According to various reports, Diddy was involved in a verbal dispute with a New York cop while exiting an MTV Video Music Awards after party on Sunday night. The accounts I've read indicate that Diddy was exiting a club and there was a crowd and the cops were trying to clear it out. I decided to wait for more information to be available before posting something about it. The biggest piece of information was a video released by TMZ. Check it out (warning: vulgar language):


First things first: we don't know what happened before or after this clip, so that should be kept in mind. But, judging from the clip, it was a chaotic situation and, when you throw humans into that sort of situation, chaotic things happen. The man in the passenger side of the car Diddy was next to looked a lot like Doug E. Fresh. I think the cop acted inappropriately, specifically in following and trying to make a point with Diddy, "I don't give a f*** who you are." There's no need for that. Once Diddy, as a citizen, walked away, that should have been the end of it. But, once the cop said that, Diddy shouted back "I don't give a f*** who you are either, motherf*****" and, honestly, I can't blame him. The cop was being a little abusive and, though the average citizen probably can't get away with telling off an abusive cop - if you are in a position where you can, it's not like you simply have to take the abuse and walk away.

In a radio interview (listen below), Diddy discussed the incident. "He was in plain clothes," Diddy said. "I didn't know he was an officer. Things were a little aggressive for me, which I'm not really used to. I said my piece, he said his piece and we kept it moving." He called it "just a little understanding" and said that he and the officer "worked it out."


The NYPD told TMZ that the officer was not in plain clothes. But, if you look in the clip, at the 0:16 mark, you'll see the officer has a New York Yankees logo on his shirt. As far as I know, the New York Yankees logo is not part of the NYPD uniform.