Paul Rodriguez Claims He Was Slapped by White Cop on ‘Energy Journey’

Paul Rodriguez was lately arrested for alleged possession of narcotics in Burbank … however the comic tells TMZ the medicine weren’t his — and he is leveling some severe allegations in opposition to police.

We broke the story that Paul was arrested Friday when the automotive he was in was pulled over for a site visitors violation, at which period cops allegedly discovered narcotics. Paul was arrested for misdemeanor possession.

However the comic tells TMZ that not solely had been the medicine not his … he feels one of many officers overstepped through the arrest — and it could have been racially motivated.

From what he says … the automotive was Paul’s, however he was asleep within the passenger seat when it was pulled over — which is when the “Caucasian” officer allegedly slapped Paul to wake him up … ‘trigger he was on a “power trip.”

As for the narcotics … Paul tells us these allegedly belonged to his buddy who was driving, and he claims she instructed police they had been hers — however Paul says he was allegedly “roughed up” and arrested proper alongside together with her anyway. His automotive was impounded.

We took Paul’s allegations to Burbank police … they usually instructed us Paul was cited and launched for misdemeanor drug possession and the case will probably be despatched over to the town lawyer for doable costs. His pal is being held for excellent warrants.

Police did not deal with Paul’s allegations … however the comedian tells us he’s contemplating submitting a proper grievance.