Watts had allegedly said on September 11 in her Facebook post that the police mistook her for a prostitute then detained her briefly because she showed affection for her white husband.
The police officers on the other hand called Watts' claims 'malicious and false', said The Hollywood Reporter.
Los Angeles Urban Policy Roundtable president Earl Ofari Hutchinson, Project Islamic Hope president Najee Ali and other activists said they now have doubts about Watts' side of the story.
He said that, based on photos taken that show Watts straddling boyfriend Brian James Lucas in a car, he now believes there was 'provable cause for the detention'.
He added about Watts' Facebook post, "It's like crying wolf.
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