Female Cop Brings Up 'White Male Privilege,' Is Suspended

A female police captain in Indiana has been placed on administrative leave after telling a colleague he benefited from "white male privilege." 

During a Nov. 1 training session on the treatment of transgender people, an unidentified male officer with the Plainfield Police Department questioned a statistic suggesting that transgender people are three times more likely to experience police violence than others. 

"Most of the people that I know have never been, accused the police of violence … so I guess I don't get where that statistic comes from," the officer is heard saying in a video, per WRTV. Capt. Carri Weber, who is off camera, then says the officer is skeptical "because of your white male privilege."

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