Police 'Professional' During Brolin Arrest
LATEST: Police officers who arrested actors JOSH BROLIN and JEFFREY WRIGHT were "professional" during the incident, a spokesman for the police department has confirmed.
Cast and crew were celebrating the wrap of filmmaker Oliver Stone's forthcoming George Bush biopic W on Saturday (12Jul08) when they allegedly got involved in a fight between revellers at the Stray Cat bar in Shreveport, Louisiana which resulted in the arrest of Brolin, Wright and five crew members.
A witness claimed the cops attending the incident "got aggressive", even blinding one of the group with pepper spray.
They added that another patron hurled a racial insult at Wright, who plays U.S. politician Colin Powell in the movie.
But now a representative for Shreveport Police tells website TMZ.com that a review of in-car audio and video proves the officers used "professionalism" in the arrests.
Wright and Brolin were arrested at 2am after they allegedly tried to impede local police officers who were splitting up the brawl. The pair received misdemeanour charges for interfering with police, and posted a $334 (GBP167) cash bond the same night. They are all due back in court on 2 December (08).
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It is no surprise the police denies any wrongful behavior. Don't they always? I am just glad that they did not shoot Jeffery Wright 45 times and then claim they thought he was reaching for a gun. Police using a racial epithet on Jeffery was quite mild in comparison to other horrible outcomes we have heard about.
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