White man apologizes after cursing neighbors for playing Latin music on Fourth of July
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A California man is apologizing after a now-viral video captured him cursing his neighbors over playing Spanish-language music on the Fourth of July.
“I made a huge mistake,” Larry Lappin, a resident of Petaluma, Calif., told KPIX 5 . “I had been drinking too much and a little thing set me off and it really bugged me.”
But Lappin added that he sometimes wished his neighbors "would assimilate more. I hear them playing [Spanish language] music in the backyard all the time and it doesn’t bother me. Because of the day and what July 4th means to me, I felt disrespected.”
Lappin's apology comes just days Ivette Celedon shared a video of him confronting her family at the front porch of their house. The video had been seen more than 800,000 times as of Friday afternoon.
"So in a family backyard bbq we’re not allowed to have Spanish music because it’s disrespectful to the country????? Land of the free right? Celebrating independence!!! We are celebrating Independence Day just like everyone else! #neverhadaproblemuntil2018," Celedon posted on Facebook with the accompanying video.
In it, Lappin tells two men not to play Latin music "in my country" on Independence Day and accuses them of disrespecting the U.S.
“This is the 4th of July," Lappin said. " Just wait, motherf-----.”
In his apology, Lappin said “[playing the music of their choice] is the freedom they are afforded by the people who serve this country.”
He also intends to apologize to the family in person, according to the local CBS affiliate.
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He probably read about the guy who lost his job after he harrassed a black woman at a community swimming pool. Time to plead temporary insanity.
well "blame it on the liquor" hummm wow!
I think the guy could relax a little and leave it alone.
Even so, it's offensive to suggest that people not play Mexican music on the 4th of July, but it's ok to ban school kids from wearing American flag shirts on Cinco De Mayo . Seems unfair.
Those students wore them with the intent of starting trouble. The school was within their rights to try to prevent violence.
There are limits to free speech and it is why it becomes an imminent threat to others. Wearing those t-shirts was trying to incite ethnic violence.