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Jay Pharoah Opens Up About Police Encounter: "I'm Still Here to Tell My Story"

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In the wake of nationwide protests over police brutality and systemic racism, Jay Pharoah has shared details of a racially charged, recent encounter with law enforcement.

In a video shared to Instagram on Friday, the comedian and former Saturday Night Live cast member recalled being stopped by L.A.

Police Department officers and pinned to the ground with an officer's knee pressing down on his neck this past spring. "Coincidentally, when the footage dropped for Ahmaud Arbery, a week prior to that, I was actually on a tour, I was exercising, as I was walking across the street, Corbin and Ventura, I see an an officer to the left of me," he said in the video, which included alleged security footage of the incident.

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