Man blocks black delivery driver in Oklahoma

OKLAHOMA CITY — A black delivery driver says he was overcome with emotion while recording himself and a black co-worker being blocked into a gated Oklahoma City neighborhood for more than an hour by a white resident who demanded to know why they were there.

Travis Miller, who delivers home appliances and furniture, captured the incident Monday in a Facebook Live video that has gone viral. Miller felt the encounter was racially motivated.

“I just did the best I could to not make a bad situation worse,” Miller told KFOR-TV on Wednesday.

Miller said his client had given him the code to get through the neighborhood’s gate. After completing the delivery, a man who identified himself as David Stewart and a board member of the homeowners association can be seen on the video questioning Miller and his colleague about why they were on his street.

“I want to know where you’re going?” said Stewart, who told Miller that he was driving on a private street.

Miller then responded, “It’s none of your business. I’m going out, that’s where I’m going.”

About 30 minutes into the discussion, another homeowner joined the man in his inquiry.

After Miller refused to reveal his client’s information, the man who identified himself as Stewart said he was calling police.

Miller can be seen in the video with tears streaming down his face while he, too, calls police.

Police did not go to the scene because the original caller phoned back and said officers no longer were needed, police Capt. Larry Withrow said.

About an hour after police were called, Miller said the man moved his car because his customer arrived at the scene and confirmed he had just received a delivery.