'The Wire' Star Wendell Pierce Arrested For Allegedly Attacking Bernie Sanders Supporters

Actor Wendell Pierce was arrested at an Atlanta hotel over the weekend after a political discussion with two other guests turned violent.

The 52-year-old star, best known for playing Detective William "Bunk" Moreland on the HBO show "The Wire" and Supreme Court justice Clarence Thomas in the movie "Confirmation," was in Atlanta shooting the film "One Last Thing" when the altercation with two Bernie Sanders supporters allegedly occurred, TMZ reported.