I bet you this had something to do with it.
Posted on 02/16/2013 1:19:01 PM PST by Morgana
FULL TITLE: Company president, 60, 'slaps 19-month-old toddler in the face on a plane and tells his mother to ''shut that n****r baby up'''
A man has been accused of racially abusing then physically assaulting a 19-month-old child on a flight to Atlanta last Friday.
Joe Rickey Hundley, 60, allegedly demanded that the mother of the crying toddler 'shut that n****r baby up' before slapping the infant in the face on the Delta flight on February 8.
According to The Smoking Gun, Hundley has been charged with simple assault after the incident with Jessica Bennett, 33, and her son Jonah.
Bennett told authorities that her son 'started to cry due to the altitude change' as the service from Minneapolis to Atlanta prepared for landing.
Ms Bennett and her adopted child shared a seat on their way to a family funeral while Mr Hundley was in the neighboring seat.
Bennett said she was unable to stop the infant crying. A report compiled by FBI Agent Daron Cheney alleges that Hundley turned to the mother and used the racial slur in telling her to shut up the child.
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Nowhere do I read that others witnessed the events and other than the black lady claiming the offenses (slapping and using racial slurs.)
I am finding more and more, that I require actual witnesses (more than one and not those of same skin color as the offended person) as skin color does seem to come into play more and more with the result of our "racial healing" President, before I decide that after reading of a so-called physical or verbal abuse by one person against another, be guilty.
After having been seated with a screaming 3 year old, whose mother was a few rows and across the aisle from me with a newborn baby, I understand the extreme frustration with adults not agreeing to sign on to care for screaming babies or children, merely to travel from one part of the country to another.
Of course, that 3 year old should only be seated next to his mother by the airlines but in their wisdom, decide not to, then to subject other passengers to care for the toddler, is outrageous!
Lastly, though I totally understand the cause of pain inflicted on babies and little children, passengers can only tolerate so much regardless of the amount of patience, though never to physical assault anyone under any condition, I'm still looking for witnesses to affirm the actual assault.
The man denies having used the racial slur and claims he had only one alcoholic drink. Whether he’s lying should be fairly easy to determine. Of course there is no excuse for slapping someone’s child.
Of all the questions involving this situation I would rank this one the stupidest.
True. My Mom rented me out until I was 2 at the best funeral homes in the area.
If this is true, the guy is an idiot.
On another subject, another reason I’ll never fly again is I don’t know who sat in the seat before me. It could very well have been a baby who crapped in his diaper.
the child’s ears were probably hurting.
Agent Cheney added that Bennett received help from other passengers on the Delta flight. Todd Wooten, who was seated 12 rows ahead, told authorities that he ‘heard derogatory language coming from the rear of the aircraft’ and went to see what was going on.
‘According to Mr. Wooten,’ Cheney wrote, ‘he saw Joe Rickey Hundley strike’ the child.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2279328/Man-60-slaps-19-month-old-toddler-face-plane-told-mother-shut-n—r-baby-racist-attack.html#ixzz2L6OhmdrG
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I bet you this had something to do with it.
Most of the time kids cry on airplanes because their ears need to be popped due to the pressure change.
A good way to deal with it is to carry a pack of 3 Oreo cookies. Give the kid something to chew on and they will quiet down when their ears pop. I have told several parents this on a plane and offered the cookies. 45 seconds later the parents think I can walk on water
Same here... This man is guilty of child abuse - not simple assault, either. The mother no doubt is horribly affected as well. The use of the “n” word makes it emotional abuse as well as physical.
Why not? Most funerals I attended as a child were more akin to a large family reunion vs. a sad event.
“Whack job.”
Sums the entire thing up nicely.
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What???
Of course he denies using the word. He did. Otherwise, why would he deny it.
Still needs to have his arms broken.
“Nobody puts baby in the corner”
“Why was she taking a 19 month old to a funeral?”
Because it was her child. Why would anyone ask? Was she supposed to put the kid in a kennel?
Yes, I did finally get the “rest of the story” and it sounded as though besides being a boor, Rickey was also quite under the influence!
I agree - the custom is to slap the mother. At least that's how the story goes - when I was born, the doctor took one look at me and then slapped my mother...
The end result is what matters: did the brat stop screaming?
One of would be in the hospital and the other in jail. I assure you I wouldn't be the one in the backless hospital gown.
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