Actor Forest Whitaker gets stopped and frisked leaving Morningside Heights deli

I guess it's not his nature. "According to the Oscar-winner's publicist, Whitaker was stopped as he was leaving the store and accused of stealing. On Saturday, employees who worked at the store denied the incident happened.'

http%3A//www.nydailynews.com/new-york/forest-whitaker-stopped-frisked-upper-east-side-deli-article-1.1266100



• I was stopped and questioned for the five-fingered discount; why not him?

  Winona%20R.

• The officers were in for a surprise, weren't they?

• Forest Whitaker is the nicest, most modest, even humble star that I've ever had the privilege of conversing with at length. I hope that deli makes a formal, public apology.