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Actor and comedian
Eric Andre chronicled a troubling encounter with law enforcement Wednesday, as he claimed he was racially profiled while on his way to a departing flight at Atlanta’s main airport.
Andre made a series of posts to Twitter recounting the incident, with the “Disenchantment” actor saying he was stopped for a random drug search by two Atlanta police officers.
(L-R) Comedian Eric Andre and Atlanta’s mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms. Photo by JB Lacroix/WireImagen /Paras Griffin/Getty Images
“I was just racially profiled by two plainclothes Atlanta PD officers in Delta terminal T3 at Atlanta airport. They stopped me on the way down the bridge to the plane for a “random” search and asked [if] they could search me for drugs. I told them no. Be careful,” he wrote.
Comedian Eric Andre claims racial profiling at Atlanta airport
By FOX 5 Atlanta Digital Team
Published article
ATLANTA - Comedian Eric Andre says he was the victim of racial profiling while flying out of Atlanta s airport on Wednesday afternoon.
The 38-year-old actor and stand-up comic said he was singled out of passengers boarding a flight for a random drug search by two plainclothes officers. He said he declined his consent to be searched.
His initial tweet reads: @Atlanta Police I was just racially profiled by two plain clothes Atlanta PD police in @Delta terminal T3 at the Atlanta airport. They stopped me on the way down the bridge to the plane for a random search and asked they could search me for drugs. I told them no. Be careful.