Eric Andre is suing Clayton County over last year's incident at an airport, where he claims he was racially profiled.
to the search and says he did not see any other Black passengers boarding with his group in the priority line. He believes the incident was a classic case of racial profiling in the so-called war on drugs.
Clayton County PD responded at the time, calling it a"consensual encounter" ... and saying Eric volunteered his travel plans and also offered officers the chance to search his luggage, but they did not. Eric was quick to respond to Clayton County PD's statement, saying,"I did NOT volunteer to a search and I did not volunteer to talk. You guys flashed your badge and detained me with no probable cause except for racism. This is JIM CROW RACISM."
Eric and Clayton say the numbers don't lie and insist that people of color are disproportionately subjected to these kinds of screenings, adding the odds of it randomly occurring this way are"significantly less than one in one hundred trillion." They are seeking damages for what they insist was a violation of their constitutional rights and a declaration that the screening program is unconstitutional.
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