<p>In a body camera video going viral this week, police pulled over a car in Orlando only to discover the driver&mdash;Aramis Ayala&mdash;was a state attorney. Returning her driver&#39;s license, the officer quickly asked Florida&#39;s first black state attorney what agency she worked for.</p><oembed>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHOE9LmEt9o</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>&quot;Thank you, your tag didn&#39;t come back, never seen that before,&quot; replied the officer. &quot;We&#39;re good now.&quot;</p><p>&quot;What was the tag run for?&quot; asked Ayala.</p><p>&quot;Oh, we run tags all the time,&quot; responded the officer. &quot;Whether it&#39;s a traffic light and that sort of stuff, that&#39;s how we figure out if cars are stolen and that sort of thing. Also, the windows are really dark. I don&#39;t have a tint measure, but that&#39;s another reason for the stop.&quot;</p><p>Ayala proceeded to ask the officers&#39; for their information. It had the vague feeling of a student in the principal&#39;s office.</p><p>As the video went viral, many interpreted the traffic stop as racial profiling.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">As yourself how many times a day do you think this happened to a person of color in the US who isn&#39;t a state attorney? <a href="https://t.co/fQ4UaDwUJm">https://t.co/fQ4UaDwUJm</a></p>&mdash; Omar Kelly (@OmarKelly) <a href="https://twitter.com/OmarKelly/status/884792792484020225?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 11, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Police pulled over this black State Attorney — and then couldn&#39;t even explain why <a href="https://t.co/0mjmTFUkov">pic.twitter.com/0mjmTFUkov</a></p>&mdash; NowThis (@nowthisnews) <a href="https://twitter.com/nowthisnews/status/885162853468000256?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 12, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Others were just obsessed with Ayala&#39;s hand gesture:</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I want to live inside that hand gesture she makes when she asks them for their cards</p>&mdash; Amanda Duarte (@duarteamanda) <a href="https://twitter.com/duarteamanda/status/885197371663101952?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 12, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><oembed>https://twitter.com/blooburrd/status/885211267270672384</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">That hand gesture was subtle, but said, 👆🏽 LOL <a href="https://t.co/G3XeQCf1CB">pic.twitter.com/G3XeQCf1CB</a></p>&mdash; talldknluvly (@talldknluvly) <a href="https://twitter.com/talldknluvly/status/885219552275173376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 12, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>For her part, Ayala told <a href="https://www.buzzfeed.com/mbvd/video-shows-police-officer-struggle-to-explain-why-he?utm_term=.ohlyGA5nj3#.wuzkY9agKo" target="_blank">Buzzfeed News</a> that the stop was legal, but that that&#39;s not the end of it. &quot;Since its release, the video has had more than 2 million views,&quot; she said. &quot;To be clear, I violated no laws. The license plate, while confidential, was and remains properly registered. The tint was in no way a violation of Florida law.&quot;</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Politicizing justice is an injustice itself.</p>&mdash; Aramis Donell Ayala (@AramisAyala) <a href="https://twitter.com/AramisAyala/status/884871471537025024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 11, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>She continued: &quot;Although the traffic stop appears to be consistent with Florida law, my goal is to have a constructive and mutually respectful relationship between law enforcement and the community.&quot;</p><p>&quot;I look forward to sitting down to have an open dialogue with the Chief of Orlando Police Department regarding how this incident impacts that goal.&quot;</p><p>The Orlando Police Department in turn told BuzzFeed that the stop was &quot;routine.&quot;</p><blockquote> <p>&quot;In regards to the video, which was released by the Orlando Police Department last month, the officers stated the tag did not come back as registered to any vehicle. As you can see in the video, the window tint was dark, and officers would not have been able to tell who, or how many people, were in the vehicle.&quot;</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

Cops go viral for attempting to tell a black state attorney why they just pulled her over.

In a body camera video going viral this week, police pulled over a car in Orlando only to discover the driver&mdash;Aramis Ayala&mdash;was a state attorney. Returning her driver&#39;s license, the officer quickly asked Florida&#39;s first black state attorney what agency she worked for.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHOE9LmEt9o&quot;Thank you, your tag didn&#39;t come back, never seen that before,&quot; replied the officer. &quot;We&#39;re good now.&quot;&quot;What was the tag run for?&quot; asked Ayala.&quot;Oh, we run tags all the time,&quot; responded the officer. &quot;Whether it&#39;s a traffic light and that sort of stuff, that&#39;s how we figure out if cars are stolen and that sort of thing. Also, the windows are really dark. I don&#39;t have a tint measure, but that&#39;s another reason for the stop.&quot;Ayala proceeded to ask the officers&#39; for their information. It had the vague feeling of a student in the principal&#39;s office.As the video went viral, many interpreted the traffic stop as racial profiling.As yourself how many times a day do you think this happened to a person of color in the US who isn&#39;t a state attorney? https://t.co/fQ4UaDwUJm&mdash; Omar Kelly (@OmarKelly) July 11, 2017 Police pulled over this black State Attorney — and then couldn&#39;t even explain why pic.twitter.com/0mjmTFUkov&mdash; NowThis (@nowthisnews) July 12, 2017 Others were just obsessed with Ayala&#39;s hand gesture:I want to live inside that hand gesture she makes when she asks them for their cards&mdash; Amanda Duarte (@duarteamanda) July 12, 2017 https://twitter.com/blooburrd/status/885211267270672384That hand gesture was subtle, but said, 👆🏽 LOL pic.twitter.com/G3XeQCf1CB&mdash; talldknluvly (@talldknluvly) July 12, 2017 For her part, Ayala told Buzzfeed News that the stop was legal, but that that&#39;s not the end of it. &quot;Since its release, the video has had more than 2 million views,&quot; she said. &quot;To be clear, I violated no laws. The license plate, while confidential, was and remains properly registered. The tint was in no way a violation of Florida law.&quot;Politicizing justice is an injustice itself.&mdash; Aramis Donell Ayala (@AramisAyala) July 11, 2017 She continued: &quot;Although the traffic stop appears to be consistent with Florida law, my goal is to have a constructive and mutually respectful relationship between law enforcement and the community.&quot;&quot;I look forward to sitting down to have an open dialogue with the Chief of Orlando Police Department regarding how this incident impacts that goal.&quot;The Orlando Police Department in turn told BuzzFeed that the stop was &quot;routine.&quot; &quot;In regards to the video, which was released by the Orlando Police Department last month, the officers stated the tag did not come back as registered to any vehicle. As you can see in the video, the window tint was dark, and officers would not have been able to tell who, or how many people, were in the vehicle.&quot; 

In a body camera video going viral this week, police pulled over a car in Orlando only to discover the driver&mdash;Aramis Ayala&mdash;was a state attorney. Returning her driver&#39;s license, the officer quickly asked Florida&#39;s first...