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‘This is not Trump’s America!’: Passengers rejoice when man accused of racism is kicked off flight

  

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Via:  randy  •  7 years ago  •  2 comments

‘This is not Trump’s America!’: Passengers rejoice when man accused of racism is kicked off flight

February 22

“Goooodbyeee raaacists!”

That was the blunt — and unquestionably sarcastic — message one heated passenger delivered to a man and a woman as they were being kicked off a United Airlines flight Saturday evening for causing a disturbance that was blamed on racist comments.

The confrontation on Flight 1113 from Chicago to Houston began several minutes earlier, when a Pakistani man and woman wearing traditional clothing were boarding the plane,  according to VHF affiliate KHOU .

As the couple placed their bags in an overheard bin, a male passenger — who was not identified by the airline — asked the couple if they had a bomb in their luggage, another passenger sitting nearby told KHOU.

“That’s not a bomb in your bag, is it?” the man said, according to the passenger who was not identified by KHOU. The passenger added that the couple did not immediately hear the comment, which prompted the man to repeat his remark.

KHOU reported that a woman sitting nearby alerted a flight attendant, which led other passengers to also complain about the man’s questions. When the Indian American boyfriend of the woman who alerted the attendant complained, a heated exchange followed.

“The person ahead of us turned around and asked where my boyfriend was from; my boyfriend said it’s none of your business,” the woman told KHOU. “At that point, he said all illegals and all foreigners need to leave the country.”

Cellphone footage of the incident shows the man saying that all the “illegals” should be kicked off the plane, moments before the man and woman were asked to collect their belongings and exit the aircraft.

“I didn’t say anything,” the man protested, shrugging.

“Happy flight home,” he added seconds later while his female companion held her middle finger up to the person filming. “I hope you stay there.”

“Get out of here,” a woman responded. “Racists aren’t welcome in America! This is not Trump’s America!”

“Goooodbyeee raaacists!” the woman added.

“Hey, I’ll come back, but you’ll be gone,” the man said as he walked away.

Jonathan Guerin, a United Airlines spokesman, told The Washington Post that the man and woman understood why they were asked to leave the plane and calm down. They were placed on a later flight bound for Houston, but Guerin said he did not know whether the Texas city was their final destination.

“We removed two passengers for making others feel uncomfortable on the flight and for saying some inappropriate things to customers on the flight,” Guerin said, noting that removing customers from flights because of disruptive behavior is exceedingly rare.

“Most customers appreciate a place where they feel safe and where they’re not going to be attacked, and we want to provide that,” he added.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/02/22/this-is-not-trumps-america-passengers-rejoice-when-man-accused-of-racism-kicked-off-flight/?utm_term=.81fedbbb608e&wpisrc=nl_most-draw6&wpmm=1


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Randy
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link   seeder  Randy    7 years ago

This is so much more of what America needs. The Trump administration, especially with the presence of Steve Bannon and the voice of Steve Miller, along with the quiet, half-hearted acquiesce of the man who would be king has given courage to the bigots and racists and White Nationalists of this country because they know that they have back up in force in the White House and in Trump's administration.

What it is going to take to lance this swelling boil of hate that Trump and company have created is everyday people who see incidents of racism and bigotry, especially religious bigotry, to stand up and speak out! To say "That's wrong!" and "That's not what America is about!" and "We don't allow that here!" and "This is NOT Trump's America!" Because it is NOT Trump's America and never will be!

The infection of pus his racist and hate filled administration is trying to spread and he has been a vocal leader of it with his constant dog whistles and his flat, monotone, read off paper denunciations of bigotry that no one believes, especially the bigots and alt-right themselves. The members of the trump administration such as Steve Bannon and Steve Miller are like gangrene. They are a sickness. A malignant disease. They will have to be amputated or be allowed to fulfill their stated goal of burning the American government down.

 
 
 
Kavika
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link   Kavika   replied to  Randy   7 years ago

We here too much of this racist BS...Very happy to hear that the passengers and victim ''stood their ground''.

 
 

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