'Django Unchained' actress ordered to apologize to police

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

LOS ANGELES (AP) — An actress who accused Los Angeles police of racial profiling when they investigated a report she was having sex with her boyfriend in a parked car was ordered Monday to apologize to officers.

Daniele Watts, who appeared in "Django Unchained," pleaded no contest Monday to disturbing the peace with loudness and was ordered to write an apology to three police officers and the occupants of a building near where she was briefly detained last year.

Police officers were investigating a report of two people having sex in a car when they questioned Watts and her boyfriend, Brian Lucas. Watts claimed they were just kissing and accused the officers of racial bias.

The pair was later charged with lewd conduct, but that count was dismissed on Monday.

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FILE -- In this Sept. 20, 2012 file photo, Daniele Watts attends The Hollywood Denim Party at Palihouse in West Hollywood. A judge on Monday, May 4, 2015, ordered Watts and her boyfriend, Brian Lucas, to apologize to police officers the actress accused of racial profiling as part of a plea agreement to resolve a lewd conduct case. Watts and Lucas pleaded no contest to one count each of disturbing the peace with loudness and will have the case dismissed if they write apology letters, serve 40 hours of community service and stay out of trouble for one year. (Photo by Todd Williamson/Invision/AP, File)

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[Hulk]

1. Yeah, two 'black people" kissing is considered "lewd conduct"...

Yet I remember going to Mt Tabor and spending the whole night talking and kissing and even getting a little further than that, and never once had cops knock on my window and accuse me of "lewd conduct".

Were they humping each other on the hood of the car?

[arcane1]

2. If I recall correctly, they were having sex in the car w/the door open..

Someone nearby called the cops on them. There were pictures floating around at the time.

[alcibiades_mystery]

4. The partner was white, if I recall correctly

Just sayin'.

[Hulk]

6. OK...then I stand corrected.

With the little I had read, it didn't sound so bad. With what you are telling me, perhaps it was "bad". We sort of kept our "love making" to ourselves. With the door open in a neighborhood with public nearby would be something else.

I stand corrected. ....never mind.

[billhicks76]

15. Hey Oregon

It happens. Brian is an old friend of mine from Grateful Dead land and spent a lot of time up here. He is a true person and deserves compassion. His RAW food chef abilities are exemplary.

[Evergreen Emerald]

3. Residence or business owners called the cops cause

They were having sex in the car with the door open. There is no evidence that the neighborhood profiled them because of their race.

[Journeyman]

5. And if I remember correctly, she and her boyfriend were given an opportunity to leave. . .

the police seemed little interested in pursuing any sort of action against the two. It was the woman, however, who escalated the issue and brought trouble on herself.

Not a stellar day in her life.

[Suji to Seoul]

7. Someone got voyeuristic before calling the cops. Probably busted his nut watching

then called the cops to complain.

[KittyWampus]

19. No, actually. They were humping in a car in full view of an office complex.

[Suji to Seoul]

20. That's cool as hell. Still think someone turned voyeur and when they couldn't see, called the cops

If it were me, I'd cheer them on! Break those sexual taboos!

[Spitfire of ATJ]

8. I wonder if the irony crossed their minds when they put her in cuffs.

[okaawhatever]

9. LOL. I think that will go over a few people's heads. nt

[Spitfire of ATJ]

11. Kinda like this...

[okaawhatever]

13. His claim of being bad is purely fiction. nt

[Spitfire of ATJ]

14. They didn't see what you did there.

[Shrike47]

10. From the video, she was really obnoxious to the officer. She brought this on herself IMO.

[IcyPeas]

12. they were outside the Art Directors Guild

on Ventura Blvd in Studio City. It was people in the office who saw them and complained.

Here is exactly where they were (where that person in the blue shirt is standing). There is a busy shopping center across the street with a Trader Joes.

http://tinyurl.com/lyx28ug

[Skittles]

16. are those mom jeans or is that a skirt

if the former, that is more offensive than public bonking

[Scuba]

17. Because nothing is so sincere as a court-ordered apology.

[Sparhawk60]

18. Lol, Very True

Very true, I had a boss order me to apologize for an insult I did not make. I just turned to the person and with a flat tone and poker face, I quickly and humbly apologized. Nothing is faker than an apology you are ordered to make.

Best of all, I did not argue or try to fight it. So they knew I was insincere.

[bluestateguy]

21. You can order somebody to apologize, and make them say the words

But you can't force them to be sincere or to mean it.

So what is the point?