Ex-‘SNL’ star Jay Pharaoh recalls LA police officer kneeling on his neck: “It wasn’t as long as George Floyd but I know how that feels”
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nme.comSNL star shared his experience in a new Instagram video about being Black in America.“Coincidentally when the footage dropped of Ahmaud Arbery, a week prior to that I was actually on Ventura, I was exercising,” he began. “As I’m walking across the street, I see an officer to the left of me.
I’m not thinking anything of it cos I’m a law-abiding citizen. And also keep in mind I’ve got my Bose headphones on – noise cancelling – so I’m in my zone right now.
I look to my left, the officer – I see him coming with guns blazing. I see him say, ‘Get on the ground. Put your hands up like you’re an airplane’.”Pharaoh said he thought the officer must be talking to someone behind him, but soon realised he wasn’t. “No, he was coming to get me,” he said..
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