Video of Black Fla. Prosecutor's Traffic Stop Prompts Criticism
Video of Florida's only black state attorney being pulled over by two white police officers prompted criticism after it was published to the Orlando Police Department's YouTube page on Wednesday.
The nearly three-minute video — which has been viewed on YouTube more than 228,000 times and shared through social media thousands times more — shows State Attorney Aramis Ayala being pulled over by two unidentified officers.
Ayala had just finished teaching a law class at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, a historically black university, when the traffic stop took place.
An officer is seen exiting an unmarked police vehicle with its lights flashing and approaching a white sedan as the clip begins.
As the officer approaches the car, he takes a driver license from Ayala, who remains face-forward.
"What agency are you with?" the officer asks.
"I'm the state attorney," Ayala responds.
The officer then tells Ayala that the license plate on her car did not come back as registered to any vehicle when the plate was run. The officer says he's never seen a license plate not return a registration before.
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