Actress Daniele Watts accuses police of racial profiling
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A black U.S. actress who appeared in hit movie "Django Unchained" has accused Los Angeles police officers of handcuffing and briefly detaining her for "showing affection" in public.
The city's police force said on Sunday it was investigating a complaint from Daniele Watts, who posted a picture on Facebook, showing her crying next to an officer with her hands behind her back.
The Hollywood actress says she was making out with her boyfriend when a man came to them and told them to stop putting on a show because his employees were trying to work. Soon after, Watts says a squad car pulled up behind them demanding her to put her hands up against the wall.
"It baffles my mind that being a black and white couple could be a reason to be profiled," said Watts.
Watts' boyfriend Brian James Lucas, a Los Angeles chef, wrote on his Facebook page that the police had thought she was a prostitute because of the couple's attire and their d
A black U.S. actress who appeared in hit movie "Django Unchained" has accused Los Angeles police officers of handcuffing and briefly detaining her for "showing affection" in public.
The city's police force said on Sunday it was investigating a complaint from Daniele Watts, who posted a picture on Facebook, showing her crying next to an officer with her hands behind her back.
The Hollywood actress says she was making out with her boyfriend when a man came to them and told them to stop putting on a show because his employees were trying to work. Soon after, Watts says a squad car pulled up behind them demanding her to put her hands up against the wall.
"It baffles my mind that being a black and white couple could be a reason to be profiled," said Watts.
Watts' boyfriend Brian James Lucas, a Los Angeles chef, wrote on his Facebook page that the police had thought she was a prostitute because of the couple's attire and their d