This is why laws against prostitution are necessary . . . NOT !!!

[Art Mann]

Hollywood actress was mistaken for a prostitute by LAPD
after she was seen kissing her husband in the street

Daniele Watts, an African-American actress who has starred in Hollywood films such as Django Unchained, has claimed she was "handcuffed and detained" by Los Angeles police officers after being mistaken for a prostitute.

Two police officers approached Watts and her white husband Brian James Lucas when they were seen showing affection in public, the actress said in a Facebook post.

She claims she refused to produce her photo ID when asked by police, and was then handcuffed and held in a police car as the officers tried to figure out who she was. She reportedly cut her wrist as she was handled roughly by the LAPD officers.

Watts also posted pictures to Facebook, in which she is handcuffed and crying. She was released shortly afterwards.

"As I was sitting in the back of the police car, I remembered the countless times my father came home frustrated or humiliated by the cops when he had done nothing wrong, " she wrote in the post.

"I felt his shame, his anger, and my own feelings of frustration for existing in a world where I have allowed myself to believe that “authority figures” could control my BEING… my ability to BE!!!!!!!

READ FULL STORY HERE

 

[User-E]

That's horrible!

I hope he didn't buy her lunch before he kissed her ... :NoNoNo:

 

[Robintheboywonder]

That is disgusting and I hope the police department and the officers pay dearly for their negligence. I also find all the comments disgusting towards sex workers. So what if it were a sex working showing affection in public??

 

[Socks]

Bullshit.


All she had to do was give her photo ID but she refused on purpose to create drama.

 

[Doggie]

Why didn't the husband tell them she was his wife?.

 

[lovelatinas]

Why didn't the husband tell them she was his wife?.

Because they didn't believe him, being a white man. Probably what the Johns say all the time.

 

[lovelatinas]

What if cops see a black man making out with a hot white chick in public here in Canada? Will they get busted?

I hope this happens in Canada and the law gets to SCC.

 

[Reverse]

Bullshit.


All she had to do was give her photo ID but she refused on purpose to create drama.

Why should she, if she wasn't driving she wasn't required to give ID.

 

[Wanker]

Racism and prejudice in 2014 still exists Damn-Not too smart

 

[BlueBalls]

I only believe half of what the cops say and just about zero of gets reported out there.

just saying.

 

[blackram]

Bullshit.


All she had to do was give her photo ID but she refused on purpose to create drama.

Sometimes being a little cooperative with the police helps, but sometimes the police just take it too far. How does producing photo-ID prove that you're a prostitute or not?

 

[Art Mann]

Bored Cops, "Suspicious" Women: On Getting Arrested In America



I’m a black woman who was arrested while out with my white male friend. The cops said it was a case of mistaken identity, but eight years later, I find that hard to believe.

By Danielle Bell

I like my name. Danielle Bell. It rhymes. It is charming when I say it in my Southern accent, or so I’ve been told. But on one particular balmy Louisville evening eight years ago, it was not a good time to have my name.

It was my last night in town before I returned home to Brooklyn and I was cravingderby pie. I rode shotgun in a pickup truck with peeling white paint alongside my friend, Nathan. Back then he owned a vintage clothing store and had a Bonnie Prince Billy beard. On the way to the restaurant we drove too far and had to turn into the entrance of a very wealthy, very white neighborhood to get back on track.

Suddenly we heard a police siren coming from an unmarked SUV, signaling for us to pull over. Before the arresting officer made it to Nathan’s car, two more unmarked SUVs and a police car joined them.

I no longer remember the cops’ faces. I do remember that one wore a CBGB T-shirt, clearly not his usual getup, but perhaps he was going undercover as “punk” in order to blend in on Louisville’s lively Bardstown Road. He looked ridiculous.

Their first question was addressed to Nathan: “How do you know this woman?”

Nathan explained that he owned a store nearby and that I shopped there, that we were friends.

Registration was up to date, but the vehicle was searched. They found nothing. Nathan handed over his license and I my college and military IDs (my father is in the National Guard). The cops made small talk as our names were run through the computer.

I was asked if I’d lived at a number of addresses where I’d never lived. I gave them my parents’ respective addresses. I also explained I’d been in New York for the past six years and that the address on my college ID was where I’d lived the longest.

I was annoyed, hungry, and sweating. I wanted them to hand me back my identification so I could get my damn slice of pie, à la mode! Then I was told to step out of the vehicle.

The second both my feet hit the ground I was slapped into handcuffs, tightly. I demanded to know what this was all about.

“That will be explained to you at the jail.”

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A lengthy read, but well worthwhile.

CLICK HERE

 

[Jasper]

I believe cops are more racist than the general population.
It becomes part of their job, they need to quickly judge each person they encounter.

 

[Boing]

The real story comes out.

INGLEWOOD (CBSLA.com) — Civil rights leaders Friday called for a “Django Unchained” actress to apologize after claiming Los Angeles Police Department officers racially profiled her.

Project Islamic Hope President Najee Ali, Los Angeles Urban Policy Roundtable President Earl Ofari Hutchinson and other civil rights leaders held a meeting at 9:30 a.m. denouncing Daniele Watts after a recent incident.

Watts, 28, was detained by officers responding to an “indecent exposure” call on Sept. 11 in the 11900 block of Ventura Boulevard in Studio City.
Police said they had received several calls about a couple engaging in lewd behavior in a parked vehicle. Watts, a black woman, said they were merely showing affection and claims officers were racially profiling her because she with her white boyfriend, Chef Brian James Lucas.

An audio file recorded by a sergeant captured Watts refusing to give her identification and insisting officers were giving her a hard time because of her race. LAPD Chief Charlie Beck defended the officers’ actions.

Civil rights leaders previously called the incident a blatant act of racial profiling before the audio recording and several photos were released.
“We have nothing to be embarrassed about. She should be embarrassed. She’s the one that told the lie.

She came and stated she’s a victim of racial profiling. We found out later on based on new information that she wasn’t,” activist Najee Ali said. “We didn’t make a rush to judgment. We can to aid a victim who we thought was victimized. For us, she’s wrong.

That’s why we’re demanding Daniele Watts apologize not to LAPD but to our community.”

https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/201...ngo-unchained-actress-demand-apology-to-lapd/