Ashley (Jasmine Cephas Jones), who forces both Miles and Collin to leave the house. At a party, an agitated Miles brutally assaults a black man who misinterpreted Miles' persona as cultural appropriation, leading to a fight between the two. Miles uses his gun to terrorize the party guests before being stopped by Collin. In an explosive argument, Collin criticizes Miles for his reckless behavior and the trouble it keeps causing him. With his probation now over, Collin continues to feel psychologically troubled by the police shooting he saw. As he and Miles are finishing a moving job, the house is revealed to be that of Officer Molina, the same officer whom Collin witnessed using lethal force on a fleeing black man a few days earlier. Collin trespasses to the officer's garage and holds the officer at gun point. Miles comes in to witness as Collin launches into a rant in the form of freestyle rap, criticizing the relationship between the police and black America, and gentrification in Oakland. He breaks some of the officer's property, but ends up not shooting him, leaving the distraught officer behind. Following a moment of solemnity, Collin and Miles repair their friendship as they drive off to their next job. Cast Daveed Diggs as Collin Hoskins, a former convicted felon on his last three days of probation. He is friendly and laid back. Rafael Casal as Miles Turner, Collin's short-tempered and reckless best friend. The two have been close since childhood. Janina Gavankar as Val, a desk secretary and Collin's love interest. According to Miles, she never visited him while in prison. She urges Collin to end his relationship with Miles because Miles could get Collin in trouble. Jasmine Cephas Jones as Ashley, Miles' partner and mother of Sean. Ethan Embry as Officer Molina Tisha Campbell-Martin as Mama Liz Utkarsh Ambudkar as Rin Wayne Knight as Patrick Justin Chu Cary as Tin Kevin Carroll as James Nyambi Nyambi as Yorkie Lance Cameron Holloway as Curtis 'Cuttie' Cuttworth Margo Hall as Nancy, Collin's mother Jon Chaffin as Dez Leland Orser as Judge Sarah Kay as Angela Travis Parker as Randall Marshall Production Background The screenplay for Blindspotting was written by Rafael Casal and Daveed Diggs over a period of nine years. Daveed, who grew up in Oakland, and Rafael, who grew up in bordering Berkeley, California, felt that cinematic portrayals of the San Francisco Bay Area