This happened a couple of towns away from where I grew up. This is typical for high ranking democrats in the state of my upbringing. The fact that’s she’s a Hillary chrony makes it even more understandable. Good for the two your officers who stood their ground and were nothing but professional and polite. Sadly if it wasn’t on camera the officers likely would have gotten in trouble. For me this hits close to home because one of my fraternity brothers dad’s was the chief of the port Authority PD and my other friend’s dad was a commissioner (both retired)...both of republicans. Would love to hear their take.

The video is in the link:

http://www.nj.com/news/index.s...telling_cops_to.html

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

By Ted Sherman tsherman@njadvancemedia.com,NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
Updated 4:37 PM; Posted 3:10 PM
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.

Tenafly Police released a video Tuesday revealing just why Turner abruptly resigned last week as a commissioner of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.

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 Monday.

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.

"The conduct was indefensible. The board takes its recently adopted Code of Ethics for commissioners extremely seriously and was preparing to form a special committee to review the findings of the Inspector General investigation and take action at this Thursday's board meeting," said spokesman Benjamin Branham. "Commissioner Turner's resignation was appropriate given her outrageous conduct."


Caren Z. Turner (Port Authority photo)
The Easter weekend incident led to an investigation by the Port Authority's Inspector General, after Chamberlain sent the agency a copy of the video taken at the scene, along with the incident report by the officers who had been on the scene.

According to the March 31 police report, Turner had been called to the traffic stop by her daughter, after one of the patrol officers ordered the car to be impounded when he determined its Nevada registration had expired.

"She demanded to be informed of what is going on and why they were stopped," stated one of the patrol officers in the report, who said Turner pulled out a Port Authority gold badge and identified herself as a commissioner.

The officer said "based on her demeanor, the tone of voice, the way she was presenting herself and the way she was attempting to misappropriately use her professional position to gain authority in this situation, I advised her to speak with the driver of the vehicle for more information."

The video shows her demanding to know why the car was stopped, and becoming increasingly frustrated when the officers refuse to give her any details of the summonses that were issued. When they call her "miss," she insists on being addressed as "commissioner."

The officer said he told her he was under no legal obligation to "fill her in" on what had transpired because all the occupants of the car were adults. He said "she became further enraged and began using profanity."

At one point, as the officer tries to end the discussion, she tells him: "You may not tell me when to take my child. You may shut the f--- up!"

The Saturday afternoon traffic stop itself apparently was sparked by nothing more than front side tinted windows and a Nevada license plate with a dealer-installed chrome bracket that proclaimed: "Henderson-I am a VIP at Findlay Toyota," which partially covered the name of the state. Obscuring even part of a license plate can lead to a ticket in New Jersey.

Nearly 120K received a ticket last year for this violation

Nearly 120K received a ticket last year for this violation


There were three passengers in the car and the driver, who had a valid license but could not produce the car's registration or insurance card.

The police called a tow truck to impound the car and issues a series of summonses for "unclear plates," the insurance card, and driving an unregistered motor vehicle.

That's when Turner showed up, said police.

She was never charged with any wrongdoing, according to the report.

Chamberlain said he had no comment on the matter, other than to say that that it was a Port Authority matter.

"When the incident was passed on to my attention, I felt it warranted calling the Port Authority," he said.

Turner was appointed to the Port Authority last year by former Gov. Chris Christie. According to her company bio, she served on finance committees for Hillary Clinton and Gov. Jon Corzine.

The Port Authority announced Turner's abrupt resignation on Monday and disclosed that an investigation had been opened into allegations that Turner had violated the board's code of ethics.

"The investigation revealed conduct that was profoundly disturbing. After Commissioner Turner became aware of the investigation, she resigned," the Port Authority said in a statement on Monday.

Even before the announcement, Turner's name and photo had already been removed from the Port Authority website

Staff writer Amy Kuperinsky contributed to this report.

Ted Sherman may be reached at tsherman@njadvancemedia.com. Follow him on Twitter @TedShermanSL. Facebook: @TedSherman.reporter. Find NJ.com on Facebook.

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Turner, 60, a Democratic lobbyist who served as the ethics chair of the powerful bi-state agency

That's rich.

