Anchorage PD Says Cops Laughing at Driver’s ‘White Privilege Card’ in Violation

Simply to be clear … Anchorage PD frowns upon cops joking and taking selfies with probably impaired drivers who flash a “white privilege” card — as a substitute of a driver’s license — as identification.

Yeah, that is truly a factor that occurred. The dept simply introduced its findings after investigating the July incident the place officers pulled over Mimi Israelah at 3:30 AM for weaving. She recorded video, which she posted however since deleted, displaying officers Nicholas Bowe and Charles Worland laughing as she offered the novelty I.D. card.

One of many cops stated it was “hilarious.” Many individuals on-line had a a lot completely different response when Israelah’s video went viral — they have been outraged and known as on regulation enforcement within the Alaskan metropolis to do one thing.

For the document, the cops stated Israelah confirmed no indicators of impairment, and so they did not give her a ticket — however plenty of of us thought they only let her off as a result of they cherished her gag.

If nothing else she might’ve been cited for not having a license on her whereas driving.

On Thursday, Deputy Chief Sean Case stated, “We acknowledge that the [Facebook] publish, what was contained in that publish, precipitated a little bit of a public uproar, and there have been lots of people that noticed that and didn’t like that publish.”

Whereas the two officers have been discovered to have violated division coverage, Anchorage PD would not go additional into specifics … nor would they are saying what punishment, if any, they’re dealing with.