Quentin Tarantino’s Pulling A Page Out Of Brian Williams’ Playbook

A while back, Hollywood director Quentin Tarantino made some controversial remarks at an anti-cop rally in New York.

“And when I see murder I cannot stand by,” he said. “And I have to call the murdered the murdered and I have to call the murderers the murderers.”

It kinda sounded like he was calling police officers murderers. Just sayin’.

As a result, law enforcement groups across the nation threatened to boycott his new film “The Hateful Eight,” which comes out Christmas day.

But Tarantino isn’t backing down.  During a recent appearance on “Real Time with Bill Maher,” Tarantino basically said he can relate to anti-cop groups. He used to be afraid of the cops too! Like, he had a ton traffic violations and stuff!

“Back when I was in my 20s and broke, I was a little scared of the cops, all right?” Tarantino told ­Maher. “And oftentimes, I had warrants out on me for traffic stuff that I never took care of and everything . . . I’d get stopped, and I’d have to do eight days in county jail.”

Pretty lame story, right? It’s nothing new. He’s been telling it for years. But according to the New York Post, it’s not true.

“A check of Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department jail records revealed no evidence that Mr. Tarantino was ever incarcerated in our jail system,” said Capt. Christopher Reed of the Sheriff’s Office.

Yep. There’s no record of him in their system. Inconvenient, that.

Eh, that’s what happens when you take a page directly out of Brian Williams’ playbook.