LAPD Confuses Black Actress Kissing White Husband for Prostitute
Daniele Watts added 2 new photos.
Entertainer · 2,188 Likes · September 11 at 8:51pm ·
Today I was handcuffed and detained by 2 police officers from the Studio City Police Department after refusing to agree that I had done something wrong by showing affection, fully clothed, in a public place.
When the officer arrived, I was standing on the sidewalk by a tree. I was talking to my father on my cell phone. I knew that I had done nothing wrong, that I wasn’t harming anyone, so I walked away.
A few minutes later, I was still talking to my dad when 2 different police officers accosted me and forced me into handcuffs.
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. 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!!!!!!!
I was sitting in that back of this cop car, filled with adrenaline, my wrist bleeding in pain, and it occurred to me, that even there, I STILL HAD POWER OVER MY OWN SPIRIT.
Those cops could not stop me from expressing myself. They could not stop the cathartic tears and rage from flowing out of me. They could not force me to feel bad about myself. Yes, they had control over my physical body, but not my emotions. My feelings. My spirit was, and still is FREE.
I will continue to look any “authority figure” in the eye without fear. NO POLICE OFFICER OR GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL IS MORE POWERFUL THAN ME. WE ARE EQUALS. I KNOW THAT I WILL ALWAYS BE FREE BECAUSE THAT IS THE NATURE OF MY SPIRIT.
And moreover, I deeply enjoyed connecting with the cops who detained me. I allowed myself to be honest about my anger, frustration, and rage as tears flowed from my eyes. The tears I cry for a country that calls itself "the land of the free and the home of the brave" and yet detains people for claiming that very right.
Today I exist with courage, knowing that I am blessed to have experienced what I did today. All of those feelings, no matter how uncomfortable. These feelings are what builds my internal strength, my ability to grow through WHATEVER may happen to me.
That internal knowing is what guides me in this world. Not the law, not fear, not mistrust of government or cops or anything else.
In this moment there is a still small voice whispering to me. It says: You are love. You are free. You are pure.
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Response to malthaussen (Reply #12)
Post! "Yay Cops!, They're the best!" .. There were a few postings I saw, it was missing..and I was disappointed! Yay! Keep it up 
IMHO, cops are often looking for 'easy work'. Could they be doing something boring like watching over streets near schools and either catching or better yet preventing abductions by pedophiles? Sure. Could they be patrolling for reckless drivers? Sure. They could even be walking a beat around stores that are in high crime areas. They'd rather be profiling people less likely to fight back or checking for an expired sticker on your car.
Re: "She should have never been allowed to be thought of as a prostitute by these 'officers of the law'."
They shouldn't be thinking that way but you won't be changing the way people think quickly. What needs to change, and fast, is how cops ACT. These guys need some intensive retraining.
knew someone would show up sooner or later. Please, take your transparency away from me.
but utter contempt for that POS with a badge and blue uniform who has the power of life and death over anyone with brown skin who might be construed as a threat to white society and it's hypocritical morals and laws. I am enraged by this. And getting more so every time I see this type of situation. And it's everywhere now, on this site and others and in every town, city and burg in this land. Amerikkka, 'land of the free, home of the brave', my ass!!!!!!!!!!!
Exactly what they are.
"A man from a nearby office came out and asked Watts and Lucas to “stop putting on a show.” The police arrived shortly afterwards"
Everyones a Libertarian until a black person does it.
Parts of the article is obviously biased especially the part about "Watts instantly plays the race card" and keep in mind one of TMZ's "reporters" is the son of a police officer but it is an interesting take on what happened.
Daniele Watts had just left CBS studios in the San Fernando Valley around 2 PM Thursday. She says she was making out with her BF, but we've learned witnesses from the nearby Directors Guild office building told cops they were watching her and her BF have full-on sex in the passenger seat WITH THE DOOR OPEN!
The eyewitnesses said the guy was sitting in the seat, she was straddling him and it was for everyone to see. One eyewitness told cops they cleaned themselves up afterward with a tissue.
TMZ obtained police audio of the incident. Watts instantly plays the race card when Sgt. Jim Parker asked for her ID. She quickly moves from the race card to the fame card -- then storms off, refusing to show her ID.
Read more: http://www.tmz.com/2014/09/15/django-actress-daniele-watts-lapd-race-card-fame-audio
