{
  "id": 1767660,
  "title": "Comedians Eric André and Clayton English settle lawsuit over drug search program at Atlanta airport",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/comedians-eric-andre-and-clayton-english-settle-lawsuit-over-drug-1767660",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-18T17:53:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Associated Press",
    "slug": "associated-press",
    "url": "https://apnews.com/article/andre-english-atlanta-airport-search-lawsuit-settlement-df4d97c6903323c724a4e72af32df480"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Comedians Eric André and Clayton English have reached a settlement in a lawsuit they filed against a police program at Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. The program, which allegedly used racial profiling and coercive searches on Black passengers boarding flights, was settled by the county on Tuesday. The lawsuit, filed in October 2022, alleged that the two comedians were stopped and questioned by Clayton County police officers, who targeted them due to their race. André and English claimed they were singled out because they are Black and subjected to searches for drugs, despite the program's stated purpose being to combat drug trafficking. In a press release, André called the experience \"dehumanizing and demoralizing,\" while English said, \"What happened to me was wrong, and I wasn't willing to let it happen to other people.\" A county spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the settlement agreement.",
  "summary": "ATLANTA (AP) — Comedians Eric André and Clayton English have reached a settlement in a lawsuit they filed challenging a police program at the Atlanta airport…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}