shows President George H.W. Bush George W. Bush with
05:23Carl and me after he was president he told me that he missed our talks on the back porch when
05:28he was
05:28governor I don't follow the party line always on the issue of abortion I was the only pro-choice Republican
05:33member of the Senate I just did what I thought was right there are a lot of ways you can
05:38be a good
05:38neighbor in terms of conflict and that is to you know confront them directly and if they correct the
05:45problem good they don't then they consider this a battle hi I'm Steven under that this is my home next
05:56door is where my neighbors Jack and Joanne live we became really close particularly after my divorce I
06:02mean she was pretty instrumental in helping me get back on my feet he didn't handle I would have
06:06wiped or left him feel sorry for him she embraced me big bald white guy I fed him and tried
06:13to be a
06:13mama to him and a friend to him yeah talk to walk he walked to walk look look he lived
06:20over here he
06:21could come in and just walk in the door and the children would say oh ain't nobody with Steve been
06:27over there for almost all the holidays Easter Christmas Thanksgiving what would you like Juneteenth
06:34that's a big one for them and boy can they cook and we always included Steve Jack would come over
06:39quite a bit and have a have a drink here's the key to Steve house we would go over and
06:45feed his cat
06:46clean up his house I did everything I could for him as a neighbor they're very racist people boy they
06:53love to make fun of Mexicans they love to make fun of white people I was told many times I
06:57was the
06:57exception yeah I was over there one day we're sitting on the patio and they're like you know
07:02you can say it right and I was like nope not saying it they're like no no you're cool you
07:06want you're
07:06one of us you can totally say it I mean it had to been 10 minutes of them berating me
07:11say it say it
07:12make it happy so all right I dropped an n-bomb there was always some kind of a race-based
07:18joke of
07:19something I was outside Joanne was was on the deck and she said hey let me borrow that white privilege
07:25card
07:25you got I need to do something with the city and I laughed I said Joanne you know that's not
07:29real I
07:29don't have a membership card I thought if I give this to Joanne she's gonna love it this is my
07:34white
07:34privilege card that Steve gave me have you ever lived next door to a psycho a racist psycho right joke
07:45wrong
07:45time and that's when things went real south we had to put up my pants to get away from it
07:51I just didn't
07:52know what else to do someone told me hey there's a guy in your yard measuring are you building a
07:57fence
07:57and I said no and I walked outside and I asked the gentleman what are you doing he said well
08:01they want
08:01to build a fence and I was like first you're not even in the right spot and I was told
08:06I can go spend
08:07my white boy money on a survey if I want to but they're not can I help we put up
08:11the fence and we
08:12didn't get the measurement done and it was three feet on his side and he lost it I don't know
08:19why he went
08:20crazy caught that fence for his hair you have time for my bullshit because you have time to
08:24fucking steal my land shut up motherfucker you're gonna have coffee go to hell neighbor is stalking
08:32her metro police you've been destroying my fence they're gonna make her remove all this shit that's
08:37all without coming I get creative when I get mad I was familiar with how propaganda works I mean I
08:45studied world war ii like I studied gobles that guy was an evil genius evil as fuck but a genius
08:50nonetheless I had no recourse and so that's when I put stuff on YouTube I wasn't planning on doing
08:57a channel per se yeah I consider myself a storyteller I mean it's it's in my blood I wanted to
09:02build a
09:02little community around this my discord called my neighbor Karen it turned into a group of people
09:08moving through this story with me I started to learn that I'm certainly not alone we have people
09:14sharing stories currently about their own little fence issues or encroachment issues that I'll make a
09:19decision and then run it by them and say this is what I feel like I'm gonna do with this
09:23what do
09:24y'all think and I'll get direct feedback the biggest video on my channel currently has 4.4 million views
09:30and
09:30rising and the whole time she's screaming that I'm harassing her get off of my fence that's assault to
09:40that's embarrassing it's a horrible situation and I'm sick and tired of seeing myself in that light and I feel
09:49so bad and Jack said that I was embarrassing the family I felt like a piece of shit you know
09:56he was very upset and I said oh my god I wasn't trying to shame nobody and when you can't
10:03defend yourself you think of everything you lash out to get back at them and you're not doing it
