Travis Miller was in Edmond, Oklahoma, on Monday to deliver appliances.
He was blocked from leaving gated community of Ashford Hills after delivery.
David Stewart, an HOA president, demanded to know how Miller got inside.
Miller refused to say and demanded Stewart move his car out of the way.
Miller then called police, but it took an hour for Stewart to finally let him leave.
Stewart, 66, is the owner of a gas and oil company based in Oklahoma City.
A black man who works as an appliance and furniture delivery driver uploaded video to social media showing white residents of an upscale, gated community of Oklahoma City block his truck from the exit while demanding to know what he was doing there.
Travis Miller said he had finished making a delivery to a customer who lives in the swanky Ashford Hills area of Edmond, just northeast of Oklahoma City, on Monday when he noticed that he was being prevented from leaving the gated community.
‘I’m trying to leave and I got “super neighbor” over here blocking me in,’ Miller said in cell phone video that he livestreamed on Facebook.
Miller than pointed the camera to show the back of his truck which was obstructed by a white sedan that had been standing just a few feet away on a driveway.
‘This is what I’m dealing with right now,’ Miller says in the video.
He then pans the camera to show a white man in a brownish-red sweater and white baseball cap standing a few feet away.
The man, later identified as David Stewart, has a cell phone pressed against his ear.
‘This is who I’m dealing with,’ Miller says in the video.
Miller then tells Stewart: ‘Napoleon, move out the way.’
When Stewart tells Miller his name, Miller replies: ‘I don’t care what your name is. Get out the way.’
Stewart identifies himself in the video as a homeowners association president. An HOA is an organization whose members comprise a community of people who own residential properties in a specific area.
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Stewart demanded to know how Miller managed to get into the gated community.
‘I don’t have to tell you s***!’ Miller said.
After it became apparent that Stewart was refusing to allow Miller to leave, another homeowner joined Stewart.
‘All we want to know is why you’re in here and who gave you the gate code,’ the man said.
‘That’s all we need to know.’ (It's none of your business, so GFY. - Drake)
Miller told KFOR-TV that he refused to share his customer’s personal information with Stewart and the other man.
Miller told Stewart that he was calling the police while he waited for him to move his car so that he could leave.
The police did not arrive. Finally, Stewart moved his car an hour later.
‘They must have contacted the customer because the customer came around and he moved out the way,’ Miller said.
On the Facebook livestream, Miller is seen with tears streaming down his face as he is calling police.
‘He said that he called the cops back and let them know that everything was clear but I didn’t want to leave and have it seem like I was fleeing the scene or anything like that,’ Miller said to dispatch.
Miller said that the incident was made worse by the fact that he was in mourning over the passing of two relatives.
'I just know that emotionally, it was hard to maintain restraint, especially when I’m dealing with death in the family, two family members within two days of each other,' Miller said.
'I just did the best I could to not make a bad situation worse.'
DailyMail.com has reached out to Stewart for comment.
According to The Oklahoman, Stewart, 66, is the owner of Raven Resources, an oil and gas company based in Oklahoma City.
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Awwwwww, what's the matter Little Eichmann David Stewart, not answering the phone or your door? Too afraid now to face the press? Where's all your tough and overly-manly courage and defiance that you displayed in the video? Where are you, Tiny Acorn Man? Are you hiding? Are you now embarrassed? Afraid of retribution? Good. You should be.[Travis Miller's] Facebook clip quickly went viral.
Miller, and many people who commented, felt it was racially motivated.
We tried calling [HOA President David] Stewart. The only number we could find for him was disconnected.
We stopped by his house too, and no one came to the door.
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News 4 also tried to reach Stewart on Facebook but he never got back to us.
One comment making its way around social media is that HOA President David Stewart opened up himself and the rest of the HOA to a lawsuit, one they would likely lose. I can't think of a better outcome for Mr. Miller. I hope he is awarded a sizeable amount of money for being unlawfully detained by two individuals who have zero law enforcement authority and their harassment and abusive behavior directed at Mr. Miller.
Another fun fact being reported is David Stewart is - or was - busy contacting Facebook to have Mr. Miller's video removed from its platform. HA! Good luck with that Little Nazi - Miller's video is all over social media.
Some people are incapable of rational thinking before immediately shifting into full gear asshole mode while the cameras are recording. Then, later - they regret it. Gee, that's too bad for HOA Kommandant David Stewart.
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