Assuming this went down as described, I'm going to split from the majority here and say this looks like a legitimate complaint to me.
It may very well be legitimate, but without the context it’s difficult to understand it. It’s unlikely the couple were merely just kissing when the officer chose to arrest them.
> Don’t the police need “reasonable cause” before they go interrogating you anyway? Is a white man kissing a black woman reasonable cause to interrogate them?
Assuming this went down as described, I’m going to split from the majority here and say this looks like a legitimate complaint to me.
The term is “probable cause” but it essentially means the same thing. I think Watts has a legitimate complaint if the circumstances are as described however there could be more to this story that we don’t know yet. I will comment from the perspective of being a former LEO though -
No matter now far the culture thinks we’ve come I think most people still don’t like to see open displays of affection by mixed race couples which could very well have been a factor as to why the police questioned them in the first place. It’s not a “pretty” answer but it is what it is.
How long we’re they kissing?