Do you know how many black men in America walk around in gray sweatpants?
That is at least 80% of the black man in America walk outside in their outfit and as you can see from Jay Pharoah that can get you murdered.
Jay posted the video Friday night and said the incident went down approximately one week before Ahmaud Arbery’s murder. He says he was getting exercise, wearing noise-canceling headphones, when he saw the cops approach. He thought whoever they were after was in big trouble … and then it dawned on him — they were after him.
The cops told Jay he fit the description of a suspect — black male wearing gray sweatpants and a gray shirt.
You see the security footage in Jay’s video, and it matches his narration. You see a cop approach Jay from behind, with gun pointed. Another officer arrives with his gun in the air, and a patrol car rolls up and one of the 2 cops exits with his gun drawn.
Jay was cuffed, and with a knee to the neck, he urgently tried explaining he was not the guy they were looking for. He told the cops to look him up on Google, adding, “You will see that you made a big mistake.” He says the cops released him “a minute later.”
Of course, when they realized who he was they let him go, but what if he wasn’t a celebrity? That is the nightmare scenario for all black men.
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