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"I’m being arrested in Amsterdam for reacting
to a woman racially profiling me," Lennox wrote on Twitter on
Monday morning, following a tweet in which she had accused
"Amsterdam security" of hating Black people.
Dutch military police, who are responsible for security at
Schiphol airport, said Lennox was held because of her aggressive
behaviour towards an airline official, and for being drunk in
public.
"Our unit found a woman full of emotions, that wouldn't calm
down," spokesman Robert van Kapel said. "That's why she had to
be taken into custody."
It was unclear on Monday afternoon how long Lennox would remain
in custody, Van Kapel said, as police were investigating claims
of possible threats made by Lennox during the incident.
Lennox (30), whose real name is Courtney Shanade Salter, is best
known for her 2019 single Shea Butter Baby, which has been
streamed almost 114 million times on Spotify.
(Reporting by Bart Meijer; Editing by Peter Graff)
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