Foxy Brown took the opportunity yesterday (February 26) to lash
out at a South Florida beauty supply store owner as well as the local Pembroke
Pines police force that arrested her two weeks ago.

According to South Florida’s CBS 4 News, Brown (born Inga Marchand) appeared
in front of a crowd of cameras and reporters on Monday accompanied by her lawyers,
family and supporters in an effort to clear her name regarding an alleged incident
that occurred at the Queen Beauty Supply shop.

As previously reported, Foxy was arrested by the Pembroke Pines, FL police
after the rapper allegedly threw hair glue at a store employee after she was
asked to leave because the store was closing. The rapper was also accused of
allegedly spitting on a store employee and knocking down display shelves, which
lead to her to be arrested and charged with battery and obstruction of justice.

During the impromptu press conference in Brooklyn, Brown claimed that, contrary
to reports, she was the victim in the altercation that occurred two weeks ago
at the store. "For the last week, I have been vilified in the media as
assaulting a store owner," said Brown. "What the media fails to forget
is there are always two sides to a story and perception isn’t always reality."

Brown claims that she had only gone into the store to use the washroom and
that the store owner entered the bathroom while she was still occupying it and
demanded that she leave. She also claims that the employee refused to shut the
washroom door so that she could get dressed. The Brooklyn-born MC also said
that police did not attempt to properly evaluate the situation when they arrived
on the scene and instead, "took her to the ground."

"The only crime I am guilty of committing is being a young black female
celebrity in Broward County," said Brown. "I am the victim of an overzealous
police department who engaged in police brutality and a money hungry store owner
whose motives are for me to pay his mortgage on his house and his children’s
tuition."

The owner of the beauty supply store did not choose to comment on the advise
of his attorney, but said they deny the allegations made by Brown. Though the
rapper alluded to possible police brutality during the incident, she did not
specifically address those claims. Her lawyer did say that they would in fact
be filing formal charges against the department later in the week. Officials
at the Pembroke Pines Police refused to respond to her statements and said they
will "allow the case to proceed through the court system."