APD says it is investigating after a woman in Anchorage for last weekend’s Trump political rally claimed that her “white privilege card” worked as a driver’s license when she was pulled over by a police officer
Mimi Israelah, center, cheers for Donald Trump inside the Alaska Airlines Center in Anchorage during a rally Saturday. Israelah traveled to Anchorage for the rally and posted on social media a selfie with an Anchorage police officer in which she flashed a"white privilege card." She claimed that the card worked as a driver's license when police pulled her over during a traffic stop.
It’s unclear whether the incident resulted in a citation for the woman and whether the department took any disciplinary actions against the officers involved. . When asked for her driver’s license, Israelah wrote that she couldn’t find it: “I saw my white privilege card, I gave to him if it’s ok,” she wrote.
Celeste Hodge Growden, president and CEO of the Alaska Black Caucus, said the incident strikes a nerve “because white privilege is the societal privilege that benefits white people over non-white people and unfortunately it still exists, which is why this person attempted to use it.” Chief Kerle wrote in his statement on APD’s website that he wanted to clarify the police department’s internal conduct standards “and ensure that it is clear to Anchorage citizens what the expectation of APD employees are and how we interact with our community.”
The officers involved were served a notice of investigation, said Jeremy Conkling, an Anchorage police sergeant and president of the Anchorage Police Department Employees Association, the police union. Conkling said he knew little about the situation and couldn’t say how many officers were being investigated.
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