Comedians Eric André and Clayton English sued Clayton County police four years ago, alleging they were racially profiled and illegally stopped at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport.

André and English, who are both Black, alleged in their original October 2022 lawsuit that they were racially profiled and subject to “unconstitutional” stops during two separate incidents by Clayton County police at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport as part of a police program intended to combat drug trafficking. The legal team for André and English announced the settlement agreement on Tuesday. The Associated Press reported that the agreement “does not include an admission of fault or liability but says the county has ended the program at issue and has no intention of reactivating it.”

AP reported that the county Board of Commissioners during an Aug. 4 board meeting approved a settlement payment of $30,000, with half going each to André and English. As part of the settlement, the county also agreed to require police officers working the airport to use body-worn cameras. Police assigned to airports must also undergo training on “constitutional limits regarding police encounters at airports.”

  • bizarroland@lemmy.world
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    27 days ago

    How are in the year of our lord 2026 racists still so stupid and ignorant that they don’t recognize Eric fucking Andre and do a racism on him?

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      26 days ago

      I mean… racists usually aren’t all that smart. They may have actually pulled him over because they hate him and have no sense of humor.