Ride-share driver stopped for seat belt despite wearing one during task force operations
Oct 8, 2025·Location: Memphis, TN

Alandria London, a Black ride-share driver, was pulled over by a Tennessee Highway Patrol trooper on October 8, 2025, while taking a passenger to the airport. The officer claimed he did not see her seat belt, though she was wearing one. After the officer said he needed to "call it in," an Immigration and Customs Enforcement van pulled up behind the motorcycle. London believes she was profiled as Hispanic and stopped as a pretext for an immigration check. She was not cited or arrested but posted about the incident on Facebook with a photo showing herself wearing the seat belt.
Sources
- “I Don’t Feel Safe”: Black Memphis Residents Report Harassment by Trump’s Police Task Force
ProPublica·Nov 3, 2025·archived copy
loom.ly·Nov 3, 2025·archived copy
thefulcrum.us·Nov 10, 2025·archived copy
- They were sleeping, driving, walking in Memphis. Then Trump’s police task force came.
mlk50.com·Nov 3, 2025·archived copy
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