Hi, I'm Karen Turner. I'm a resident. >> I don't need that. >> Okay, fine. I'm Karen Turner. >> here to You're just here as a rider, right? >> No, I'm not. >> Okay. >> I'm here as a concerned citizen and friend of the mayor and been in Tenafly for 20 years. I take full responsibility for them. And what is the reason they were pulled over? >> The driver has all the information. He'll tell you. >> No, no, no, no, no. I need to know. >> No, you don't need to know. >> Okay. >> You're not involved here. You're picking them up. >> no. I'm involved. >> I'm not going to tell you. He's the driver of the automobile. He's over 18. That's all you need to know. >> Okay, okay. You can We don't need to see credentials. I You need a You need a If you can GIVE ME A LITTLE BIT OF space here. >> Are you a commissioner? >> I am a commissioner. One of the commissioners and I'm heading up >> Do you have an ID with that? >> That is my ID and that is my business card. I am the commissioner of the Port Authority and I'm heading up all the Port Authority. So, if there's a problem, I think I have >> There's no problem. >> Well, I think there's a problem. >> Unregistered vehicle. >> Okay, let's hear. What is Why were they pulled over, first of all? Now, don't call me miss. I'm commissioner. Thank you. >> Commissioner? >> Yes. Why were they pulled over? >> With all due respect >> Yep. >> The driver with the >> No, no, no. I need to know. >> the car's getting towed now. >> Why is the car getting towed? >> Go ask him. >> No, no. I'm asking. You're the person who ordered it and trust me >> Miss, this does not involve you 1%. >> Yes, it does. It does. It does because I'm picking them up and I'm offering to take responsibility for them and you seem to be telling me the charges are also an attorney. So, if they give you can't tell me what is the problem. >> What's fine? >> Why is it such a difficult thing to just say why they're being pulled over and why the car's being towed? >> Because everything has already been explained. >> I know, but I need to know. >> Why Why do you need to know? >> Because this is impacting me because I got four people who are coming back to my house including people who live in New Haven attending Yale graduate school, a PhD student, and I don't know why it's so difficult to say what the problem is. This is impacting me on Easter Sunday. I got to take four people back to New Haven. Yeah. Yeah, I want to know what the problem is. >> It's more of the way you just approached me and and your demeanor. >> what? Okay. >> But I'm I'm being honest >> I want to know why. >> I just don't appreciate your demeanor. You're being very demanding with me. >> I'm asking you a question which is not being answered. >> But it doesn't need to be answered. It's irrelevant. >> You know what? >> You'd like to read my report? You can come down with me to forward a record on Monday. You can get a copy of it. >> And you can't >> under un- There is no You have no right to know what's going on. >> No, I do. >> Explain to me why. >> Because these are four people that I have to take responsibility >> charged. >> That's my daughter. >> And she has She's a backseat passenger. She's a backseat passenger. >> And there's a problem with you describing it because >> You don't feel safe. >> confident why why these people are being pulled over and >> She was not summoned. She was not the driver. This is not her vehicle. It's not your vehicle. How are you involved? >> But this is not going to be If you have a problem explaining what the problem is and why their car is being confiscated, then we have a problem. Trust me, I will be in with Commissioner of Police of Tenafly. >> Ma'am, take a step back. Take a step back. >> If you can't even describe what the problem is, then >> Ma'am, take a step can't move back any farther. I keep moving back farther and you keep moving closer to me. >> Because you can't >> Ma'am, take a step back. >> a sentence together to what the problem is. >> Because I'm not because of the weird demeanor. >> No, I can't even understand >> obligation to tell you. >> And I'm under no legal obligation to tell you what I will be doing. >> You can do whatever you would like to do. >> We've been She's been friend You >> This is a lawful motor vehicle stop. You were here to pick them up. Okay? >> Okay. >> You're going to be a report. >> Yep. >> The driver has been advised of everything that's going on. >> Okay. I was here for your graduation when you guys came in in the cab and it wasn't that long ago. >> What are you talking about? >> Okay. Okay. >> What graduation when I came in? >> much. It's seat and cab. Thank you for your information and help. >> You know what? I hope you have a really nice holiday weekend, too, cuz you just ruined it for a lot of people. >> Without even the decency to say >> I didn't ruin anything. I'm doing my job. >> Yeah, you did. >> I I would just hope you being a commissioner that you would understand the job peace officers have >> There is no explanation. How can I understand? You don't have the decency And I'm asking you because you're the one that's making the report, the problem, stating it. >> I'm going to the store. >> the way you approached me, the