10:09anything but hurting yourself I regret the way I responded but I felt like I was backed in a wall
10:16this is a message for Steve I am employing you Steve to please take down the video that you're getting
10:27paid off me it has ruined my life my comfort my serenity because it's very embarrassing and I am your
10:36neighbor please take down
10:39$26,076.44 to date but it's a non-negotiable to remove it because if I remove it well then
10:47I've got nothing and if they start up again I've got nothing
10:57every single time my neighbor calls the city I am fined $2,000 a day and I'm so sorry what
11:05is your name
11:06Senator Jeff Wentworth oh look it's Jeff has to do with this uh fence across the street from my house
11:13Jeff had an article posted that I must have cartel associations and be doing some illegal
11:21activity behind that wall so I bought a blacked out Escalade and very proudly pick up the mail in my
11:28fur coat and glasses
11:29if you're going to call me mafia well then I'm going to be mafia for you
11:33as you may have heard my neighbor across the street is in the process of constructing without a building permit
11:39allowing her to do so
11:40a very tall cinder block wall directly across the street from our house
11:48there he is
11:49how are you my man
11:50good
11:50so we're dealing with it with this wall
11:53I mean it's like a fortress it looks like an Osama bin Laden compound in Pakistan
11:58all right
11:59it offends the essential character of the neighborhood
12:01I don't blame you for being unhappy you or your neighbors and so this is something that we'll take a
12:07look at
12:07I really appreciate it thank you Mark very much
12:09of course
12:11as far as Jeff and his political affiliations he's pulled some strings and continues to
12:18my contractors are meeting with the city
12:21this is Roland the chief building inspector
12:24hey how's it going Roland
12:25they're going to take their little measuring tapes and measure every side of the wall to make sure that it's
12:33in compliance
12:34I mean she's already had somebody climb over the wall and go up
12:37there's like crack heads that come through here
12:40it's crazy
12:41but there's a lot of homeless some raw land back in here they camp
12:45you know I mean like it doesn't follow the three foot form but it follows the architectural design you know
12:51form
12:51like you know I want us to try and work this out and not let them get into an argument
12:59you know what I mean because it's just it's never going to go away
13:06City attorneys come back and they're trying to use bits and pieces of my conversation on our initial walkthrough against
13:15this
13:16like where are we chopping then not the side walls
13:19no the side walls in the front yard
13:21oh no we have to take those down too
13:23all the way to the side to the two walls
13:25basically to the house
13:26so I'm just going to be open completely open
13:28in the front
13:30the only reason why you're having the issue that you're having right now is because of Jeff across the street
13:37we should be able to apply for a variance up to a foot
13:40I can?
13:41well
13:42technically
13:42we can look into some options
13:44let me look into some options
13:50my flowers are my life
13:52I have so many and some of them are getting ready to bloom
13:57I don't do anything else but work in my yard and try to make it beautiful
14:03I love my yard
14:05I like my peace
14:06and he took that from me
14:08from being stressed out
14:10I had open heart surgery
14:12I had to have a new valve put in my heart
14:16all this because of harassment
14:18and he just picked me till I was sick
14:25thank you
14:26you're welcome
14:27so how are things going with you and the neighbors?
14:31Joanne's been sick
14:32like real sick
14:33at least that's what I've been told
14:35god
14:36when I found out she went to the hospital
14:38I was devastated
14:39like I was
14:40I went outside
14:41I cried a little bit
14:42I would hate
14:43for our relationship to literally end
14:47and have nothing resolved
14:48have you thought about reaching out?
14:50have you guys talked at all?
14:52anything of that nature?
15:03that's not bad
15:09that's not bad
15:11I have to constantly look up now
15:13that's not good
15:18it's a very thoughtful and emotionally intelligent approach
15:26I like this version
15:28dear Jack and Joanne
15:30I've been reflecting on how things have felt between us lately
15:33and I wanted to reach out
15:35it's been weighing on me
15:37and while I really don't expect anything to be resolved overnight
15:40I do hope that there's a way we can move toward a more comfortable and respectful place
15:45I'd welcome the chance to do better
15:47and to understand what's happened with time
15:50and maybe we can even get to a point to where we can both feel at peace
15:53at peace
15:56apologies
15:59go kiss my ass
16:00excuse me
16:02yeah that's no good
16:12I've got your king in check again
16:16Warren what do you think about the fence across the street from us?
