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Actress Daniele Watts accuses police of racial profiling

2014-09-15 38 Dailymotion

ROUGH CUT - NO REPORTER NARRATION<br/> <br />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.<br/> <br />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.<br/> <br />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.<br/> <br />"It baffles my mind that being a black and white couple could be a reason to be profiled," said Watts.<br/> <br />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

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