According to accounts by Watts and her husband Brian James Lucas, two police officers mistook the couple for a prostitute and client when they were seen showing affection in public. When the officers asked Watts to produce a photo ID when questioned, she refused. Watts was subsequently handcuffed and placed in the back of a police cruiser while the officers attempted to figure out who she was. The two officers released Watts shortly afterwards.
The thing that really amazes me about this one is not that the LAPD thought two hispanic women were a single black man, but that seven squad cars fired 102 bullets into that truck and didn't kill anyone.