Glad they've got cameras now, are you missy?

They hustled her out the door like a shot. She also appears on Fox from time to time. Guess that's history.

Well, she certainly showed THEM, didn't she?

Oh! So THAT'S white privilege!

Got it!

"I'm also an attorney."

That's icing on the bitchy cake.

I betcha she would have registered something on the breathalyzer.

I loved watching every second of that video, knowing that it lead to her resignation. Is it my imagination, or do we see more democrat politicians trying to pull this kind of shit than republicans?

The silver lining, ma'am, is that you now have all the time in the world to shuttle your backseat daughter and her PhD-from-M.I.T. friends.

He would’ve been justified knocking her teeth out.

Arresting her for obstruction would be more likely.

I'm tellin' ya- the commish had a little drinky or two that day.

The officers were both professionalism personified. Somehow, the Port Authority will have to muddle on without Ms Turner...somehow

Oh, my - that was yummy, I can hardly eat another bite!

You just *know* that when she showed up she was gonna be all cool in front of her daughter and the friends, she was gonna show them just how much juice she had and make all of this go away....

Annnnnd....had to resign in disgrace. Comeuppance, yay! Doesn't happen near enough in today's society.....

WTF

"I'm a commissioner."
"I'm a friend of the mayor."
"I'm in charge of 4,000 police officers."
"Phd from MIT."

Talk about elitism.

She was completely in the wrong and deserves every little bit of shit that falls her way and then more after that.

That said, part of the reason the car was pulled over was part of the state was covered up by the license plate frame? That's chicken shit if there ever was a reason. You can clearly see that it says Nevada and most every car that has plate frame covers up at least part of the state name but no one, outside of ticket writing cops, would give a shit if some part was covered up if you can tell, with a little bit of brain power in action, the state.

I can understand the tinting reason but the frame? That is a little too heavy handed to me and another reason not to visit NJ.

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Originally posted by Flashlightboy:
She was completely in the wrong and deserves every little bit of shit that falls her way and then more after that.

That said, part of the reason the car was pulled over was part of the state was covered up by the license plate frame? That's chicken shit if there ever was a reason. You can clearly see that it says Nevada and most every car that has plate frame covers up at least part of the state name but no one, outside of ticket writing cops, would give a shit if some part was covered up if you can tell, with a little bit of brain power in action, the state.

I can understand the tinting reason but the frame? That is a little too heavy handed to me and another reason not to visit NJ.

They probably through that in as extra fodder. The tint thing is real in NJ...they will pull you over if your front side windows are tinted at all.

What a witch and she worked for billary to boot.

God bless the 2 officers patience. If I was "on the job" she would have been in cuffs and under arrest. Than I would have probably been fired?

What is the point of being a commissioner of the Port Authority if you can't throw your weight around?

That was the eight minute version of "You don't know who you are dealing with."

Can you imagine how the conversation with the chairman of the commissioners went:

Turner: Hey, you gotta help me get these yokels in Tenafly. They fucked with the wrong lady.

Chairman: Oh yeah. About that - you're fired.

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Originally posted by Flashlightboy:
I can understand the tinting reason but the frame? That is a little too heavy handed to me and another reason not to visit NJ.

Although I generally agree with not visiting NJ, unfortunately a visit to the Statue of Liberty does visit NJ (most people aren't aware of it, but Liberty Island is in NJ, not NY). I can excuse visitations there. (I think every American should see the SoL up close.)

flashguy

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Originally posted by Flashlightboy:
I can understand the tinting reason but the frame? That is a little too heavy handed to me and another reason not to visit NJ.

I'm guessing that the apple doesn't fall too far from the tree. Either backseat daughter or one of the other occupants of the car copped an attitude and that's the real reason it was towed.

Wouldn't surprise me a bit. You can see how mom acts. Why wouldn't her kid act that way?

Whatever the case, an arrogant, pushy, Hillary-loving New York elitist liberal got knocked off of the government teat and she did it all by her li'l ole entitled self. Makes my day, yes it does.

that was good

warms my heart a bit to see the bitch get owned...

dirtbag: hey you can't do that to me, I pay your salary

cop: then I guess I can talk to you about a raise