Wiz Khalifa Arrested at LAX, Twitter Storm Ensues
On Saturday, Aug. 22, rapper Wiz Khalifa was violently handcuffed by a swarm of police at Los Angeles International Airport, according to the Daily Beast.
It is unclear whether Khalifa was arrested and taken into custody, the New York Daily News reports. However, after the incident, Khalifa took to Instagram and Twitter to post video footage of his violent encounter with police.
The Daily Beast reports that the police confronted Khalifa for allegedly refusing to get off a hoverboard. During the confrontation, as shown in the video footage, Khalifa asked the police, "This? I didn't do nothing, anyway. What you want to do? Put me in jail because I didn't listen to what you say? We can have all the conversations you want to, you can end up on TMZ, destined to become as famous as you wanna be."
When Khalifa allegedly refused to comply with police, they violently slammed him to the ground and began demanding that the rapper stop resisting, to which he calmly replies, "I'm not resisting, sir."
After posting video footage of his violent encounter with police, Khalifa posted a series of tweets discussing the injustice he experienced and mocked the police. Check out the tweets below.
The New York Daily News reached out to Los Angeles Airport Police, who claim they had no interaction with Khalifa on Saturday. L.A. airport police officer Alicia Hernandez told the New York paper that the officers who appear in the video look like U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers.
Social media users have already gone to Twitter to voice their opinion on Wiz Khalifa's latest police encounter. Many are suggesting that the police treatment towards the rapper is racially charged.
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