Solar Panel Salesman Tries To Sell A Black Dude Some Alternative Energy, Man Does He F*ck Up

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- A man claiming to be a solar panel salesman who was meeting with neighbors called one homeowner the N-word, instead, in a video that's gone viral online. The incident happened on Saturday in Houston's Acres Homes neighborhood.

ABC13 blurred the face of the man who used the slur because he is not facing charges. A Harris County investigator said what he did was ignorant and racist, but not illegal.

A doorbell camera captured a man who described himself as a neighbor and solar panel salesman making an introduction.

"We do solar around here, and we're just coming around talking to n*****s. Sorry, dude. Neighbors. I apologize," he said.

"In order for me to not feel the way I wanted to feel and do the things I wanted to do, I just had to separate myself and walk away from that situation, because that's my house," Michael, the homeowner who asked that just his first name be used, said.

Michael said he's watched the recording several times and even questioned if the slur slipped out.

"But no," he said. "You can't mistake that word. That's not a word you mistakenly say, unless you have been saying that for a very long time."