UPDATE: TMZ now reports that Nipsey Hussle claims “hyper-sensitive LAPD officers” overreacted and used excessive force when they stopped him and his friends yesterday. He also claims he did nothing wrong.
Police blamed the incident on police who were monitoring the event in a police helicopter and thought they saw Hussle with a gun. He said it may have started with an incident in which a person threw a bottle at his car. He said he and his entourage got out to say something, then got in their car and drove away. They were then surrounded by police.
He said he’s also upset at the way his disabled brother was treated. He said: “They pushed his face on the concrete. They dropped a knee in his spine then twisted his arm and cuffed him while he was not resisting.”
He also said police held them there for four hours after finally ruled that no one had a gun.
Even though it was at the Trayvon Martin rally, he doesn’t think it was racial profiling. He said: “I think it was the result of hyper sensitive LAPD officers overreacting once again.”
Original: TMZ reports that rapper Nipsey Hussle was handcuffed during a Trayvon Martin protest rally after police suspected that he had a gun.
Los Angeles Police Department officers thought he was carrying a firearm, approached him and handcuffed him. They then ruled that he didn’t have a gun and let him go.
It’s unknown if Hussle was even a part of the rally, which was taking place at Leimert Park. The same area was home to a violent incident the night before.
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