COLUMBUS – Former WWE and UFC Champion, Shad Gaspard was arrested for jaywalking in Columbus Ohio and is claiming that the arrest was racially motivated.
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TMZ reports:
Shad’s wife Siliana tells TMZ her husband did not resist when a cop tried to bust him for jaywalking as he made his way to the Arnold Fitness EXPO. She says Shad got into a kneeling position to show he was not resisting … but the cops shoved his face into the dirt anyway.
Siliana tells us Shad told her he felt like he was “being profiled” and “treated like a n****r.”
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