Imagine Allen Iverson saying "I'm sorry."
Well that's exactly what the former 76ers all-star guard did a week ago after unleashing a 20-minute-long, obscenity laced tirade against Atlanta police who impounded his gray Lamborghini.
An Atlanta Police Department incident report obtained by WXIA-TV says Iverson's sports car was pulled over March 31 after changing lanes without signaling.
The car pulled into a hotel lot on Peachtree Road, and inside the car, Officer S.J Durham said he found Antwuan Clisby at the wheel and Iverson in the passenger seat.
After neither Clisby nor Iverson could produce documentation for the vehicle, Durham said he ran a check and determined the car's plates had expired in 2009.
Iverson went off when Clisby said his passenger "needed to go inside and eat," and the officer replied that he had to stay "until I was done my investigation," Durham wrote.
"I'm the (expletive) passenger," Iverson is quoted as saying.
When informed the vehicle would be towed, Iverson said, "Take the vehicle, I have 10 more," according to the report.
Then, he added, "Police don't have anything else (expletive) to do except (expletive) with me."
The report also quotes him as saying, "Don't you know who I am"?" and "I make more money than you will in 10 years."
"For the next 20 minutes Mr. Iverson went on and on about who he was," Durham said. "I stated to Mr. Iverson, it really doesn't matter who you are . . ."
After the car was towed, Iverson apparently left and then returned.
"Mr. Iverson later came back and apologized for disrespecting the police," Durham said. "He stated he was just upset about his car."
Clisby was cited for failure to signal and driving with expired tags. Iverson was not cited for any offense.