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WEBVTT THIS. PATRINA? PATRINA: JESSICA AND ABIGAIL, HARVEY MILLER, KNOWN IN THE MUSIC WORLD AS DJ SPEEDY, WAS DRIVING FROM HIS HOME IN ATLANTA TO HIS HOME IN L.A., WHEN A TRAFFIC STOP HERE ENDED UP WITH HIM HERE IN JAIL. >> I WAS RACIALLY PROFILED. PLAIN AS DAY. BRET: -- PATRINA: HARVEY MILLER WAS PULLED OVER BY A SHERIFF’S DEPUTY ON I-40 NEAR I-44 THURSDAY MORNING. ACCORDING TO COURT DOCUMENTS, HE WAS STOPPED FOR NOT PUTTING HIS TURN SIGNAL ON A FULL 100 FEET BEFORE HE CHANGED LANES. >> HE WENT IN WITH THE QUESTIONS OF -- WHERE ARE YOU GOING? WHAT’S IN YOUR CAR? AND ALL THAT STUFF. PATRINA: ACCORDING TO THE ARREST AFFIDAVIT, THE DEPUTY WAS SUSPICIOUS ABOUT HIS STORY. >> THEN HE ASKED ME, CAN HE SEARCH MY VEHICLE. NO, YOU CAN’T SEARCH MY VEHICLE. LIKE, WHAT WARRANTS YOU TO WANT TO SEARCH MY VEHICLE? PATRINA: A K9 WAS CALLED, AND COURT DOCUMENTS SAY THE DOG ALERTED TO THE POSSIBLE PRESENCE OF NARCOTICS IN HIS CAR. BUT THE REPORT SHOWS NO DRUGS WERE ACTUALLY FOUN >> I NEVER USE DRUGS. I’M NOT DRINKING. I WASN’T SPEEDING. I WASN’T DOING NOTHING. YOU HAVE NOTHING ON ME EXCEPT I HAVE MONEY. I’M BLACK. I HAVE MONEY. PATRINA: DEPUTIES DID DISCOVER MORE THAN $149,000 IN CASH, AND THEY CLAIMED IT SMELLED LIKE MARIJUANA. HE SAYS IT’S MONEY HE COLLECTS AS A MUSIC PRODUCER. AFTER 12 HOURS IN JAIL, HE WAS RELEASED, BUT HE WANTS HIS MONEY BACK AND HIS CLEAN RECORD RESTORED WE JUST RECEIVED A STATEMENT FROM THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYING IN PART, WE ABSOLUTELY DO NOT RACIALLY PROFILE INDIVIDUALS PULLED OVER. THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE WE PULL OVER ARE CAUCASIAN. THE NUMBERS WE SEE ARE IN LI WITH THE MAKEUP OF THE POPULATION OF OKLAHOMA COUNTY. THOSE CHARGES AGAINST D

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Harvey Miller is known in the music industry as DJ Speedy.Miller was driving Thursday morning from his home in Atlanta to his home in Los Angeles when an Oklahoma County Sheriff's Office deputy pulled him over on Interstate 40 near Interstate 44. According to court documents, he was stopped for not putting on his turn signal a full 100 feet before he changed lanes."I was racially profiled. Plain as day. No way around it," Miller said. "He went in with the questions of, 'Where are you going? What's in your car?'"According to an arrest affidavit, the deputy was suspicious about Miller's story."Then, he asked me can he search my vehicle," Miller said. "No, you can't search my vehicle. What warrants you to search my vehicle?" A K-9 unit was called to the scene, and the dog alerted to the possible presence of narcotics in Miller's car. Court documents, however, show that no drugs were found."I've never used drugs. I'm not drinking. I wasn't speeding. I wasn't doing nothing," Miller said. "You have nothing on my except I have money. I'm black and I have money." Deputies found more than $149,000 in cash and claimed the vehicle smelled like marijuana, court documents stated. Miller told the deputies the money they found was collected for his work as a music producer.Miller was arrested on complaints of possession of drug proceeds and possession of a forged counterfeit note after a fake $20 bill was found. He released after 12 hours in jail, and Miller now wants his money back and his clean record restored. "I want to be exonerated from all this," Miller said.The Oklahoma County Sheriff's Office released a statement, in part saying, "We absolutely do not racially profile individuals pulled over. The vast majority of the people we pull over are Caucasian. The numbers we see are in line with the makeup of the population of Oklahoma County." Charges have not been filed against Miller.