The Wire star Wendell Pierce accused of battery after argument about politics

A woman has told police that a discussion about politics upset 'The Wire' star Wendell Pierce so much that he followed a group to their hotel room, tried to force his way inside, hit her in the head and ripped the hood off her jacket.

But Pierce, known for his TV roles as Detective William 'Bunk' Moreland in The Wire and Antoine Batiste in Treme, gave officers a different version of the fracas at the Loews Atlanta Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia, on Saturday morning.