J.R. Smith Arrested For Being Black In Miami Beach

Urban Beach Weekend starts today, but the Miami Beach cops were ready to party last night. Even though the police force has about how many young, recreation-seeking black people they're supposed to lock up over the holiday weekend, New York Knick/Zhejiang Golden Bull J.R. Smith got arrested on "a bench warrant for not having a valid driver's license." Since no additional charges were filed, presumably Smith did have a valid license on him yesterday. So how'd he get picked up, anyway?

Details were not immediately available on what led police to stop Smith around 8:30 p.m.

Not surprising. It's not easy getting details about police business in Miami Beach at this time of year. Be safe out there, everyone!

UPDATE: Howard Beck Tweets that it wasn't a traffic stop, as the Miami Herald reported, but that police " saw him inside a business." Make sure your identity papers are in order, folks.

Photo: The Miami Beach Police Department practice tactical moves in preparation for Memorial Day Weekend, via Getty