Thanks to Alison Ettel, aka #PermitPatty, we can add selling bottled water without a permit to the list of things black people can’t do in America without having the cops called on them.
Ettel became the subject of viral outrage Saturday when s…
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Everything you need to know about Alison Ettel, aka ‘Permit Patty’
Another month, another phone-wielding woman from Oakland gone viral.
In May, the world was introduced to “BBQ Becky,” an Oakland woman who called the police on two black men grilling without a permit. Now, we’ve found her successor in “Permit Patty.”
A video circulated online on Saturday showing an angry woman on the phone, allegedly with the police, because an 8-year-old girl was selling water on a sidewalk.
The internet quickly dubbed the woman, whose real name is apparently Alison Ettel, “Permit Patty” — and since the video was uploaded, a lot more has happened. Here’s everything you need to know about the events that transpired. Read more…
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