Twista's Manager Claims 'Bus Raid Is Result Of Racial Profiling'....
The manager of Chicago rapper Twista has hit out at U.S. police - blaming a recent raid on the star's tour bus on "racial and rapper profiling".Manager Rawle Stewart believes the rapper was unfairly targeted by Michigan State Police after his tour bus was seized by ten officers en route to Detroit on Wednesday (19Sep07).The officers were acting on suspicion of handling narcotics and held traffic on the interstate for nearly two hours - only to find no drugs.Stewart says, "What started out as a two car stop turned out to be six or seven Michigan State Police officers searching the bus."I think it was a case of profiling because they immediately assumed we had drugs and told us they found residue, but was letting us off with a warning."It was so petty. When it was all said and done, we didn't even get a ticket. They gave us a lecture like, 'In Michigan we don't tolerate that and if you come through our state again, you will get locked up.'
There's people on the interstate passing by like, Is that Twista? They said to us 'This may help your career or it may hurt your career, but we don't tolerate that in Michigan.'"
According to U.S reports, police stopped the bus because it was registered to Entertainment Coach of America, a Florida Based company, notorious for trafficking narcotics across the state.Michigan State Police have neither confirmed nor denied the incident.