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Comedians sue over drug search program at Atlanta airport

Comedians Clayton English, center, and Eric André, right, speak with their attorney, Allegra Lawrence-Hardy outside the federal courthouse in Atlanta on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022. André and English filed a lawsuit Tuesday alleging that they were racially profiled and illegally stopped by Clayton County police at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. They say officers singled them out during separate stops roughly six months apart because they are Black and grilled them about drugs as other passengers watched. (AP Photo/Kate Brumback) Comedian Eric André, right, speaks at a news conference outside the federal courthouse in Atlanta on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022, as his attorneys Allegra Lawrence-Hardy, left, and Richard Deane watch. André and comedian Clayton English filed a lawsuit Tuesday alleging that they were racially profiled and illegally stopped by Clayton County police at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. They say officers singled them out during separate stops roughly six months apart because they are Black and grilled them about drugs as other passengers watched. (AP Photo/Kate Brumback)