Polo G was arrested this past weekend in Miami, following a traffic stop early Saturday morning.
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According to Miami-Dade County public city records, the Chicago rapper, whose real name is Taurus Bartlett, was booked on several charges, including battery of a police officer, threatening a public servant, resisting arrest, and criminal mischief.
The Miami Police Department acknowledged the incident, tweeting that they are “aware of the incident involving Mr. Taurus Bartlett, also known as Polo G, and another male juvenile.”
Additionally the police department claimed to be reviewing the incident that would include examining all camera footage, offering that the arrest was captured on several body-worn cameras. Police spokesman Michael Vega also noted the department is to also investigate several threats received against personnel and facilities in response to the rapper’s arrest.
According to the MPD arrest affidavits Bartlett, and others were pulled over
early Saturday, ended up in a struggle on the ground with officers. One of the documents says an officer who was trying to handcuff Bartlett was struck multiple times.
The statement went on to report that Bartlett became aggressive and resisted arrest after police ordered him and all the passengers of his car to exit the vehicle so they could be pat-down and checked for weapons. Officers say they suspected the passengers of having firearms after one of them referred to the vehicle they were in as "bulletproof."
After posting bond totaling $19,500, Polo G’s mother and manager Stacia Mac took to Instagram to address the situation, saying that she received a call from her son after he and his younger brother left a release party for his new album Hall of Fame. Stacia said Polo told her that multiple squad cars were tailing them. “They stopped them because they were driving while Black,” she said.
Early Sunday morning Polo G addressed the incident, Tweeting out his version of the events that transpired.
And by sometime later that day, he was already off to his next destination, posting on Instagram a photo of himself on a private plane, with the caption, “Atlanta I’m otw…”
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