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" Daniele Watts, who is probably best known for playing Coco in Django Unchained, has found herself in the middle of a race row this week, after she was handcuffed in LA. The actress caused outrage this weekend, when she claimed that she was stopped by police on Thursday 11 September, purely because she was kissing her boyfriend, Brian James Lucas, who is white. The couple both took to Facebook after the incident, explaining how she had allegedly been detained &amp;quot;after refusing to agree that I had done something wrong by showing affection, fully clothed, in a public place.&amp;quot;  SCROLL DOWN FOR DANIELLE&amp;#039;S FULL FACEBOOK POST. Brian James Lucas added: &amp;quot;From the questions that he asked me as D was already on her phone with her dad, I could tell that whoever called on us (including the officers), saw a tatted RAWKer white boy and a hot bootie shorted black girl and thought we were a HO (prostitute) &amp;amp;amp; a TRICK (client).&amp;quot; In a recording of the incident which has since surfaced and been published by The Los Angeles Times, police can be heard accusing her of &amp;quot;lewd acts&amp;quot; and ask her for her ID. She can then be heard saying, &amp;quot;Do you know how many times the cops have been called just because I&amp;#039;m black and he&amp;#039;s white? I&amp;#039;m just being really honest.&amp;quot;  As Daniele then mentions that she is famous and has a publicist, the officer can be heard replying, &amp;quot;Thank you for bringing up the race card, I never hear that,&amp;quot; and requesting a female officer.  The actress was not formally arrested, and was later released, a police spokesperson confirmed to Variety. The LAPD later released a statement, confirming that they had received complaints of &amp;quot;indecent exposure&amp;quot; and that an investigation was being launched.  On Thursday September 11, 2014, around 3:01 p.m., patrol officers from North Hollywood Division along with a patrol sergeant responded to a radio call of indecent exposure in the 11900 block of Ventura Boulevard. The citizen who called the police to complain told the 9-1-1 operator that a male and a female were involved in indecent exposure inside a Silver Mercedes with the vehicle door open. The responding sergeant and police officers located two individuals that matched the description of the suspects, and they were briefly detained. Upon further investigation it was determined that no crime had been committed. Ms. Watts and her companion were subsequently released. An internal complaint investigation has been initiated regarding this matter.   But it doesn&amp;#039;t end there, because witnesses at the scene have now reportedly told TMZ that the couple were &amp;quot;having sex in her car,&amp;quot; not just &amp;quot;making out&amp;quot;. &amp;quot;We&amp;#039;ve learned witnesses from the nearby Art Directors Guild office building told cops they were watching her and her BF have full-on sex in the passenger seat WITH THE DOOR OPEN!&amp;quot; TMZ also claim that Daniele Watts plans to file a legal complaint against the LAPD, but she hasn&amp;#039;t yet confirmed this herself. Read her full original Facebook post below.    "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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