Update: According to a source close to the woman (who asked to remain anonymous), she was on the phone with Portland Bureau of Transportation's
parking enforcement hotline—not the police.
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The video doesn't show much of the car, but it's clearly sticking out an inch or two in front of a curb where a crosswalk begins. Muhammad said he knew the space was a tight fit when he parked, but knew it wouldn't take him more than 10 minutes to pick up their order.
"She didn't try to talk to us. She just called the police," Muhammad said. "Why would people spend the time just trying to make our lives harder instead of talking it out like neighbors?"
While it's very possible the caller didn't know the car was owned by an African American before calling the police, the video joins the long list of viral clips we've seen this past year of white women calling the police on people of color over minor violations—whether its
for using a charcoal grill in a public park or for an eight-year-old girl
selling water in public without a permit. Most recently, a white woman
called the police after seeing a black man babysitting two white children in Georgia.
