Rapper P Styles, a member of the group The LOX, is making headlines after a video of him has gone viral for his attempt at protecting a woman who was being detained by the police. The video, first posted to TikTok and then reshared to Instagram on July 12, depicts the woman being taken down to the ground by two police officers in Yonkers, New York.
As the woman is handcuffed by police, another woman begins to film and then shouts at the officers, telling them that she is recording the seemingly violent arrest. The woman being detained repeatedly tells officers she is not resisting arrest when Styles P appears.
"Yo! He's a bitch," the rapper is heard telling one of the officers, he then tells the woman recording to continue to do so.
"Yo, sista, loosen up," Styles P tells the woman being detained. He seems to attempt trying to deescalate the situation by extending a hand to the woman.
"You's a fucking hoe,” Styles P tells an officer. "You a whole bitch."
When the officer stands up and begins to approach Styles P, the rapper raises his hands and says, “I'ma back up. Don’t touch me.” He then tells the woman filming to "keep recording me."
Turning back to the officer, Styles P says: "You slammed a girl! For no reason!" He continues shouting, adding that at least one officer seemed to have his hand on his gun as he apprehended the unidentified woman.
"You scared, too!" Styles P says to the cop. "You slammed a girl for no reason, she's on the floor! And you standing over there with your hand on your gun the whole time ... You a bitch ... You had your hand on your gun for a female he slammed on the floor! Whole bitch! You scared … You not from around here ... and you scared of Black people!"
After continuing to stand his ground against the cop, Styles P eventually moves to the other side of the woman being detained.
Following the praise on social media for the actions he took, Styles P reacted and shared a video on Instagram.
“Gonna try to make this as short and sweet and to the point as I possibly can,” the 47-year-old rapper said. “On behalf of all young Black people who seen the video, I was wrong because you gotta be careful of what you do and how you speak out here because we’re all at danger. But we also kinda gotta step up when we see shit being done wrong. I definitely should’ve delegated it better.”
He noted that while he has nothing against cops, he does not like the mistreatment of women.
“I don’t hate cops, I hate the mistreatment of poor people,” he continued. “I hate mistreatment of poor Black people. I hate the mistreatment of poor Spanish people. Even poor white people in the hood, I hate the fact that it’s easy to throw cops in the neighborhood that’ll get a benefit, a salary with a bunch of people that they have no idea how it works.”
Styles P also made sure to note that he doesn’t want to see the two police officers in the clip lose their jobs, but he does want to see them handle such situations better. “I actually don’t even blame them so much, I blame the whole system,” he said. Styles P said that while in the moment he did want to fight the cop, he knew it would be“one of the dumbest things” he could’ve done.
During the time the video went viral, why the cops reacted in the way they did was not clear.
After the video went viral, the Yonkers Police Department released the full incident body camera footage and a statement regarding it.
Watch the scene for yourself.
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As the woman is handcuffed by police, another woman begins to film and then shouts at the officers, telling them that she is recording the seemingly violent arrest. The woman being detained repeatedly tells officers she is not resisting arrest when Styles P appears.
"Yo! He's a bitch," the rapper is heard telling one of the officers, he then tells the woman recording to continue to do so.
"Yo, sista, loosen up," Styles P tells the woman being detained. He seems to attempt trying to deescalate the situation by extending a hand to the woman.
"You's a fucking hoe,” Styles P tells an officer. "You a whole bitch."
When the officer stands up and begins to approach Styles P, the rapper raises his hands and says, “I'ma back up. Don’t touch me.” He then tells the woman filming to "keep recording me."
Turning back to the officer, Styles P says: "You slammed a girl! For no reason!" He continues shouting, adding that at least one officer seemed to have his hand on his gun as he apprehended the unidentified woman.
"You scared, too!" Styles P says to the cop. "You slammed a girl for no reason, she's on the floor! And you standing over there with your hand on your gun the whole time ... You a bitch ... You had your hand on your gun for a female he slammed on the floor! Whole bitch! You scared … You not from around here ... and you scared of Black people!"
After continuing to stand his ground against the cop, Styles P eventually moves to the other side of the woman being detained.
Following the praise on social media for the actions he took, Styles P reacted and shared a video on Instagram.
“Gonna try to make this as short and sweet and to the point as I possibly can,” the 47-year-old rapper said. “On behalf of all young Black people who seen the video, I was wrong because you gotta be careful of what you do and how you speak out here because we’re all at danger. But we also kinda gotta step up when we see shit being done wrong. I definitely should’ve delegated it better.”
He noted that while he has nothing against cops, he does not like the mistreatment of women.
“I don’t hate cops, I hate the mistreatment of poor people,” he continued. “I hate mistreatment of poor Black people. I hate the mistreatment of poor Spanish people. Even poor white people in the hood, I hate the fact that it’s easy to throw cops in the neighborhood that’ll get a benefit, a salary with a bunch of people that they have no idea how it works.”
Styles P also made sure to note that he doesn’t want to see the two police officers in the clip lose their jobs, but he does want to see them handle such situations better. “I actually don’t even blame them so much, I blame the whole system,” he said. Styles P said that while in the moment he did want to fight the cop, he knew it would be“one of the dumbest things” he could’ve done.
During the time the video went viral, why the cops reacted in the way they did was not clear.
After the video went viral, the Yonkers Police Department released the full incident body camera footage and a statement regarding it.
Watch the scene for yourself.
YouTube Video