An attempt to protect themselves and the law cost a career and peace to a San Francisco resident

44-year-old resident of San Francisco (California) Alison Ettel 22 June called the police because 8-year-old black girl Jordan Rogers was selling water near her house without a license. Since the San Francisco Giants stadium is located nearby, where the game was just planned, the child had quite a lot of customers.

But after that, the woman was accused of racism, and now she receives messages with threats, writes Daily Mail.

Jordan Erin Austin's mother filmed a video of how Ettel called the police by posting a video clip in Instagram and Twitter with the hashtag #PermitPatty.

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The video quickly became viral, and Ettel, according to her, for several days received thousands of letters with insults and threats. A woman talks about it with tears in her eyes.

Ettel explained that she did not consider calling the police because of the actions of the little girl to be a reason for pride, however, according to her, this was the only way to protect herself, as she tried to work in her apartment, but could not concentrate because of the girl’s and mothers on the street.

She said that she tried to explain the situation to mother Jordan, but it did not work.

“I tried to be polite, I said: “Please, I’m trying to work, and you’re shouting, people have their windows open - it’s a hot day. Could you be quieter?" Ettel said.

However, Austin insists that Ettel did not ask them to be quieter, and I went downstairs and immediately demanded "an eight-year-old child to show permission to sell water."

“This woman thought she could use her privilege to be white, but it didn’t work,” Austin said.

According to Jordan, the incident scared her because she did not want to have problems with the police.

According to Ettel, she called 911 not to complain about the girl’s actions, but to ask if the sale organized by her mother and daughter was legitimate.

Ettel noted that she would like to apologize to Jordan and her mother, but they said they would not accept her apology.

The wave of outrage on the Internet also affected the work of the company headed by Ettel - TreatWell produces tinctures with hemp for cats and dogs.

Magnolia Oaklanddispensary who used products TreatWell, said that he immediately abandoned the company's products, having learned about the incident.

According to Jordan, she was selling water in order to raise money for a trip to Disneyland, because her mother had recently lost her job and could not afford to pay a visit to the park.

She returned to her trade on June 24.

As the story became viral, musician Jonathan Brannon invited the family to buy four tickets to the theme park for them.

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