16:21I didn't really mind the law
16:24because that was none of my business
16:26I just remembered that you didn't really like it
16:30well it's uh
16:31it doesn't fit in this neighborhood
16:32well when did you get like a little mad about that?
16:36well I didn't get mad
16:37I just went down to the city and asked them to come out and look at it
16:40is it against the law?
16:41yep
16:41it's against the law
16:43oh
16:44yeah
16:44I missed that one
16:45what she's doing now is asking the city to give her an exception to the rule
16:50no
16:51let me do it
16:53and build a nine foot wall completely around her whole property
16:57it looks like a giant box
16:59looks like a what?
17:00a giant box
17:01right
17:03right
17:03right
17:05I decided to gather my team to help me get through the next phase of how we are going to
17:10solve the problem
17:11of satisfying the city and keeping my vision for this beautiful romantic courtyard and wall
17:19the city needs to approve all this and give us a variance
17:23will this meet the parameters?
17:26how do we connect sacred geometry to this?
17:28columns themselves the spacing and the height creates what's known as the fee ratio
17:33that's present in the great pyramid
17:34who do you think built the pyramid?
17:36it was Thoth
17:38Thoth again?
17:39Thoth was the high priest in Atlantis
17:41okay
17:42the sides are based upon a three, four, five rectangle that creates an energy, a vibration
17:49what's the purpose of architecture?
17:50architecture is to act as your second skin to nourish your spirit as does nature
17:55this is the first time I've been in a skin suit I guess you would call it
18:00I don't think I've ever revealed that before
18:03this book the first of the trilogy chronicles my tightrope walk between Texas every woman and interstellar traveler
18:12as a child I intuitively knew I couldn't share my alternate reality with anyone
18:17my heart didn't understand the darkness inside those who held me now
18:22I am everyone and no one
18:26I am alone
18:28it's not easy having to walk everywhere when you remember what it was like to have wings
18:35I'm gonna go through some of the images in my books
18:39this is a self-portrait that planet was destroyed and I was there to help
18:44there is a whole story behind this which probably don't need to get into
18:48this is allegedly me and my galactic partner and this entity in particular
18:55attempted to prod and poke and implant me and was extremely cruel
19:01and here I am sitting in this situation where I'm engaging war on the darkness right now
19:08I need a strong boundary between me and the outside world
19:12I am in enemy territory I am surrounded by some darkness
19:17I think Jeff is involved in the Masonic Lodge and is a 33rd degree Mason
19:22you're kidding why does he keep fucking with that stupid stuff
19:25since 1968 he was a grandmaster
19:27I don't want anything to do with any kind of backlash for even talking about this
19:32my father was a Mason
19:33I'd say it's a quest by a man to learn how to be a better person
19:38morally, spiritually, in every way
19:42we don't need a prison wall looking fence across the street from our house
19:48when it should be three feet tall
19:49are you gonna take them to court?
19:52yes, yes we will
19:56hey
19:57good morning, how you doing?
19:58Jeff Wentworth, I live right here
20:00hey, good morning
20:01hey, good morning
20:02morning, good morning
20:03morning, good morning
20:03hi
20:04I know you're opposed to the wall
20:05oh yeah
20:06she did file for a variance asking for a nine foot fence surrounding the perimeter
20:11I'm kind of curious, what do y'all think about this wall?
20:14it's a big wall
20:15kind of like a prison or
20:16we said it was kind of like Kim Kardashian
20:19so what I'm trying to do is get neighbors like you and others
20:22to go down to the board of adjustment hearing
20:25since you're president of the Oak Park Northwood Neighborhood Association
20:28and testify
20:28what do you suppose I'll have to comment on?
20:32well, the fact that you don't like it
20:35all right
20:36they obviously want privacy
20:37what about your opinions?
20:38well, it reminds me of the Osama bin Laden compound like he had in Pakistan
20:44I can see that
20:46uh, yeah
20:47you have the support of the Neighborhood Association
20:48great, thank you Gina very much
20:50you're welcome
20:50I'll be there, I'm in
20:52good deal
20:53I'm glad you're pioneering this
20:54I need your vote in
20:57they're really pissed
20:58I put them on YouTube
20:59like, really pissed
21:02like, sued me for a hundred grand pissed
21:05what?
