in front of me and behind me on this narrow were they in uniform? they were like plainclothed. i can t remember if they had badges on them, they were playing clothes. so the extra confusing. i had already been through tsa, so, is this another tsa screening? what is this? what do they want? and then i was like, this is stop-and-frisk. this is like, they re just singling out black and brown people and asking them if they have drugs in the hope they do have drugs. so that they can, i don t know, arrest them. but the whole experience was humiliating and embarrassing and dehumanizing. everyone around you is watching, what were their expressions? everyone s gawking at you. so elixir the bad guy. literally, just flying home from work trip. is that what you felt you had to answer the questions or stop. was there part of you that said i want to get on my flight. you re scared of those moments. it doesn t feel consensual at all. it feels like, cops are stopping me.
been through tsa i was like is this another tsa screening? what is this, what do they want? and i was like this is stop frisk, they re singling out black and brown people asking them if they have drugs in the hopes they do so they can arrest them but experience was humiliating and embarrassing and dehumanizing and everyone around you is watching what were the expressions. everyone is gawking like you re a perpetrator, like bad guy literally just flying home from a work trip. is that why you thought you had to answer the question or, was there a part of you that said. i need to get on my flight. you re scared it doesn t feel consensual at all. you re like ok, cops are stopping me, supposed to be something wrong be they think i m doing something wrong, prove, it s you feel guilty until proven innocent it s midlevel, so yeah, it was traumatizing, and as i was getting out of the situation, i
and founding director of the nyu policing project. i m glad to see you here. we know you from a very different world. and to see this happen at the intersection of what i think of so many people experiencing. my father and my husband, i haven t been to the airport yet when they haven t been randomly selected for something. right. that s a joke people can tell, but it really happened. tell me why that was such an experience. it happened to me a whole bunch, racially profiled at the airport throughout my life. this was kind of the most egregious instance that i ve lived through. i was coming home from a work trip, i was filling in on hbo show in charleston, south carolina. connecting in the airport to los angeles. and i went to the jet bridge, i went to the gate, give the gauge of my take, it went to the jet bridge and these two clayton county cops just came out of nowhere and started questioning me about my selling drugs, and i buying drugs, and i transporting drugs? i was the onl
to the airport yet when they haven t been randomly selected for something. it s a joke people can tell but it really happened. tell me by why that was such an experience. it s happened to me a bunch, racially profiing at the airport and throughout my life, this was kind of the most egregious instance that i ve lived through. i was coming home from a work trip, filling an hbo show and charleston, south carolina, connecting in the atlanta airport to fly home to los angeles, and i went to the jet bridge, i went to the gate, gave the gate agent my ticket. went to the jet bridge and these two clayton county cops came out of nowhere and started questioning me about am i selling drug, buying drug, transporting drugs? i was the only person of color in front of me and behind me on this narrow. were they in uniform. they were plainclothes. i can t remember if they had badges around them, but they were plainclothes, so that made it extra confusing i had already