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MIAMI (Associated Press) – Rapper Polo J has been arrested on charges that include hitting a police officer and resisting arrest with violence and criminal mischief.
Prison records show that the rapper, named Taurus Bartlett, was imprisoned early Saturday on five counts and released hours later.
The Miami Police Department issued arrest warrants in which officers said Bartlett, 22, and others were pulled over early Saturday, and the rapper ended up in a land struggle with the officers. One document says that the officer who was trying to restrain Bartlett was beaten several times.
The documents say Bartlett was aggressive as he resisted arrest in downtown Miami. One officer said he ordered him and all passengers in the car he was in to get out of the car to look for firearms, saying he suspected they were carrying weapons because they heard a passenger claim the car was bulletproof.
The police department said it was reviewing the incident, which will include examining all camera footage, saying the arrest was captured by multiple body-worn cameras. Police spokesman Michael Vega said it is also investigating several threats it received against individuals and facilities in response to the rapper’s arrest.
The Chicago-based artist had just released his latest album, “Hall of Fame,” on Friday. His song “Rapstar” debuted at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in April. His mother and manager said on Instagram that Polo G and his younger brother were in a car with security after an album launch party.
The mother, Stacia Mac, posted a message on Facebook saying that she stalked Polo G and other people who were caught in the same traffic stop. Prison records did not mention a lawyer for the rapper.
In a tweet on Saturday, Mack criticized the police and said the Polo G was “moving smart and correctly”.
“What more could he have done,” she wrote.
None of these accusations would be possible if the police had not contacted my two sons, Bolo G!!! It was not the driver. He was a passenger in a professionally licensed vehicle safely. He was moving intelligently and correctly. What more could he do. https://t.co/pXSgxP0ukz
– Stacia.mac (@staciaMac1) June 12, 2021
HuffPost’s Hayley Miller contributed to the report.
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