Hip-Hop Icon MC Hammer Arrested, Cited for Obstructing Dublin Police Officer

Hip-Hop Icon MC Hammer Arrested, Cited for Obstructing Dublin Police Officer. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

MC Hammer was arrested and booked into a Dublin jail Thursday for allegedly obstructing a police officer at the Hacienda Crossing Shopping Center, KTVU reports. The platinum selling rapper claims he was the victim of racial profiling.

Hammer, who currently heads a MMA athlete management company, tweeted about the incident, saying that it started when a “chubby elvis looking dude was tapping on my car window, I rolled down the window and he said, ‘Are you on parole or probation?’”

“While I was handing him my ID he reached in my car and tried to pull me out the car but forgot he was on a steady donut diet,” tweeted Hammer. “It was comical to me until he pulled out his guns, blew his whistle and yelled for help (MallCop).”

Hammer was booked into Santa Rita Jail that night and released after being cited, according to the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office.

MC Hammer took to Twitter about his arrest:

chubby elvis looking dude was tapping on my car window, I rolled down the window and he said’”Are you on parole or probation?”

— MC HAMMER (@MCHammer) February 23, 2013

While I was handing him my ID he reached in my car and tried to pull me out the car but forgot he was on a steady donut diet. ..

— MC HAMMER (@MCHammer) February 23, 2013

It was comical to me until he pulled out his guns, blew his whistle and yelled for help (MallCop) !!!But make no mistake he’s dangerous ..

— MC HAMMER (@MCHammer) February 23, 2013

only thing more dangerous than a scared man with a gun, is a scared man with an agenda, a gun and a badge. I was citied for obstruction smh

— MC HAMMER (@MCHammer) February 23, 2013

You have to know me to understand I was laughing when he was grunting and pulling on me .. I had just left the weight room ..

— MC HAMMER (@MCHammer) February 23, 2013

I will now answer his question, contrary to his personal beliefs, all people of color are not on parole or probation fat boy !!!

— MC HAMMER (@MCHammer) February 23, 2013

Instead of being bitter, I’m taking the opportunity to make this a “teachable moment” and “eye opener” for my many friends & colleagues.

— MC HAMMER (@MCHammer) February 23, 2013