How a street fight in Sweden escalated to a high-level diplomatic mess in the U.S.
The story of A$AP Rocky's detention abroad is subject of a new documentary.
The story of A$AP Rocky's detention abroad is subject of a new documentary.
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00:00We're in Sweden right now!
00:04Asap Rocky
00:06I have been called by so many people asking me to help Asap Rocky. We don't want to fight y'all. We're not trying to go to jail
00:13Look at it. It's beautiful. Check the world out. It don't get it don't get more prettier than this baby, you know
00:43Some way go that way bro for you get hurt, you know, we don't want to hurt y'all
00:55Look at them they keep following
01:13Listen listen, we don't want to fight y'all. We're not trying to go to jail. My head's on my head
01:19I want my head
01:41Just for the cameras, we don't want no problems with these boys
01:49We don't want no problems with these boys
02:19We don't want no problems with these boys
02:49I
03:09Personally don't know Asap
03:11Rocky but I can tell you that he has tremendous support from the african-american community in this country
03:18Actually the one who knew about Asap Rocky was our first lady, right?
03:22Well, we working with State Department and we we hope to get him home soon
03:48I
04:11Think that we have not a racist society here. I don't see that angle at all
04:18You
04:22Use one's imagination and feel and think about what the situation is to a
04:28sit in a jail when you have and
04:33Feeling that you're absolutely innocent
04:35being
04:37Incarcerated being in isolation most hours of the day. It's been a very hard time for him
04:48I
04:55Very disappointed in Prime Minister Stefan Löfven for being unable to act Sweden has let our African community down in the United States
05:03I watched the tapes of Asap Rocky and he was being followed and harassed by troublemakers free rocky. Okay
05:11It's a joke I'm disappointed in Sweden I've been there a few times
05:14I'm very disappointed that a judge cannot discern that this is not a man you hold
05:20Hostage like that because it's almost like a hostage situation for Asap right now
05:30Free Asap Rocky hold his head and hope he make it out of situation and get back to his life
05:35And maybe he can use platform to to open some eyes
05:38Worldwide on a worldwide scale what they doing to people that look like us
05:44A
05:51Client is happy about
05:57That he has been able to
06:00Express
06:03In his word words what has happened tonight was a was a great night for
06:09For Rocky and David and Vladimir a
06:11Wonderful night for their families. I think it's a it's actually a very good night for the United States of America and for the kingdom
06:17of Sweden
06:19The district court has convicted all three defendants of an assault in this case
06:25The court has decided that the defendants have been sentenced to conditional sentences
06:31The district court has found that there was no situation in which the defendants were entitled to use self-defense
07:01You