TMZ has recently obtained Kanye West’s deposition in the case filed by the photographer he assaulted outside of Los Angeles International Airport in 2013. In the deposition, the Chicago rapper recalled being racially profiled in 2000 because of his appearance.
According to Kanye, who says he was a successful producer at the time of the incident, he was racially profiled when he was arrested and charged with stealing printers from an OfficeMax well over a decade ago.
He explained that he was seen as a target due to the fact that he was wearing braids and a white t-shirt, and added that authorities may have even altered their write-up on the incident to frame him.
“I was racially profiled for having a white T-shirt and braids…I was driving a white Ford Expedition. When I saw the police report, they crossed out where it said ‘Cream Ford Explorer,'” Kanye West said in the deposition, according to TMZ.
Later in the deposition, Kanye’s lawyer, Shawn Holley stated that the incident was a case of “mistaken identity.”
As a result of the LAX assault, Kanye pled no contest to misdemeanor battery and was placed on probation for 24 months, last year.
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Oh buu-huu, poor little Kanye. Shut up and go store some more food in your cheeks!
I’ve been targeted due to my age as well.
STOP CRYING BITCH
lol black ppl got it easy when they get pulled over like every american has or arrested like many white ppl have they can easily just cry omg its bc im black..
white ppl actually have to look in the mirror as to why they got arrested or pulled over..
sometimes police pull ppl over for being black but u know what everyone gets tickets and every gets talked to by cops esp young kids of all races hoping they find drugs. get over urselfs and this ‘im black so im already introuble w the law shit’
lol nicca was stealing printers