Riz Ahmed blames ‘racial profiling’ in US for keeping him off flight ahead of ‘Star Wars’ event

Riz Ahmed blames 'racial profiling' in US for keeping him off flight ahead of 'Star Wars' event

NEW YORK, Jul 02 (APP):Prominent British-Pakistani actor Riz Ahmed, who played a role in the in 2016’s “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story”, says he missed a convention held in April in Chicago to celebrate the movie— because racial profiling got him offloaded from a flight, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

Ahmed, 36, said US Homeland Security blocked him from boarding a Chicago-bound flight, forcing him to miss a scheduled appearance at the Windy City’s Star Wars Celebration.

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