Federal appeals court judges in Atlanta seemed skeptical Friday that Eric André and Clayton English could have walked away from law enforcement officers questioning them in a jet bridge at Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport.
The judges are considering whether to revive a lawsuit the Black comedian-actors filed in 2022 against Clayton County and several of its officers, alleging their practice of searching passengers in jet bridges at the airport violated the U.S. Constitution and unlawfully targeted Black passengers.
Judge Elizabeth Branch asked a lawyer for the county how any airline passenger traveling post-9/11 would think they could refuse to answer questions or have their belongings searched when asked by law enforcement…