Nicki Minaj Arrest: Dutch Police Reject Rapper’s Claim She Was Targeted Due To Race
deadline.comThe decision to arrest Nicki Minaj in Amsterdam last weekend was not motivated by race, Dutch police have said, adding that it was “annoying she drew that card.” Their reaction comes after the US rapper was arrested at Schiphol Airport last Saturday and fined 350 Euros ($380) after police said they found dozens of joints in her luggage.
At the time, Minaj called her treatment by the authorities “disgusting” and opined this was partly due to her being from “a confident other race.” Now the BBC reports that Dutch police have rejected this, quoting a spokesperson: “We just do our job and it is protocol to search luggage and arrest a person when we find drugs. “The arrest was around 17.30 and the release at 21.30.
We stand for a professional organisation that treats everybody equal, no matter what.” The BBC quoted a Dutch military police spokesperson saying: “I think that it all went very smoothly.
It’s annoying that she drew that card.” Minaj had to postpone her show that evening in Manchester, UK, where 20,000 fans were waiting for her to appear on stage.
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