actress Danielle Watts was detained in
Studio City after authorities were
called to the scene because a witness
alleges that she saw the actress engaged
in a lwd act in a vehicle with a man now
this story quickly dissolved because uh
Danielle Watts felt as though the cop
was questioning her because she was a
black woman in a car with her white
boyfriend so at this point when the cop
shows up she is out of the car the cop
allegedly asked not her but her
boyfriend for her ID and she refused to
give it to him now TMZ did obtain audio
of the situation I want you guys to take
a quick listen to that and I'll give you
more details to the story somebody
called the police saying that there was
lud ax in the car no Luda happening
doesn't matter I have to ID you we're
not doing anything somebody call I'm on
the phone with my dad this is my
boyfriend I want to see your ID somebody
called which means gives me the right to
be here so it gives me the right to
identify you by I've been called the
cops have been called just for being
black just because we're black and he's
right I'm just being really honest I
don't who brought up a race card I'm
bringing it up because I had I said
nothing about you being and I have every
right to ask your ID and I have every
right to say no and if he'd lies you not
have every right to say you can take me
down to the court office and I can make
a scene about it and you know what I
have a publicist and I'm work
as I'm mildly interested you have a
publicist but I'm going to get your ID
do you see what time it is 15 minutes
ago I would have been gone
on but because I didn't give you my ID
you told that that was enough for me it
is enough ma'am it is enough that's fine
you know what this is not a problem for
me okay because I'm going to get all of
your names it's obviously a problem for
you no what is a problem for me is that
you think you're better than me and you
think you have more power than me I
think I I do have more power than you so
the cop seems calm throughout the entire
audio um now despite what I said earlier
where they're alleging that the cop
asked him for her ID that has not been
caught on audio so that right now at
this point that's an allegation um and
the reason why that's relevant is
because they felt that the cop thought
she was a prostitute because she's black
now the cop never referred to her as a
prostitute never indicated or implied
that he thought she was a prostitute
based on the audio that we've heard so
far but that was the indication that
they got or the perception that they had
of the interaction with the cop in
California and of course it varies state
by state cops do have uh the ability and
uh the legal cover basically to ask you
for your ID if there's reasonable
suspicion that you were engaged in some
sort of act right or if there in the
process of investigating an allegation
so in this case there was an allegation
that a lwd act occurred in the vehicle
and so he goes in there that's enough
reason for him to ask for the ID that
he's actually covered by law in that
case because REM he gets a call now it's
not the cop's fault that he got the call
he gets the call and he's got to figure
out if there's prostitution going on or
a LW act going on in that car and yes
prostitution happens from time to time
lud acts happen from time to time in a
public place in a car now he doesn't
know when he shows up who's who so he
asks for your ID okay my guess is if you
presented the ID and said this is my
boyfriend and boyfriend corroborated and
then said here this is who I am and you
know that I'm hence not a prostitute
this is a rare situation where do you
know who I am would have been
appropriate I am an actress and hence I
am unlikely to be a prostitute in the
street cuz I'm an accomplished one right
so but it seemed like she was in almost
inviting more
controversy and they I don't know who
taped it somebody taped it right and
then when she pulls out the publicist
line oh the hair in my the back of my
neck craw stands up and said you know
don't don't say to a cop you got a
publicist he was my he was mildly
interested in that but not very
interested yeah I I like how he put that
right he alth to be now to be fair to
her okay and what's not on the tape
there but is in a transcript that I read
is and she ask for his name she's like n
ID which she has every right to do okay
and then he says well you see now that's
why you're in handcuffs wait a minute
now okay now then you're just saying
it's a power trip and so if she actually
exercises her rights then she's going to
be in handcuffs because again the crime
we've talked about that's the most
important crime in America is disres
respecting a police officer it's not on
the books anywhere but that's the thing
that'll get you beat arrested Etc now
let's talk about the real culprit okay
okay before we do though I I want to
show one last video where she talks to
CNN and she explains exactly why she
refused to show the ID it also has more
details of her perception of the story
so take a quick look at that so um the
police show up I'm outside of the car at
