MC Hammer Arrested For Obstructing An Officer, Claims He's A Victim Of Racial Profiling

[alp227]

MC Hammer is claiming he was a victim of racial profiling after he was arrested for allegedly obstructing and resisting an officer in Northern California.

The 50-year-old rapper took to Twitter to discuss the situation shortly after his release from the Santa Rita Jail in Dublin on Saturday.

"Chubby elvis looking dude was tapping on my car window, I rolled down the window and he said 'Are you on parole or probation?'" tweeted Hammer (real name, Stanley Kirk Burrell). "While I was handing him my ID he reached in my car and tried to pull me out the car but forgot he was on a steady donut diet," he continued.

According to Fox News, Dublin police Lt. Herb Walters told the Oakland Tribune that Hammer was arrested Thursday for investigation of obstructing an officer in the performance of their duties and resisting an officer.

full: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/24/mc-hammer-arrested_n_2754939.html

Can't touch him?

[TeamPooka]

1. Slammer time!

actually I believe Hammer was profiled here and is innocent but could not resist the joke.

[treestar]

2. It certainly sounds like it

At least from what the story says. Unless the officer has some reason to have stopped him. Does the officer stop everyone he sees to ask them if they were on probation? And even if Officer stopped him for a valid traffic violation, he still has no reason to ask about being on probation (unless the Officer truly and honestly asks that of every person he stops).

[Robb]

3. I'll believe MC Hammer on this one.

And as an aside, that felt awesome to type.

[MrScorpio]

4. Oh, the old "resisting" and "obstructing" charges…

In other words, complete bullshit.

[sakabatou]

5. "Officer, you can't touch this."

And of course, Fox News is all behind the officer no matter what.

[cali]

6. there's a wee bit of irony here

Mr. Hammer is doing a bit of profiling of his own: both of overweight people and cops.