Eric Andre is suing Clayton County over last year's incident at an airport, where he claims he was racially profiled.
certainly isn't in a laughing mood ... taking an entire county to court after allegedly getting racially profiled at an airport last year.are suing Clayton County, its police chief, and several individual officers ... claiming they both were singled out -- at separate times -- at Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport while boarding their flights.
Andre and Clayton claim the"target selections are unsupported by any legitimate cause or suspicion. There are no written policies or procedures governing the jet bridge program."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.
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."
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