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Then she was entitled to a refund, and perhaps should have been offered a hotel room and free ticket to anywhere.

There was no injustice done except in her own behavior.

[quote]Still, she was denied her reserved seat on the 1:30 flight. Nor did they allow her to board the next flight at 2:58 -- which, of course, was also overbooked. Finally, Mesa's counter personnel refused to let willing passengers switch with the clearly distraught Gotbaum. When she began to weep and protest, they called the police, who handcuffed her arms behind her back and dragged her away to a holding cell. They left her chained alone to a bench, crying inconsolably. Not long after, she was found dead, the chain shackling her to the bench stretched across her throat[/quote]

There is a lot more evidence that she was murdered by airport police, than there is that her behavior warranted the death penalty for having a medical/mental condition.

I had an ex wife who had a disorder diagnosed as Hystrionic personality disorder, an incident like this would set her off in a similar way. However crazy her behavior was, it did not make her deserving of being choked to death in an airport holding cell.

[quote]There was no injustice done except in her own behavior.{/quote]

Have you seen the security camera video yet ? It sure looks like airport police choked her to death while other police blocked the view.

but then again, I guess chains just get wrapped around peoples necks at random all the time these days. This poor lady reminds me of my ex wife and it brings me to tears thinking about her getting murdered for having an attack of hysteria because injustice was done to her and she snapped. I can understand how very powerful and self important Airport Police would want to kill her in this situationt, My ex was very talented at arousing the emotions. She knew just what to say to evoke anger as she had her attacks of hysteria and cops do not like being disrespected.

There was no injustice done except in her own behavior.

So when you purchase something, there is nothing wrong if the seller turns around and sells your purchase to a higher bidder, and neglects to tell you that you are SOL until it's too late for you to make other arrangements? What if you and your child are traveling together and US Air decided to sell one of your tickets to someone else, and you are stranded in some town far from home? You either send your child on alone or you are the price of one ticket.

Airlines have very specific rules, and you know them when you fly. The only time you get a refund on most flights is when you buy a refundable ticket.

They didn’t owe her anything. If she was hostile at the gate, there was a GOOD reason to deny her to get on the flight. She’d be a risk to everyone on that plane up in the air.