DaBaby was in his hometown of Charlotte, North Carolina where he performed at Bojangles’ Coliseum on Monday night (December 23). But the evening took a dramatic tour when Charlotte police searched DaBaby’s car.
According to TMZ, officers with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department initially approached DaBaby — HipHopDX’s Rapper of the Year — because he was filming them.They claimed they could smell marijuana wafting from the vehicle.
Officers waited until after the show to confront DaBaby, but he refused to speak to them. Consequently, he was detained and a search was conducted on the vehicle. They discovered less than a half ounce of marijuana inside. Although he was arrested and charged with misdemeanor possession of marijuana and resisting, they ultimately decided to issue two citations instead.
Simply put, DaBaby was not happy with the treatment he received at the hands of Charlotte police. He hopped on Instagram Live to detail the incident.
“This how you know the police did wrong,” he says in the clip. “I’m in there waiting to see the magistrate. Three hours, they done made me take 12 different mugshots. The two arresting officers come in to tell the COs, we need y’all to get Jonathan Kirk his property and take me back out to intake, the same door they walked me in in handcuffs.
“I’m walking past niggas they brought into jail on the way out. Everybody in the world who’s ever been in jail, especially in Charlotte, you know it’s policy for them to cut this band off of you before they let you out. They didn’t take me out the right door, they took me out the same door they brought me in.” [apple_news_ad type=”any”]
DaBaby also questioned why he has a property bag along with a citation.
“They illegally searched me,” he continued. “Illegally arrested me. “Stupid ass niggas illegally released me. What I got a property bag for with a citation? Wrist band still on my wrist. Niggas dropped me on 4th Street and put Star 67 on my phone, asked me if I wanted to make a phone call. I said ‘hell nah, unblock the number. Ya’ll in mutherfuckin’ trouble dawg.
He plans to keep the bracelet on until Christmas.
The KIRK artist was originally filming the police and accusing them of breaking into people’s cars. CMPD has launched an Internal Affairs investigation to determine if officers followed department protocol.
The psychology of these rappers is puzzling. They do things they know are illegal and then act like its egregious that the police officers do their job and arrest them. They put all their business on social media and then act surprised when the police confront them about it and claim they are being profiled. You profiled yourself buddy.
You people that defend this police state we live in are more puzzling. This country is self-proclaimed as “land of the free” yet has more prisoners than almost China and Russia combined with less than a quarter of their population. Locking up the marginalized people of this nation is big business yet sheep like you come on Hip-Hop websites defending obvious targeting. Isn’t there any Country or Punk Rock websites you can troll?
-excuses from a man with a lack of character, integrity, and intelligence.
Hahahaha. The “police state?” Dude, I. Russia and China people simply disappear. They’re murdered by the state. You think some moron would film the police with weed on him in Russia or China and walk out the station with a citation? LOL. Targeting? Dude was FILMING THE COPS. he was targeting THEM! LOL. You’re an idiot. The US prisons are full because the laws are enforced, and idiots like yourself think a victim card will keep you from the consequences of your actions.
Hip hop police coming for everyone! Hide yo children!
Dude, don’t fuck with the cops. They say they smell weed, then they find weed on you, you’re fucked. Now they’ll have it out for you in your HOME TOWN! LOL. Just stop. You attracted their attention. Now if they catch you doing shit again, you’re in trouble.
STFU they was wrong if they didn’t go through the right steps dumb bitch
Your mom is a dumb bitch for not getting that abortion. A cop can walk up to your vehicle if it is parked on a public street, like anyone else can. The use the “I smelled weed” excuse as probable cause to search your ride. If they find anything, you’re fucked. It is a justified “proper step.” I’m guessing you’re a felon over some dumb shit, like this jackass will be. LOL. Dude was carrying a concealed weapon without a permit and shot someone in self defense recently. The cops didn’t charge him when they could have. His security beat some dude up in a store he claimed he went faded with. His security jumped a fan at a club as well. This guy has talent and is headed down the path of that idiot Kodak black. Leave the cops alone and make your money. He was filming them looking at a car. Maybe those plates are for a stolen vehicle? There might be a warrant out on the person who owns it? Would you be dumb enough to walk over to the cops and do them what they are doing WITH WEED ON YOU? Idiot.
You the type to justify everything but have you ever been in a situation and profiled? Until you have, just stfu and keep those ignorant opinions to yourself. It makes you sound real foolish friend.
This dummy said “makes you look ignorant” when I said filming cops that aren’t fucking with you when you have weed on you is a bad idea. I grew up in LA in the 90’s jackass. Ever heard of Rodney King or the LA riots?Cops would run up on us and take pictures of our tats without a warrant or permission. Most of us were teenagers (minors). Ever heard of the Rampart C.R.A.S.H. unit? Look that up, geek! You sound ignorant as fuck, poo butt. Hahahaha. I’ve spent half of my life in Brazil. You think you know something about profiling, racism and crooked cops? Jackass. Sit your ignorant ass down, no life experience having dummy.
Listen to me and how I do it says the white man with too much time on his hands.
No, the latino (me) and anyone with common sense says listen to the law and play the game according to the rules. Dummy. That’s what anyone with common sense would say. You’re advising people who have weed on them to film the police when they are messing with a vehicle, not even a person, that you have nothing to do with? LOL.
This dude really talking bout tryin to snitch on the biggest gang in America
Dats racist!
Yeah the police were doing some shady shit for sure, but if I had an ounce of weed in the car then I’m not going to start recording the police and let them see me doing that shit. Use your damm brain kid.
A ounce that he was given a citation for. If law enforcement handle a case wrong in anyway, it could jeopardize the whole case.
Yeah but its cool to have 3 bottles of unconcealed vodka underneath your car seat, that’s fully fine, but people who don’t understand the big picture wrong with the law enforcement in society cease to recognize that, for some autistic reason.
Who had a bottle of vodka where? What does that have to do with anything? So by you’re logic, it’s ok to have a pistol in your trunk, but not a grenade, so grana de profiling is what’s wrong with the police? You’re argument is weed shouldn’t be illegal, yet it is. He was filming the cops with weed on him. Period. Weed is hella illegal in NC. Vodka isn’t. Had he smelled of vodka and had an open vodka bottle, he would be in trouble for that. What is “the big picture wrong with law enforcement?” They have legal loopholes to get away with what they want to. If you don’t get that, YOU’RE autistic. Cops can say whatever they want to have probable cause for a search. If what they say comes back as false, and they don’t find anything afterwards, they’re fucked. That rarely happens because they simply don’t do that to the wrong people. Usually. Proud realize that they have cameras on them and they film interactions with anyone they talk to, right?
Michael
Yea it is…you seem to know that, so what’s the problem? Weed is illegal there, stupid as fuck, yea, but its the reality of it. Alcohol is not illegal so yea it is fine to have 3 bottles of vodka in the car, but it’s illegal to have weed. The cops didn’t make the law, and they damn sure ain’t doing a solid for some loudmouth who’s filming them while clearly being wrong. Also Autistic people can be really smart so your comment isn’t very effective or intelligent.
Leave that???alone/ grown man body parts ?
That dude is ugly and looks special.