Rouge Shares Traumatic Experience With Cops! In SA Hip Hop history we have had quite a few artists claim that they had unfortunate encounters with the police.
Rouge recently went on twitter to share a recent traumatic exprerience she had with the police at her gate. According to the rapper, she was hassled by cops at her gate who thought that she and her boyfriend might’ve been thieves.
“As we pullout, we can slowly see it’s a cop car only THEN do they turn on the blue lights. Then we obviously sigh with releaf…so I thought. We pullup on my gate and I explain to the officer I thought they were robbers because they did not have there blue lights,” tweeted Rouge.
I’m so traumatized. So me and my partner drive up on my drive way about to enter my house last night. When I see a car pull up on us with there brights on the side.. out of fear we are about to be hijacked as I’ve been through this before my partner reverses quick…..
— Rouge (@Rouge_Rapper) 22 July 2018
As we pullout, we can slowly see it’s a cop car only THEN do they turn on the blue lights. Then we obviously sigh with releaf…so I thought. We pullup on my gate and I explain to the officer I thought they were robbers because they did not have there blue lights
— Rouge (@Rouge_Rapper) 22 July 2018
We could not identify there car in the dark until they switched on the blue lights. The lady cops oh they apologize they understandBUT the other cop tells us to get out of my second. WE ARE IN MY DRIVE WAY! He opens my car and I tell him what the hell is he doing he can’t do that
— Rouge (@Rouge_Rapper) 22 July 2018
He says I don’t know that this is your house and me and my partner could be robbers! I tell him my folks are inside let me ask them to come out and he refuses. I do it anyways! My folks come out as he is raiding my car! Literally going through my bags and all!
— Rouge (@Rouge_Rapper) 22 July 2018
My parents are pissed and asking him where is his warrant and he can’t do this without probable cause. He says he feels me may have DRUGS on us! Im asking to get there names and details cause he claimed he thought I was robbing my own house, and I proved we weren’t
— Rouge (@Rouge_Rapper) 22 July 2018
Then he decided to search us. The lady could see I’m not bout her grabbing me and I’m pretty sure she could see herr partner was drunk on power cause she just stood there! The guys GRABS MY PARTNER and frisks him in the MOST HOSTILE WAY GUYS I start crying..I couldn’t understand
— Rouge (@Rouge_Rapper) 22 July 2018
My dad is explaining is keeping my partner calm whiles my sister is explaining that we know our rights an this is illegal and we are going to need there registration cause this d harrassment. The man starts Saying that we could be criminals for all he knows
— Rouge (@Rouge_Rapper) 22 July 2018
He literally looked for EVERY cause to arrest us ON MY DRIVEWAY! Then he decides to Check our licences and said my partner has the wrong one cause his from zim but once again. That wasn’t enough for him arrest to us then he goes on to explain that my car looked suspicious and…
— Rouge (@Rouge_Rapper) 22 July 2018
