Amy Goodman
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Questlove of The Roots: How the DEA Once Mistook Me for a Drug Don
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August 14, 2013
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3:59Now PlayingAhmir "Questlove" Thompson, the drummer for the legendary hiphop group The Roots, has been harassed by law enforcement on multiple occasions since a young age. In this Democracy Now! web exclusive, Questlove describes what's likely his oddest experiencethe time DEA agents held him at a Buffalo airport, suspecting him of being a drug dealer.
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