Charles Belk was “innocently walking” in Beverly Hills on August 22 when he was detained for six hours by police after being mistaken for a bank robbery suspect, he told TheWrap. “The Ferguson and New York situations all resonated in my mind,” the 51-year-old freelance television producer said, referring to the deaths of unarmed African-Americans Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri and Eric Garner, who died after a white police officer put him in a chokehold in Staten Island. “I did not want to give them any reason to question my interest in cooperating.” Belk, whose credits include “The Greatest Song” and “Douglass.
- 8/27/2014
- by Anita Bennett
- The Wrap
The Beverly Hills Police Department has issued an apology for detaining Hollywood producer Charles Belk, saying it “deeply regrets” mistaking him for a bank robber. Belk, whose credits include “The Greatest Song” and “Douglass U,” posted on his Facebook account that he was “innocently walking by myself” from a restaurant to his car shortly after 5 p.m. on Friday when “my freedom was taken from me by the Beverly Hills Police Department.” The incident took place near Wilshire and La Cienega Boulevards, according to Belk, who said he was en route to check the time on his parking meter. According to Belk,...
- 8/26/2014
- by Tim Kenneally
- The Wrap
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