21:06they tried to
21:06that's crazy
21:07it didn't go anywhere
21:08that's crazy
21:09it's crazy that me and my best friends are at odds
21:12it's gotta be dealt with in some kind of way
21:14it can't just sit and fester
21:15right
21:16because if it does
21:17I mean, you're aware that it's just gonna get worse
21:18it's just gonna get worse
21:19yeah, I mean, is there anything really nice that you could do for them?
21:22that you can think of?
21:24maybe something that you guys did before?
21:25that would be just a gesture of some sort
21:31uh, yeah, I need to get a delivery of a case of cornitos
21:36uh, what size?
21:37well, the whole case
21:38during the pandemic
21:40I'd go out foraging for whatever I was gonna get
21:42and I'd always pick them up a case
21:43uh, and leave it on their porch
21:59come on, Joanne
22:18I'd like to do a pound of brisket
22:20and then a pound of pulled pork
22:23uh, with the sweet sauce
22:24and some ribs
22:25that is not a problem
22:27can, can I include a note in that?
22:28I wanna send this as a gift
22:30to Jack and Joanne
22:31I just wanted to send this delicious barbecue over
22:35as an act of good faith
22:36hope all is well
22:38and this is another step toward opening a dialogue
22:41a dialogue between us
22:42I would love to find a time to sit down and talk with you, Steve
22:47barbecue
22:48and baked beans
22:50and potato salad
22:52and oh, look, hot wings
22:54he got hot wings, too
22:55he's feeling bad because
22:57he's an idiot
22:59I'm sorry
23:01he shouldn't have been fucked with Miss Joanne
23:04today's the variance hearing
23:06and I've chosen to stay home
23:09I don't feel the need to expose myself
23:12to the darkness of my neighbor
23:14and all the others that apparently he's lined up to speak
23:17so, I'm going to do it through Zoom
23:20my lawyer will be attending and representing me
23:22there is no reason to walk into a viper's nest
23:25I'll be very disappointed if they do grant the variance
23:29the more people that show up
23:32the more likely it is they'll deny it
23:35but I don't know how many there will be
23:37we are here today to ask for a variance
23:40one neighbor sitting across the street
23:43on his chair taking photographs
23:45daily
23:46of my client's house
23:47she's there alone
23:48and she feels
23:50significantly safer
23:52this way
23:53I've got my client here
23:54I'm surrounded by darkness
23:56I feel it
23:57I see it
23:58I sense it
23:59he's out there with a camera
24:01photographing my house
24:03I do not feel safe
24:05without any wall
24:07or some sort of a barrier of protection
24:09my name is Jeff Wentworth
24:11by the way, I'm the photographer
24:13what we have plopped down in the middle of this very attractive and desirable neighborhood
24:17is something that looks a lot like a Mexican drug cartel compound
24:21completely at odds with every other of the 58 homes on Country Lane
24:26it's not a fence, it's a cinder block wall
24:29why is someone building a prison on Country Lane?
24:33to quote Ronald Reagan
24:34Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall
24:36you know, my client is a single mother
24:38I don't understand what you're protecting the homeowner from
24:43the permit was for three feet
24:44yes
24:44it was not built three feet
24:46what happened?
24:48well, the...
24:49I gotta step in here
24:51if a contractor builds it five feet higher
24:53that's completely not by accident
24:55so I wasn't there?
24:57thank you very much
24:58we're gonna see if we have a motion
25:00going once
25:03going twice
25:04going twice
25:07alright, Case dies for lack of motion
25:10and...
25:12on to the next item
25:23hey Jack, Joanne, this is Steve
25:26I hope that you guys have got some of the things I've sent over the beer and the barbecue
25:30if there's an opportunity for you guys today to come and have a chat
25:34we could probably solve a lot of our issues with each other if we simply talk them out
25:38so, if you can, I'll be at the Dollison pub at 3 o'clock
25:43I hope that we could maybe forge some sort of new path forward together
25:47instead of, you know, being at odds with each other all the time
26:06I just want you to know
26:09I'm done with you
26:11I try to help you
26:13And that's all I've always tried to do,
26:15be a friend to you.
