‘They’re Not Allowed!’: Karen Throws Coffee at Black Man, Calls Cops on Him, Then Gets Schooled by Officer in Viral Videos

A New York white woman who harassed a Black man on the street had the nerve to report him to the police.

She thought she’d get away with it too, but the plan backfired.

David Tallerico owns a landscape design and cleanup company on Long Island.

White woman throws coffee, calls police on Black construction worker. (Photo: Instagram/ tink_215)

He said he was doing “property preservation” on a bank-owned house when an angry woman drove up and began heckling him out of her car window.

She belligerently threw coffee (and her coffee cup) at Tallerico and screamed, “Get that [expletive] guy off of my property.”

Tallerico posted the meltdown in a series of videos on Oct. 19 and 20. They have since gone viral.

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He alleged in the comments section on Facebook that before he began filming, she shouted, “Get the [N-word] off my lawn.”

In another comment, Tallerico said, “She was just racist, and couldn’t believe Black people could own their own company.”

The woman eventually parked and approached Tallerico on the sidewalk.

Using a slur for Italians, she ominously told him, “The [G-words] are gonna shoot ya.”

Running toward him in her rainbow tie-dye T-shirt, she yelled, “Ohhh, you’d like that!” before the camera turned off.

She then called the police, but it didn’t go her way.

In the next video, she apparently attempted to report Tallerico but soon found herself arguing with the officer.

“This is a work order,” the cop explained, “They’re allowed to work here.”

In true “Karen” fashion, she snapped at the cop, “No, they’re not allowed. I’m saying they can’t … do you own it?”

Her brazen attitude shocked people online.

“Karen, you are not in charge,” said one commenter.

Another wrote, “Why is she all up in that cop’s face?”

A third joked, “Pretty sure the cop’s knowledge supersedes Tie Dye, Tiffany.”

Tallerico had his own take.

“She thinks she’s above the law,” he chimed in the comments.

He expressed disappointment that the officer let her go with just a warning.

“He sent her home, said [if you] come back, you’re coming with me. She left fast.”

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