Police: Actor Wendell Pierce upset by politics, hits woman

ATLANTA (AP) — A discussion about politics upset actor Wendell Pierce so much that he followed a group of people to their hotel room, tried to force his way inside, hit a woman in the head and ripped the hood off of her hoodie, she told Atlanta police in a report released Monday.

Pierce acknowledged following the group to their room after the political discussion, but told police he was standing outside when the woman and two of her friends tried to pull him inside as he tried to get away.

The woman and two witnesses listed in the police report didn't immediately respond to phone messages Monday from The Associated Press.

The police report doesn't specify the nature of the political argument, but said the woman and her two friends were sitting in a hotel hallway when Pierce and his girlfriend exited the elevator.