26:17I thought the world of you.
26:19We cared about you like you were my child.
26:23And I've never been this close to a neighbor before.
26:27And now, that's gone.
26:28That's gone.
26:29So I have to tell you something.
26:31You ain't got to tell me shit.
26:32I loved our friendship.
26:34Go to hell.
26:35Come on, I'm gone.
26:37You're a piece of shit.
26:38Can you just try to sit down and talk this out?
26:39I don't want to talk to you ever about anything.
26:42Well, that's the problem.
26:44That's how we got here.
26:45You are the problem.
26:47I paid $6,000 for that fence just to separate myself from you.
26:51I don't have to look at you.
26:53Are you feeling me every time I go down the side of my house?
26:56And I can't take any stress, no more stress.
26:59They had to find a vow to go in my heart to keep me alive.
27:04Previous to all of this, when we were friends
27:07and you were insisting that I call you my black mama,
27:11that's how close we were.
27:12I didn't insist a damn thing.
27:12You did.
27:13You said, you're a liar.
27:14God's going to knock that line out of your ass.
27:17You watch it, see?
27:17You always try to make yourself greater or smarter than anybody.
27:22But you weren't smart enough for damn.
27:24OK.
27:25Mr. Technology, I've been watching you.
27:28I got your ass.
27:29So this is a threat?
27:31You can call it whatever you want to.
27:33You're a piece of shit.
27:34Can you just try to sit down and talk
27:35without cussing and demoralizing each other?
27:37What you got off me?
27:39What money?
27:40Off that year or two years.
27:41Why would you do me like that?
27:43Because it's the only recourse I had.
27:44The only recourse, the thing I could do
27:46because I could rip the fence out, I could vandalize,
27:49it could be violent.
27:50There's lots of options I could do.
27:51But instead, I'd give you social pressure
27:53to get you to change your mind.
27:55And it worked.
27:55Fuck you.
27:56You're just mad it worked.
27:57You need some help.
27:59I'll tell you, if you would like all of that to go away,
28:01you can make an offer.
28:02And you can have a channel.
28:04You piece of shit.
28:05You think you're smart, you're going to get it.
28:08And it's coming too.
28:10Right.
28:10You don't even have a garage.
28:12What does that mean?
28:12I'm better than you.
28:14Joanne?
28:15Joanne Hill.
28:16Your actions speak louder than words.
28:18I forgive you.
28:25I've had enough of this bullshit for one day.
28:29You can't talk to a psycho.
28:31How you going to talk to a psycho?
28:35Thank you, baby.
28:37You too, baby.
28:38He is not my neighbor anymore.
28:41He's just somebody that lives next door to me
28:43that I can't stand.
28:56Now we're left with a completely open front yard.
29:02I no longer have a buffer between myself and the neighbor.
29:08Something was trying to get me to be afraid.
29:13We have you down for an IV infusion, vitamin B12, Toragol, Benadryl, Reclin, Zofrin, Pepsid.
29:22Have you had the IV infusion before in the past?
29:24I have, and it works really well.
29:27And then also it'll have magnesium in it in a high dose.
29:30It'll be helpful for your headache as well.
29:32Magnesium, yeah.
29:33Whatever else you want to do, because I am nauseous, I'm sick.
29:36I'm clearly in a spiritual attack.
29:39Last week, my alarm system went down.
29:43My internet went down.
29:45My garage doors were opening on their own.
29:47Lights have been flickering.
29:48And then I started thinking, I need to pray.
29:50So the minute I started praying, I just started vomiting.
29:54I don't have a fence.
29:56I have no protection.
29:57I can't stay in a place when the neighbor directly across the street, his whole mantra is shadowy fear.
30:04Did you consider moving?
30:07I put the house up for sale.
30:10I'm certain that Jeff thinks he won.
30:12And he conquered the woman across the street with the wall.
30:17Well, this is a message for you, Jeff.
30:21Darkness is a choice.
30:24And the price is forever.
30:26In the blink of an eye, you can release all that.
30:30Release the darkness.
30:35Find out.
30:39Huh?
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