California Representative Maxine Waters recently decided to intervene when an LAPD Officer pulled over an African-American man.
He offered to give her a ticket as well.
From MSN:
was captured Sunday on video monitoring several Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officers who had stopped a Black motorist, telling onlookers that she was watching to ensure police misconduct did not occur.
Maxine Waters standing in front of a window: Maxine Waters jumps out of vehicle to monitor officers who pulled over Black motorist© Greg Nash Maxine Waters jumps out of vehicle to monitor officers who pulled over Black motorist
In the short video clip shared on Twitter, Waters is seen standing near her black SUV and telling a group of off-camera bystanders that officers had threatened her with a ticket.“They say I’m in the wrong place,” Waters is heard saying. “They’re going to give me a ticket, but that’s okay, as long as I watch them.”
“You gotta do what you gotta do,” another woman is heard saying, off-camera.
“I will,” the congresswoman responds.
Waters’s office did not immediately return a request for comment on the video.”
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