Comedians Eric André and Clayton English settle lawsuit over drug search program at Atlanta airport
The county agreed to $30,000 in payments and new airport police safeguards after the comedians alleged racial profiling and illegal stops.
- Comedians Eric André and Clayton English settled a lawsuit Tuesday against Clayton County police regarding racial profiling at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, with the county confirming it has ended the program.
- The lawsuit, filed in October 2022, alleged that Clayton County police singled out passengers because they were Black and grilled them about drugs while other travelers watched during separate stops.
- Police records show 402 jet bridge stops between August 2020 and April 2021, with 68% of the 378 stops where race was listed involving people of color, while yielding over $1 million in cash.
- The Clayton County Board of Commissioners authorized a $30,000 payment split between the comedians and agreed to require airport officers to use body-worn cameras and undergo constitutional training.
- Clayton English called the settlement a "major victory," stating, "What happened to me was wrong, and I wasn't willing to let it happen to other people" as the county terminated the program.
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Eric André, Clayton English settle lawsuit over racial profiling at Atlanta airport
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Police settle lawsuit over interdiction program at Hartsfield-Jackson
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ATLANTA — Police at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport have ended a controversial drug interdiction program that involved stopping travelers on jet bridges, taking their tickets and searching their luggage, according to the organization that sued on behalf of two entertainers subjected…
Comedians Eric André And Clayton English Settle Lawsuit Over Drug Search At Atlanta Airport
The two comedians challenged a police program at the Atlanta airport that they said used racial profiling and coercive searches just as airline passengers, particularly Black passengers, were about to board their flights.
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