Wyclef Jean Instagram: Musician Blasts Police After Being Mistakenly Handcuffed By Sheriff's Department [VIDEO]
Wyclef Jean was mistakenly handcuffed in Los Angeles this week and posted freely about it on Instagram.
Jean posted video footage of himself in handcuffs on Instagram, in which he told the authorities had the wrong guy. The 47-year-old recording artist was leaving a studio when he was handcuffed by authorities.
"I was asked by the police to Put my hands up," Jean wrote on his Twitter page. "Then I was told do not move. I was instantly hand cuffed before being asked to identify myself. Nor was I told why I was being cuffed." He noted, "In the process I said my name and told them they have wrong person. They proceeded to ignore me and I was treated like a criminal until other police showed up and pointed out they had wrong person."
I was asked by the police to Put my hands up. Then I was told do not move. I was instantly hand cuffed before being asked to identify myself
— Wyclef Jean (@wyclef) March 21, 2017
Nor was I told why I was being cuffed. In the process I said my name and told them they have wrong person.
— Wyclef Jean (@wyclef) March 21, 2017
They proceeded to ignore me and I was treated like a criminal until other police showed up and pointed out they had wrong person.
— Wyclef Jean (@wyclef) March 21, 2017
I am sure no father wants his sons or daughters to see him in Handcuffs especially if he is innocent.
— Wyclef Jean (@wyclef) March 21, 2017
As some one who has law enforcers in my family, I was appalled by this behavior of the LAPD.
— Wyclef Jean (@wyclef) March 21, 2017
A post shared by Wyclef Jean (@wyclefjean) on Mar 21, 2017 at 4:52am PDT
Jean assumed it was the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), when it was in fact the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, as Deputy Jeff Gordon of the Sheriff's Department suggested to The Washington Post.
Gordon discussed how the Sheriff's Department was looking for a black man wearing a red bandana and dark hoodie who was involved in a reported robbery, and Jean happened to match the description.
"They stopped him thinking he was the person involved in the robbery," Gordon explained. "I think the detention itself was six minutes. ... This was a case of mistaken identity. He fit the description. It wasn't profiling in nature - it was a mistake."
"I am sure no father wants his sons or daughters to see him in Handcuffs especially if he is innocent. As some one who has law enforcers in my family, I was appalled by this behavior of the LAPD," Jean has since tweeted of the incident.
