Saturday Night Live alum Jay Pharoah says he was the victim of violent racial profiling by police who pulled a gun on him, forced him to the floor and pressed a knee into his neck.
The 32-year-old American comedian and actor took to Instagram on Friday where he gave details of his alleged mistreatment at the hands of Los Angeles police.
Jay, who was a member of the SNL team between 2010 and 2016, shared unsettling details of how he was stopped by cops while jogging along Ventura Boulevard recently.
And describing his ordeal, the TV star expressed his fear that he could have suffered a similar fate to George Floyd – who died after police pinned him to the ground with a knee on his neck during an arrest last month.
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