Vince “Fresh The DJ” Colston, a Black man who uses a wheelchair after suffering a traumatic brain injury and partial paralysis when he was struck by a car while riding his motorcycle, was reportedly forced to stand unaided during a security screening at Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas.
According to his family, airport staff would not allow the search to be conducted while he remained in his wheelchair and even called over a supervisor despite his mobility impairments. His mother said she feared people would see “an angry Black dude with dreadlocks” rather than a man living with a serious brain injury, adding that she was only trying to calm him down during the encounter.
His family says he has since suffered more than 30 silent seizures in the past two weeks and has raised concerns about how the situation was handled. Airport authorities have not publicly explained why the screening could not be conducted while he remained in his wheelchair. #sad
According to his family, airport staff would not allow the search to be conducted while he remained in his wheelchair and even called over a supervisor despite his mobility impairments. His mother said she feared people would see “an angry Black dude with dreadlocks” rather than a man living with a serious brain injury, adding that she was only trying to calm him down during the encounter.
His family says he has since suffered more than 30 silent seizures in the past two weeks and has raised concerns about how the situation was handled. Airport authorities have not publicly explained why the screening could not be conducted while he remained in his wheelchair. #sad
Vince “Fresh The DJ” Colston, a Black man who uses a wheelchair after suffering a traumatic brain injury and partial paralysis when he was struck by a car while riding his motorcycle, was reportedly forced to stand unaided during a security screening at Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas.
According to his family, airport staff would not allow the search to be conducted while he remained in his wheelchair and even called over a supervisor despite his mobility impairments. His mother said she feared people would see “an angry Black dude with dreadlocks” rather than a man living with a serious brain injury, adding that she was only trying to calm him down during the encounter.
His family says he has since suffered more than 30 silent seizures in the past two weeks and has raised concerns about how the situation was handled. Airport authorities have not publicly explained why the screening could not be conducted while he remained in his wheelchair. #sad
