"They handcuffed her and threw her roughly into the back of the cop car until they could figure out who she was. In the process of handcuffing her, they cut her wrist, which was truly NOT COOL!!!"

Video: Django Unchained actress arrested by police The incident comes weeks after California police officers detained an African American television producer who was travelling to a pre-Emmy Awards party. Charles Belk said he was unfairly treated because he "fitted a description".

An LAPD public information officer said there was no record of the incident as Watts wasn’t arrested or brought into the station for questioning, according to Variety.