Bodycam footage of Ice-T’s tense police exchange surfaces: what went down?

Author Benedetta Baldin - 6.1.2025

After serving in the military and pimping in his youth, multi-platinum musician and actor Ice-T went on to become a gangsta rap icon, a heavy metal frontman with his contentious Grammy Award-winning rap metal band Body Count, and a seasoned actor. It may be interesting to observe how he handled things after being stopped by a police officer, given his more than two-decade tenure as a detective on “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” and his vocal past, which includes the highly provocative Body Count anti-police brutality song “Cop Killer.” Ice-T further claimed in the video that at the time of the traffic stop, he was on his route to the DMV to resolve the matter. In the end, the 66-year-old celebrity received four penalties for his registration, missing plates, expired license, and lack of inspection.