Alaskan police officers say women are "white privileged" instead Her driver's license was taken away during a traffic stop where she showed her card, and they let her go without a subpoena.
Police in Anchorage are now in trouble for violating department policy,Anchorage Her Daily Her News reports. increase.
It is unclear what policies were violated or what disciplinary action was taken against the two officers, but officials said it was being treated as a confidential personnel matter.
Deputy Chief Sean Case said there was always room for change and additional training in the department, but the incident involving Mimi Israel did not lead to a policy update, the outlet said. reported.
Israel was stopped by police on her July 7th, according to her since-deleted Facebook post. In the post, one of the police officers smiled and took a selfie with a "white privilege card" outside the car.
A Filipino woman said she was stopped after she went to pick up a pizza and that her driver's license was not found, so she bought it on a novelty website instead. I showed my card to the police. The
card reads:
In a video apparently taken by Israel and reposted on Twitter, she tell the cops they like the card and one says "that's funny".
Police claimed the Israelis showed no signs of impediment and were free to go.
"I am aware that the post, and the content contained in the post, has caused public uproar, and many people who have seen it have disliked the post and responded negatively. — we thought it was an inappropriate post — and we are aware of it,” said Case.
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