The Wire star Wendell Pierce accused of battery after argument about politics

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"2">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>A woman has told police that a discussion about politics upset &&num;8216&semi;The Wire&&num;8217&semi; star Wendell Pierce so much that he followed a group to their hotel room&comma; tried to force his way inside&comma; hit her in the head and ripped the hood off her jacket&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>But Pierce&comma; known for his TV roles as Detective William &&num;8216&semi;Bunk&&num;8217&semi; Moreland in The Wire and Antoine Batiste in Treme&comma; gave officers a different version of the fracas at the Loews Atlanta Hotel in Atlanta&comma; Georgia&comma; on Saturday morning&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The actor admitted following the group to the room after the political discussion&comma; but said he was standing outside when the woman and two of her friends tried to pull him inside as he tried to get away&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Pierce&comma; 52&comma; was charged with simple battery and released on US&dollar;1&comma;000 bail&comma; Fulton County Jail records show&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>No charges were filed against the woman and her two friends&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;I regret that what started as a civil political discussion escalated to the level that it did&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Pierce said in a statement&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Although what has been reported thus far differs in important respects from what actually occurred&comma; I have confidence that the judicial process will work as it should&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The woman and two witnesses listed in the police report did not immediately respond to phone messages&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The police report does not specify the nature of the political argument&comma; but said the woman and her two friends were sitting in a hotel hallway when Pierce and his girlfriend got out of the lift&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Both groups of parties began a conversation about politics&comma; which got Mr Pierce upset&comma;&&num;8221&semi; the report states&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The woman police identify as the victim in the case told officers that Pierce began to push her and she and her friends then began to walk to their room&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Pierce and the woman both declined medical help&comma; but police said they took photographs of both people&&num;8217&semi;s injuries&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Throughout his arrest&comma; Pierce never indicated he was well known and his detention was treated like any other&comma; Atlanta police spokesman Donald Hannah said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>After the arrest&comma; Pierce decided not to attend and speak at an upcoming graduation ceremony in New Jersey because he did not want to create a distraction&comma; 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