Chris Brown and his bodyguard were arrested this morning in Washington DC and charged with felony assault, according to the Washington Metropolitan Police Department.
In response, dozens of Twitter users called for the R&B singer to be released from jail. Some may have been kidding, while others appeared to be completely serious:
http://twitter.com/#!/SiarraMarie_x/status/394488761251147777 http://twitter.com/#!/ItsSmokeBitch/status/394487573466185728 http://twitter.com/#!/__badassxo/status/394484461662109696 http://twitter.com/#!/ShecreoleDawg/status/394484312889761792 http://twitter.com/#!/eyeshaa_/status/394483470187393024 http://twitter.com/#!/zel_xoxo/status/394480002638422016 http://twitter.com/#!/HeyTenenbaum/status/394474545152675840 http://twitter.com/#!/YUNGWAVYBONE/status/394471703310381058 http://twitter.com/#!/omgitsZiZi/status/394471312766169088 http://twitter.com/#!/Courtneey_Leigh/status/394463791070461952My babe is locked up…. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Free Chris Brown— iFollow Back Fast (@YouWill_LoveMe) October 27, 2013
http://twitter.com/#!/Tyraaaaa_/status/394477897467330560 http://twitter.com/#!/Tyraaaaa_/status/394478321092001792Why, he’s practically a modern-day Nelson Mandela!
And props to this dude, who tweeted “free Chris Brown” five days ago:
http://twitter.com/#!/WhatYouNeed____/status/392647814699683840Way to get ahead of the crowd!
