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Beverly Hills PD Defend Mistaken Arrest Of Black Film Producer After Pre-Emmy Party
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| Film producer Charles Belk arrested in Beverly Hills |
A statement from the Beverly Hills Police Department defended the mistaken identity arrest of a black film producer, who posted about his experience on Facebook, accusing the police of racial profiling.
“Within minutes of the robbery call being broadcast, police detained a subject less than a block away from the robbery who closely matched the clothing and physical characteristics of the male suspect," the Beverly Hills Police Department said in a statement. "After an eyewitness positively identified the subject in a field show-up, police arrested Charles Belk for suspicion of robbery,” the statement said. Belk is a tall, bald African-American man.
The department also issued an apology to Charles Belk, who said that he was detained for hours before being released.
“The Beverly Hills Police Department deeply regrets the inconvenience to Mr. Belk and has reached out to him to express those regrets and further explain the circumstances,” the police statement said. A spokesman said the incident will be recorded as a detention, not an arrest.
Belk's original post has been shared more than 38,000 times.
“I get that the Beverly Hills Police Department didn't know at the time that I was a law abiding citizen of the community and that in my 51 years of existence, had never been handcuffed or arrested for any reason. All they saw, was someone fitting the description. Doesn't matter if he's a "Taye Diggs BLACK", a "LL Cool J BLACK", or "a Drake BLACK"
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