Actor and comedian Jay Pharoah had never interacted with the police before April 26, 2020, when he heard a police officer yell for someone to “get on the ground.”
“I’ve only been able to see it over the years, but to finally have that happen to me, personally, I understand fully the rage of all the Black people that this has happened to, that my folks that it has happened to over the years, and it keeps on going, keeps happening,” Pharoah tells Variety, joining the “#Represent: Black Men in Hollywood” roundtable with actors Chris Chalk, Aldis Hodge, Derek Luke and Algee Smith.
Pharoah was exercising on the streets of Los Angeles when he was ordered lie face down on the ground by officers searching for a suspect that matched Pharoah’s description — a Black man in a gray shirt and sweatpants. Recounting the incident in a video posted to his Instagram account,...
“I’ve only been able to see it over the years, but to finally have that happen to me, personally, I understand fully the rage of all the Black people that this has happened to, that my folks that it has happened to over the years, and it keeps on going, keeps happening,” Pharoah tells Variety, joining the “#Represent: Black Men in Hollywood” roundtable with actors Chris Chalk, Aldis Hodge, Derek Luke and Algee Smith.
Pharoah was exercising on the streets of Los Angeles when he was ordered lie face down on the ground by officers searching for a suspect that matched Pharoah’s description — a Black man in a gray shirt and sweatpants. Recounting the incident in a video posted to his Instagram account,...
- 7/21/2020
- by Angelique Jackson
- Variety Film + TV
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