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LiberalArkie

(15,686 posts)
Sun Sep 14, 2014, 03:28 PM Sep 2014

Police Allegedly Mistake Black Actress Kissing White Partner For A Prostitute

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/14/daniele-watts-actress-detained-police_n_5818304.html


"Django Unchained" star Daniele Watts claims she was unlawfully detained by police Thursday after they saw her kissing her white boyfriend in a car and allegedly mistook her for a prostitute.

In a Facebook post dated Sept. 11, Watts wrote that she was "handcuffed and detained" by two Studio City police officers in Los Angeles that day after refusing to show her ID.

Here's how Watts describes the alleged incident on Facebook:

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.


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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/14/daniele-watts-actress-detained-police_n_5818304.html




Whwn is this shit going to stop? Since the U.S. Justice dept does not seem to give a shit about out local police depts, should maybe people bring it up to the United Nations as some people in third world countries do.
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Police Allegedly Mistake Black Actress Kissing White Partner For A Prostitute (Original Post) LiberalArkie Sep 2014 OP
Do prostitutes actually kiss johns? Erich Bloodaxe BSN Sep 2014 #1
Black woman with a white guy, had to be a ho and a john. No other reason. LiberalArkie Sep 2014 #2
No, they don't kiss. RandySF Sep 2014 #3
Blue Tires posted it this morning JustAnotherGen Sep 2014 #4

Erich Bloodaxe BSN

(14,733 posts)
1. Do prostitutes actually kiss johns?
Sun Sep 14, 2014, 03:31 PM
Sep 2014

Do johns want to be kissed by them?

That doesn't even sound like a behaviour I would expect from a prostitute and a john, which leads me to believe the 'real' reason she was labeled a prostitute by police was simply 'mixed race couple'.

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