Video of a white woman allegedly calling the police on a young black girl who was selling water bottles in San Francisco has gone viral.
The child's mother, Erin Austin, posted the video on her Instagram account. In it, she follows a woman named Alison Ettel, who is holding a phone to her ear.
Austin, who recently lost her job, told All the Moms that her 8-year-old daughter Jordan was trying to raise money because she wanted to go to Disneyland.
Jordan was selling the water bottles outside the family's apartment building, which is across the street from AT&T Stadium, where the Giants were playing.
Caught off guard when Ettel approached 8-year-old Jordan for a permit, Austin told the blog that she intervened.
"This woman don't wanna let a little girl sell some water," Austin can be heard saying. "She calling the police on an 8-year-old little girl."
Ettel then ducks behind a brick structure, appearing to hide.
Austin follows her with the camera, telling her the whole world is going to see her.
Ettel says the little girl is "illegally selling water without a permit." It's unclear whether she's speaking to the cops or to Austin.
"On my property," Austin says.
"It's not your property," Ettel responds before the video ends.
In the video caption, she asked people to make the woman go viral under the hashtag "#permitpatty."
As of Sunday morning, the video had more than 864,000 views and #PermitPatty trended on Twitter.
This is the latest in a series of incidents where white people have called the police on black people in public parks, coffee shops and other spaces.
Austin's cousin, Raje Lee, who posted about the incident on Twitter said her cousin was gifted four tickets to Disneyland by a man who heard about the story.
She posted a video to Twitter of her cousin's elated response:
Austin said she and her family have received a large amount of positivity and support.
For her part, Ettel also told Huffington Post that she had only "pretended" to call the police.
When asked about Ettel telling Huffington Post she felt bad about the situation, Austin told USA Today she didn't accept any apology.
"She did it to herself," she said.
#1: misterwhite To: All (#0)
misterwhite posted on 2018-06-24 20:45:54 Reply Private Reply
#2: Hondo68 To: misterwhite, Caution Wide Load (#0)
She's got the typical Trumpkin 3 foot wide azz, like Sarah Huckabee-Sanders and Governor Crisco.
Another fatass police snitch, BBQ Becky of Oakland
They call the police because they're desperate for a date, hoping to get tazered, pepper sprayed, and raped.
Hondo68 posted on 2018-06-24 21:18:31 Reply Private Reply
#3: GrandIsland To: misterwhite (#1)
Like he really cares if a kid is shut down. He cares about stirring cop hate because those evil cops arrest for drugs.
GrandIsland posted on 2018-06-24 21:24:00 Reply Private Reply
#4: buckeroo To: GrandIsland, deckard (#3)
Why in the world would you ask a question like that to the author of the thread without alerting deckard?
buckeroo posted on 2018-06-24 21:35:28 Reply Private Reply
#5: Fred Mertz To: buckeroo (#4)
Fred Mertz posted on 2018-06-24 23:43:52 Reply Private Reply
#6: Deckard To: GrandIsland (#3)
Get back on your meds psycho - there's plenty of blame to go around here.
Yeah - cops are mostly assholes, you being a prime example.
But in the articles I have posted have also been as critical of the cowardly little tattle-tales that involve the cops in the first place.
Deckard posted on 2018-06-25 02:49:00 Reply Private Reply
#7: misterwhite To: GrandIsland (#3)
It's not clear whether she actually called the cops or pretended to call the cops to intimidate the girl and her mother.
But what really frosts my shorts is the glaring double-standard in the reporting. What's with the "white woman allegedly calling the police on a young black girl"?
The editor of our local newspaper announced the paper would not longer describe crime suspects by their race, saying that it's divisive and adds nothing to the reporting. I couldn't send him an e-mail fast enough.
But here we have a story where is absolutely makes no difference yet they publish the races of those involved. First thing that caught my eye and the reason I posted the story.
misterwhite posted on 2018-06-25 08:22:22 Reply Private Reply
#8: sneakypete To: misterwhite (#0)
WHEN are white people going to learn they can not criticize their black overlords anymore without being punished?
sneakypete posted on 2018-06-25 09:58:04 Reply Private Reply
#9: sneakypete To: misterwhite (#1)
Or that the phone and the phone bill are paid out of welfare money?
sneakypete posted on 2018-06-25 09:58:48 Reply Private Reply
#10: sneakypete To: hondo68 (#2)
sneakypete posted on 2018-06-25 10:01:09 Reply Private Reply
#11: sneakypete To: misterwhite (#7)
Blatant racism against whites,and showing whites who is the boss.
I thought everybody understood that by now.
sneakypete posted on 2018-06-25 10:02:58 Reply Private Reply
#12: Hondo68 To: sneakypete, Cukoos Nest (#10)
Report to Nurse Ratched for a tune up.
Hondo68 posted on 2018-06-25 22:25:11 Reply Private Reply
#13: Deckard To: hondo68 (#12)
Woman who called cops on 8-year-old selling water in San Francisco loses business
The backlash online has been swift and fierce, with commenters dubbing her as "Permit Patty" and worse, accusing Ettel of racism.
There have been consequences for Ettel's company, TreatWell as well, which sells cannabis products for pets and humans. Its Yelp page has been bombarded with negative reviews.
Cannabis retailer Barbery Coast, along with several other Bay Area dispensaries made the decision to pull Ettel's products from store shelves.
"We just thought it was the right thing to do. All of us owners are born and raised in San Francisco and we still live here and we have families. San Francisco has always been a very diverse community with pretty much everybody living in the city. We support the diverse community." says Jesse Henry, one of the of the dispensary.
ABC7 News offered Ettel an opportunity to speak today and her representative declined, telling us Ettel was "traumatized".
Deckard posted on 2018-06-26 10:59:36 Reply Private Reply