'The Wire' Star Arrested for Allegedly Attacking Bernie Sanders Supporter 
 
 'The Wire' Star: Arrested for Allegedly Attacking Bernie Sanders Supporter 
 
 EXCLUSIVE 
 
 "The Wire" star Wendell Pierce was arrested Saturday after allegedly physically assaulting a woman supporting Bernie Sanders. 
 
 Sources at the Loews Hotel in Atlanta tell us the actor struck up a convo with the woman and her boyfriend at around 3:30 AM. The talk turned political and Wendell -- a big Hillary Clinton supporter -- got upset when the woman declared her support for Bernie. 
 
 We're told Wendell -- who played Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas in the HBO drama, "Confirmation" -- became enraged, pushed the boyfriend and then went after his girlfriend ... grabbing her hair and smacking her in the head. 
 
 Our source says the girl and her boyfriend went to their room and called hotel security, who then called cops. Pierce was arrested and booked for battery. He posted $1,000 bond and was released. 
 
 We've reached out to a rep for Wendell ... so far, no word back. 

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 Wendell Pierce, the actor best known as Det. William "Bunk" Moreland in "The Wire" and Antoine Batiste in "Treme," was free on $1,000 bond Sunday after he was arrested on a simple battery charge in Atlanta, according to police and court records. 
 
 Pierce, 52, was arrested without incident early Saturday at the Atlanta Lowes Hotel, where he was a guest, Atlanta police Officer Donald T. Hannah said Sunday. Hannah said he could provide no further details, describing the arrest as routine and saying Pierce "made no indication he was famous, nor did the officer inquire."
– Wendell Pierce, the actor best known for his roles in The Wire and Treme, was arrested early Sunday after what sources say was a late-night political argument in an Atlanta hotel. Sources tell TMZ that Pierce, a Hillary Clinton supporter, became enraged when he discovered a couple he was chatting with at a bar in the Loews Hotel at around 3:30am were Bernie Sanders supporters. He allegedly pushed the man and smacked the woman in the head before they retreated to their hotel room and called security, who called the cops. Pierce, 52, was arrested on a charge of simple battery and released on $1,000 bond, NBC News reports. A police spokesman says the arrest was unremarkable and Pierce "made no indication he was famous, nor did the officer inquire." The actor, who recently played Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas in HBO's Confirmation, is in Atlanta filming the movie One Last Thing. The Daily Beast notes that Pierce, a New Orleans native who founded a nonprofit to build new homes for Hurricane Katrina victims, has strongly criticized Sanders' campaign and what he calls "empty" plans.