Cobra is an emerging artist who was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, before relocating to Los Angeles in the early 2000s. On January 14, 2021, he alleges that he was wrongfully arrested in Miami and accused of being a terrorist. As depicted in police body cam footage, law enforcement surrounded him at the Miami airport, armed with high-powered M-16 rifles. According to Cobra, police falsely claimed he was carrying a bomb, despite him only having an iPad and an iPhone.
He asserts that he was taken by plainclothes officers and subjected to brutal treatment while in handcuffs, with threats of violence directed at his eight-year-old daughter. Cobra was denied access to legal representation and subsequently placed in county jail.
As a result of the injuries he sustained from police abuse, he was transferred to multiple hospitals for treatment over a period of three months. Upon his return to Los Angeles, sheriff’s deputies visited his home and confiscated his legally owned firearms, leaving him without means to protect himself and his daughter. This traumatic experience led to a diagnosis of severe PTSD due to the torture he experienced while restrained.
Cobra has since filed a civil rights lawsuit, emphasizing that no incriminating evidence was found on him at the airport. He attributes the incident to racial profiling.
His latest release, titled “Make It Out This Cell,” recounts his harrowing experience and was composed during his unjust incarceration.
The opinions and writings expressed in this article are solely those of Cobra, who gave us a first hand personal account of what he and his daughter experienced.