Daniele Watts says she was detained by Los Angeles Police Department officers for being black and in love. Will Kim Kardashian and Kanye West be detained too? Django Unchained actress Daniele Watts was handcuffed and injured by LAPD members who thought she was a prostitute. Daniele Watts’ crime consisted of kissing her white boyfriend Brian James Lucas in public.
Daniele Watts explained on her Facebook page that on September 11th, while out an about in Studio City, California with her boyfriend, she was detained by cops who thought she was a criminal or a hooker for kissing a white man.
A citizen with too much time on their hands called the officers from the LAPD after spotting the interracial couple sharing a kiss.
The Caucasian man in question was Watts’ longtime partner and celebrity chef Brian James Lucas. The African-American star was interviewed by members of the Los Angeles Police Department who asked her for an ID and when she refused, they handcuffed and interrogated her.
The cops accidentally cut Watts’ wrist while placing it in the handcuffs. Miss Daniele Watts explained:
“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.”
Brian James Lucas shared pictures of two Los Angeles Police Department officers quizzing Watts who was in tears. Lucas gave his account of the events:
“From the questions that he asked me as D was already on her phone with her dad, I could tell that whoever called on us (including the officers), saw a tatted RAWKer white boy and a hot bootie shorted black girl and thought we were a HO (prostitute) & a TRICK (client).So they handcuffed her and threw her roughly into the back of the cop car until they could figure out who she was. In the process of handcuffing her, they cut her wrist, which was truly NOT COOL!!! Of course, they had to let her go eventually cuz we weren’t a threat to anyone.”
The Los Angeles Police Department has not commented on the matter. Many have taken to social networking sites to encourage the pair to sue the LAPD for racially profiling them.
Some are wondering will Kanye West end up in jail for kissing Kim Kardashian in public? On the other side of the spectrum, few have stated that Watts should have given her ID when the cops asked. This might have prevented the situation from escalating.
