L.A. Deputy Receives Racist Slur from California Woman After Pulling Her Over
A Latino deputy from Los Angeles received racist slurs after pulling over a California woman who was allegedly using her phone while driving. Video footage acquired by Fox 11 showed that the incident happened on April 23, 2021.
The woman in the footage that was recorded by a body camera of the deputy claimed that she was a teacher as she continued to berate the officer and give a racist rant for pulling her over in San Dimas.
Deputy Pulls California Woman's Car
The video showed that the deputy walks and maintains his composure as he confronted the woman he pulled over.
"Your speed limit is 40, I'm going 38 so why are you harassing me," said the woman as the police approached her car. The deputy politely answered, "correct." As he tried to explain why he pulled her over, the woman abruptly cut his statement and said, "because you are a murderer."
"You can't be on your cell phone while you're driving," said the deputy calmly, but the woman retaliated and said that she wasn't on her phone and she was recording the police because the police scared her.
The officer then told the woman he is sorry if she is feeling that way, Mediate reported.
The video acquired is more than two minutes long, and throughout the footage, the woman called the deputy a murderer. The woman also asked the officer to call for the deputy's supervisor at one point in the video.
The deputy also asked for the woman's driver's license. But the woman exclaimed that she left it at her apartment. The deputy then asked for a photo of her driver's license to issue the citation.
Blaze Media reported that another officer arrived at the scene and asked the woman to sign the papers, telling the woman that she was issued a ticket for using a phone while driving.
"For him [the deputy] for being a Mexican racist?," said the woman as she signed the citation. The woman also added that the deputy will always be a Mexican, and he'll never be White.
"You'll never be White which is what you really wanna be," the woman continues.
The L.A. Deputy
The identity of the deputy who received the racist slurs and accusations of being A murderer was not revealed. However, Fox 11 confirmed that the deputy is a Latino. The outlet noted that the deputy utilized his personal body camera to record the incident because the station he belonged to does not have its official body cameras yet.
The San Dimas station also noted that the woman filed a harassment complaint against the deputy. The woman was also reported to have a history of committing false claims against deputies.
Meanwhile, L.A. County Sherriff Alex Villanueva applauded the deputy for being calm and professional during the misfortunate encounter.
Mediate noted that the California woman that the Latino deputy pulled over was a professor at a school in the Los Angeles area.
WATCH: Video shows woman's racist rant against LA County deputy who pulled her over - from Fox 11
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