A Caucasian woman who crashed her Bentley in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, on April 21 was shocked to learn her privilege wouldn’t save her from an arrest. Video of the arrest was shared on Reddit on Nov. 9.
According to the video, officers from the Palm Beach Gardens Police Department were responding to a call about a woman who crashed her $300,000 Bentley. “She’s about to learn what happens when acting entitled ends badly,” the voice-over says.
The first officer to arrive on the scene, where a man and woman were standing by the side of the road, asked who was driving the crashed Bentley.
“I am,” replied the woman as a male witness who had stopped to check on her motioned to the woman. The officer repeatedly instructed the woman — later identified as Jessica Reid and seemingly under the influence — to hang out by her car as he collected information from the witness.
“I’m not sure what’s going on,” the witness whispered to the officer, who replied, “I’m sure you and I already both know that.”
“Yeah, so I was in my van over here, and all of a sudden, I hear, you know, just, I look over, and I see her plow into the back of that car,” the man continued.
“Did she slow down at all?” the officer asked.
The man replied, “No,” adding that Reid was driving approximately 45-50 mph. At that point, Reid interrupted and the officer told her to stay by her vehicle as he continued to interview the man.
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“This is ridiculous,” said Reid, prompting the officer to tell her to “relax” and hang out by her car.
“I want to get home to my daughter,” Reid interrupted again as the officer thanked the witness and sent him on his way. “All right, thank you,” she said before asking if she could leave.
“You just caused a serious crash,” the officer told her. “You’re not going anywhere.”
Reid insisted that she did not do anything, so the officer…
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