‘The park is for people who live here’: A woman interrupted a California engagement shoot, then said ‘Go back to Mexico’

A woman was filmed attempting to halt a surprise proposal at a clifftop park in Laguna Beach, California, and later shouted “Go back to Mexico” as the engaged couple walked up. According to TMZ, Trinity Films videographer Trinity Lugo shot the video while she and a photographer were booked to film the moment.

The footage shows the woman walking up to the crew at Crescent Bay Point Park while they waited out of the couple’s sight. The New York Post reports that she appears to be walking a dog and says she lives nearby. “The park is for people who live here and enjoy the park and have picnics,” she says. A member of the team replies that they understand and will be out soon. She retorts, “I don’t care. It’s every single ******* weekend, and I’m sick and tired of it.”

The team points out they had not been there the weekend before, but she keeps going. That outlet reports the videographer said the woman began “harassing” them while they were working, and the crew confirmed the park as the location. The woman then tells the crew to “tear it down,” adding, “you’re gonna have to anyway,” and says she has called the police.

The couple arrived as the music started

Someone with the team requests that she lower her voice with the couple close by, and she answers, “No, don’t tell me to shh. You shh.” Rose petals spelling “Will you marry me?”, live mariachi music and Pacific Ocean views were set up for the couple. The pair were heading toward the cliffside setup when the confrontation began, that outlet reports.

Lugo says the woman “began making racist comments after the mariachi.” When the Latino couple came into view, the video has her saying, “It’s ******* Mexican. This isn’t Mexico either, you ***********.” She then yells “Go back to Mexico” while walking past them. The proposal itself took under 40 minutes, the outlet reports.

Permits are part of the backdrop to the incident. The city requires them for filming, and that outlet says it was unclear if the team had secured one. Laguna Beach’s municipal code bars commercial filming or still photography, with an exception for news purposes, anywhere city employees or city-owned property are involved, “unless a permit for such business or activity during such period of time has first been granted by the city manager.”

Lugo says the team was caught by surprise, since all they meant to do was record the proposal for the couple. She says the woman lingered near the park to wait for police. When the crew told her afterward that they had recorded her, Lugo says, she fled.