way you demanded information, the way you're stating based off of your >> I'm asking you. I'm asking you. I'm >> Whatever it may be. I mean, you have a business card with credentials. I don't know you. I just met you a minute ago. You have no official identification. >> you know Louis, what's his name? Shmaradovsky? >> that have to do with anything? >> Well, I'm just telling you who I am. I've been in this town for 20 years and as a courtesy, I would like to understand the rationale for them being pulled over and their car confiscated. Isn't it a courtesy? I don't know why it's getting so difficult. >> you should ask your daughter and the driver of the motor vehicle. >> is a backseat passenger as you said. You're making the accusation. I would like to know >> What accusation? >> The accusation of I don't know what. You haven't told me. You're telling me to go Monday and read the report. When he said listen You said after. It's not they It's not them. I'm not going to ask the driver what you are using them or going through it. I'm asking you because you're the source of the accusation. They are not the source. You're the source. So, I'm trying to go to the source. If you want me to go to their side of the story, I will. LIKE I WON'T DO THAT. >> I think that's the best thing at this point. You know what? I'm very disappointed in the way the two of you are acting. You cannot even tell me, a mother living in Tenafly for 20 years with two kids who went through the school system, what's the problem. And that's shocking. It's shocking that you can't even give me a sentence. >> I think we should conclude this. Just for safety reasons, the high speed road, I think we should all get off of the road. >> You want to apologize so sorry. Thank you for your concern with my >> Okay. >> I don't need it. You can't put a sentence together. Sorry. >> Okay. >> That's pathetic. And you are a disappointment. And you are just following him. So you are also a disappointment. You can't put together a sentence of what the problem is. >> now? Are you finished, MA'AM? >> I'M SHOCKED. I'M SHOCKED AND VERY DISAPPOINTED. Thank you for your help. >> You may take them now. >> You may not tell me when to take my child. You may shut up and not tell me when I may take my kids and her friends who are PhD students from MIT and Yale. You may tell me nothing because you've told me nothing. Shame on both of you. >> Okay. >> I will be talking to the chief of police and I will be speaking to the mayor. >> Badge number 540. >> I got your name. I got your name. >> Just make sure that's not distorted. >> I know this before yet. I have no respect >> Matter is the first name. >> No. Don't you worry. >> As long as you got all the information right. >> I got all your information, sweetheart. You can't put a sentence together. That's shameful. >> Okay. >> That's shameful. >> Have a pleasant evening and weekend. >> You have a wonderful weekend. YOU'RE GOING TO SUFFER. >> THE COMMISSIONER was trying to intimidate the police officers because her daughter was arrested in the car with her friends driving with an expired tax. She came around and she was trying to use her power to intimidate the officers and try to make make change their decision. Watch the outcome after the video went viral. Here's a news reporting what later happened, and she later quits her job and then gives a public apology. >> Good morning. Karen Turner's adult daughter was riding in a car with friends on Easter weekend when they were pulled over for illegally tinted windows and an obscured license plate. Police discovered the car's registration had expired and decided to impound it. That's when Turner showed up. >> That is my ID and that is my business card. I am the commissioner of the Port Authority and I'm heading up over 4,000 police officers. >> Karen Turner made sure the officers knew exactly who she was when she went to pick up her daughter and her friends. >> Now, don't call me miss. I'm commissioner. Thank you. >> She grew increasingly agitated as the officers refused to tell her why the car was pulled over. >> You may shut the [ __ ] up and not tell me when I may take my kids and her friends, who are PhD students from MIT and Yale. You may tell me nothing because you told me nothing. Shame on both of you. I will be talking to the chief of police and I will be speaking to the mayor. >> In a statement, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey called Turner's conduct outrageous and indefensible and said her resignation was appropriate. The Port Authority has been under fire in recent years for corruption probes, including a former chairman's bribery charges and the 2013 Bridgegate scandal when political appointees allegedly created a traffic jam on the George Washington Bridge to punish the local Democrat mayor for not endorsing then New Jersey Governor Chris Christie. Alec >> Senior officials with the Port Authority may take action against Karen Turner later today. In a statement to New Jersey's Daily Voice, Turner said, "Quote, I let my emotions get the better of me and I regret my tone toward police officers. For this, I apologize. However, at no point did I violate the Port Authority's code of ethics."