A black actress claims she was \u2018handcuffed and detained\u2019 by police after being mistaken for a prostitute when she kissed her white husband in the street.<\/p>\n
Daniele Watts, 33, who featured in the award-winning film, Django Unchained, said her wrist was cut in the incident in Hollywood.<\/p>\n
On Facebook, she also posted a photo of herself crying in the street with \u2018anger, frustration and rage\u2019.<\/p>\n
Miss Watts and her husband Brian James Lucas, a chef, said the two officers wanted to see her ID card but she refused.<\/p>\n
She alleges she was handcuffed and put \u2018roughly\u2019 in a police car for failing to \u2018agree I had done something wrong by showing affection, fully clothed, in a public place\u2019.<\/p>\n
Mr Lucas said on Facebook that he believed someone called the police as they thought the couple looked like a prostitute and client.<\/p>\n
Police said Miss Watts was not arrested. She was released after her identity was confirmed. – <\/p>\n
Source: Daily Mail<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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