Singer Ari Lennox claims to have been racially discriminated against by airline staff before being arrested at an Amsterdam airport for disturbing public order.
“I’m being arrested in Amsterdam for reacting to a woman racially profiling me,” the American R&B singer wrote on Twitter on Monday morning, following a tweet in which she had accused “Amsterdam security” of hating Black people.
Lennox tweeted about the incident as it was in progress. “I just want to go home. I’ll never leave my house again,” she wrote.
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.
They’re arresting me
— Ari Lennox (@AriLennox) November 29, 2021
“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, 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.
