US rapper Polo G charged with assaulting police officer

Rapper Polo G has been charged with five offences (Miami-Dade County Jail via AP)

US rapper Polo G has been charged with assaulting a police officer and resisting arrest with violence after a car was stopped in Florida.

Jail records show the rapper, whose real name is Taurus Bartlett, was booked into jail early on Saturday on five charges and released on bond hours later.