this point talking to my dad on the
phone and um he comes to speak to Brian
and um asks for my ID doesn't even talk
to me asks Brian for my ID and when I
overhear that while I'm on the phone I
interrupt them and I say to Brian I say
no he will not be giving you my ID
because I haven't done anything wrong
and I know that I'm not required to do
that I'm talking to my dad nothing
personal but I'm walking
away and when I walked away yeah so let
me ask you why not extrapolate on that a
little bit more Danielle because I think
some people might not understand why you
we wouldn't just easily give them his
your ID and let them carry on their way
and you on yours well it's because I
believe in America and what it stands
for and I believe in Freedom and I think
that a country that calls itself the
land of the free and the home of the
brave if I'm within my Amendment rights
my constitutional rights to say no
unless you're charging me with a crime I
will not be giving you my ID that is a
right that I stand up for because of the
shoulders that I stand on because of the
people who fought so hard for the rights
that came before me black white all
people have been fighting for these
rights for Freedom it's beyond race at
this point all right and then I want to
note one other thing we can't show you
the full interview it's a long interview
but there was a portion uh where the
host asked her were you engaged in a lud
act and she kind of danced around that
question she said I was fully clothed
and if I'm fully clothed and I'm showing
affection to my boyfriend then I'm not
doing anything wrong but yeah so that's
a relevant part of the story okay she
danced around it but that doesn't
necessarily indicate that she was
engaged in a lot act mhm so so now we go
to the person who reported it now
look that last piece is critical because
every other story had just reported that
they were kissing now if somebody calls
in a prostitute based on kissing they
apparently don't know how prostitution
works okay my understanding for watching
television and the movies is that
prostitutes don't kiss okay so now uh we
were talking about this before if you
got two white people let's so let's get
to the elephant in the the room race
right you got two white people kissing
in an or not kissing but in doing a lot
act in an Alleyway at 1:00 a.m. in a
questionable part of town you might call
that in right yeah here's what's never
been called in two white people kissing
in a car in the middle of the day yeah
never been called into the cops in the
history of the country okay now so is it
relevant that she's African-American and
kissing a white guy in the middle of the
day it's now we don't know because if
they were doing a loot Act somebody
could be pissed that the kids are going
to see meaning giving oral whatever it
is we don't know right then that's a
whole different situation if they were
kissing then yes then I would say race
is involved okay because then you oh
whoa what's why why did you assume that
there's prostitution and I I just you no
one in the world is going to get me to
believe that based on kissing if it was
two white people in the middle of the
day that it would have been called for
prostitution no way yeah look I'm a big
fan of PDA I'm unbearable with PDA I've
never had to worry about the law coming
after me because I'm very passionately
uh involved in PDA with my significant
other right so it really it really does
depend on what happened I thought the
way she answered that question was
really really interesting she used the
word passionate so I don't know exactly
what happened in that car but all I do
know is it's sketchy she should have
given the ID it would have easily ended
if had that happened however at the same
time if she wasn't doing anything wrong
if she was just kissing her boyfriend in
the car I could understand why you would
feel harassed by the cops right cuz
imagine Jen you're in the car with your
wife you're kissing her and all of a
sudden a cop shows up and asks you for
your idea you're going to be like what
the hell what did I do I didn't do
anything wrong right yeah and you can't
help but be pissed at that moment so
understand that context too like she
says well they wouldn't just talk to my
uh boyfriend instead of talking to me
well you were on the phone so that kind
of makes sense on the other hand it like
Anna said if they just came up to you
and started bothering you in the middle
of the day when you're just kissing your
boyfriend you might be pretty goddamn
agitated too yeah number one uh if you
see people having any kind of
relationship in a car and your kids
didn't see it and their eyes didn't melt
out of their heads mind your own
business okay uh number two um her
boyfriend you have to give let's we
can't go past the story without pointing
out has the longest neck in American
history oh my God and number three uh
we're all going to ignore the fact that
you was uh detained by Eric Estrada that
chips his back I didn't notice that at
all that's really funny okay oh
damn okay so just keeping it real here
that's our job