Ice-T engaged in a dispute with a police officer following his stop during a traffic violation.
Recently released bodycam footage of the May incident reveals the rapper and actor being stopped for not having a front license plate.
It was later revealed that the gangsta rap pioneer also lacked a valid driving license.
In a video of the traffic stop, Ice appears to be sitting calmly in his car until the officer discovers that he does not have a license.
The Law & Order actor tries to clarify that there were problems at the DMV the previous day, but the situation escalates rapidly when the officer requests Ice to leave his car and surrender his keys.
After exiting his vehicle, the “6 in the Mornin’” MC approaches the officer and exclaims: “Hand over my paperwork, you stupid jerk!” Hand over my damn paperwork. Capture this on video […] You are a complete jerk.”
The officer answers by warning Ice not to lay a hand on him and insists that he was the one behaving like an “asshole.”
Ice-T then takes out his phone and starts filming the officer, stating: “Let me begin recording your foolish self.”
After the officer requested backup, the stressful encounter concluded with Ice-T being issued several tickets for the infractions but allowed to depart in his Porsche.
This wasn’t the initial occasion that Ice-T and his vehicles have encountered legal problems.
He was detained in 2010 for operating a vehicle without a license in New York, but it was ultimately revealed to be a clerical mistake by the DMV.
“As I mentioned from the start, I never violated the law,” Ice-T informed reporters outside the courthouse then, according to NBC New York. “I was never aware of any suspension.” “That’s the reason I became so furious when they restrained me with handcuffs.”
He similarly expressed to the Wall Street Journal: “I was aware that I hadn’t done anything wrong. You need to have a solid lawyer for these kinds of situations. Everyone heard me refer to the cop as a punk bitch. The reason I did that was that he was essentially a coward.
Ice subsequently stated on social media: “Street credibility isn’t about being incarcerated; it’s entirely about avoiding it.”
