Atlanta mayor: ‘More effective way’ than boycotts to get necessary voting reform
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms on Wednesday urged those looking to boycott Georgia-based companies over the state’s new elections law to instead vote and back federal voting legislation.
“My concern with a boycott, not just at Home Depot but any of the … Fortune 500 companies that are headquartered in Atlanta, is that you will impact families like ours,” she told CNN’s Erin Burnett on “Erin Burnett OutFront,” referencing her husband’s employment at Home Depot. “And I do think that there is a more effective way for us to get the necessary change that’s needed in the state.”
Eric Andre says he was victim of racial profiling at Atlanta airport
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Comedian Eric Andre says he was racially profiled at Atlanta airport: Be careful
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By Ryan Shepard
Comedian and television host
Eric Andre has accused Atlanta law enforcement officers of racially profiling him at the airport. The incident in question took place earlier this week as Andre neared the Delta terminal at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. During his travels, he was stopped and searched by members of law enforcement. Andre stated that he was stopped in an area in which he was the only Black traveler. After this harrowing experience, the comedian documented it via Twitter.
“I was just racially profiled by two plainclothes 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, he tweeted.