Rapper Wyclef Jean dropped some harsh criticism on Los Angeles County Police on Tuesday after he was handcuffed for “absolutely nothing” in a case of mistaken identity.
The Grammy winner said he might sue and has called for an investigation into police profiling. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, meanwhile, defended the stop as a six-minute “lawful detention” that was part of a fast-paced armed robbery investigation that ultimately led to two arrests.
Wyclef Jean, 47, posted video of the incident on social media showing him in handcuffs beside a marked cruiser blocks from where Police say an armed street robbery unfolded minutes earlier in West Hollywood.
“You all see the police have handcuffs on me. They just took off my Haitian bandana,” the Fugees founder says in one snippet posted on Instagram. “The LAPD have me in cuffs for absolutely nothing.”
The video quickly went viral, racking up more than 40,000 views on Instagram and Twitter.
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