GOWP privilege gone wrong

[GOWP = Guilty Overeducated White Person] 

Let's begin with the video documentation. This is GOWP Caren Turner -- not "miss," but commissioner (parenthesis: you witless, mindless drone) --

Wait, wait wait; first this video:

 

Back to Caren Turner, with some requisite background from NJ.com:

Video shows Port Authority commissioner telling cops: 'You may shut the f--- up!'

by Ted Sherman Flashing her commissioner's gold badge and boasting of her influence during a routine traffic stop involving her daughter, Caren Z. Turner demanded to know why police had pulled the car over and why it was being impounded. Then she launched into a tirade at the two officers. All of it was captured on camera.

Uh-oh. Just remember that, these days, video can work both ways.

The video and a police incident report, both made public after requests by NJ Advance Media and other news organizations, showed Turner apparently seeking to leverage her influence, talking about who she knew, and complaining that the police had "ruined" a holiday weekend with the stop of her daughter and three friends on rural Route 9W in Bergen County. Turner, 60, a Democratic lobbyist who served as the ethics chair of the powerful bi-state agency, could not be reached for comment Tuesday and the phone number of her Washington public affairs office has been disconnected. No one came to her front door when a reporter knocked on Tuesday. Tenafly Police Chief Robert Chamberlain said he would let the video speak for itself. The Port Authority, asked for comment, also referred back to the video.

So: cue the video.

 

And here's what happened afterwards, again from NJ.com:

Port Authority cites 'profoundly disturbing' conduct in resignation of commissioner

by Ted Sherman Caren Z. Turner, a Democratic lobbyist from Tenafly, has resigned as a commissioner from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, after an investigation was opened into what agency officials would only describe as "profoundly disturbing conduct." Officials would not disclose the circumstances, but two sources with knowledge of the investigation said it involved her intervention in a recent traffic stop in connection with her daughter. Both said Turner apparently flashed her Port Authority badge in an effort to intercede with police officers on the scene.

Sadly, the officers involved did not cower under her loomingly-masterful megapowers where, clearly, others had on prior occasions involving the exercising of her ubiquitous supremacy.

In a statement on Monday morning, the agency said: "The Port Authority has zero tolerance for ethics violations.  This is the basis of the tough, systematic integrity reforms the Port Authority has implemented over the past year.  Immediately upon learning of allegations that Commissioner Turner violated the Board's newly-enacted Code of Ethics, an Inspector General investigation was begun.  The investigation revealed conduct that was profoundly disturbing. After Commissioner Turner became aware of the investigation, she resigned." Even before the announcement, Turner's name and photo had already been removed from the Port Authority website.

Couldn't have occurred to a nicer person, unfortunately.

This is what one would customarily term a Standard Leftist Abject Elite GOWP Fail.

The only differences between this and thousands of others a day? It was caught on camera and -- shock of shocks -- there were actual consequences.

BZ