& # 39; Permit Patty & # 39; resigns as CEO of the cannabis company in the fallout of the video

The CEO of TreatWell Health, a California-based company that produces dyes and edible cannabis-based products, resigned Tuesday after six marijuana companies broke off with TreatWell to protest the police's threat. call a black girl of 8 years old. sell water without a permit.

The general manager, Alison Ettel of San Francisco, who is white, has agreed to resign because she believes that "TreatWell, its employees and patients should not have to suffer because of a situation that is taking place. Is produced in a moment of escalation ". By a spokeswoman for TreatWell, Cynthia Gonzalez.

Ettel became known on the Internet as "Permit Patty" after a video taken by the child's mother became viral over the weekend, causing widespread outrage. Ettel told the Huffington Post that she was only pretending to call the police and that she clashed with the girl and her mother in front of a Saturday apartment building because they were too noisy, not for racist reasons. A spokesman for the San Francisco Police Department confirmed that no complaints had been filed.

Many viewers have broadcast the video on social media and have called marijuana dispensaries to boycott TreatWell, which combines marijuana plant extracts and coconut oil to produce dyes that would relieve pain in animals domestic and human. In response, several companies issued statements saying that they would no longer sell TreatWell products.

"TreatWell was one of our best-selling products, but for us, integrity is always before profits," writes Magnolia, a health clinic based in Oakland, California, in an article on Instagram. "For our remaining inventory, we are making blowouts and giving all profits to a local nonprofit."

The Bloom Room clinics, Apothecarium and Green Trees Wellness has also agreed to stop selling TreatWell products. Grass, a cannabis delivery service, and Ganjly, a news and marijuana review site, also cut ties with the Ettel company.

Following the incident, Ettel told "Today" that she had asked the girl, Jordan Rodgers, and her mother, Erin Austin, to keep their voices repeatedly. But Austin denied this, saying that Ettel "directly demanded to see a license to sell water from an 8-year-old."

Ettel told "Today" that she had received hate mail and death threats since the video had become viral and that she would like to have the opportunity to do so. apologize to the girl and her mother.

The TreatWell statement argued that the confrontation did not come from racist motives.

"A terrible mistake was made that affected a girl and her family," said Gonzalez. "It is important to know that we have never intended to denigrate, harass or harm the child, nor his mother, but in a decisive moment, an absolutely wrong decision. was taken by our CEO., and even though it was completely false, the act that followed was not motivated by any racist intent. "