Saturday Night Live alum Jay Pharoah came dangerously close to having his own "jogging while Black" incident in Los Angeles this past February, one week before Ahmaud Arbery's death.
The comedian is sharing horrifying video of the incident, in which police accosted him on the street, forced him to lay on the ground spread-eagle and put a knee to his neck, all because he "fit the description" of a Black male suspect wearing grey.
Pharoah shared a video of the incident on Friday night, and it backs up his account.
Pharoah says he "didn't experience racism in America" until this incident.
He says as Black men, "we have the knowledge and we have the power to overthrow," adding, "I'm Jay Pharoah, and I'm a Black man in America and my life matters.