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Man Removed From Jet Is Kentucky Doctor With Criminal Record
http://www.windstream.net/news/read/category/news/article/the_associated_press-chicago_united_express_lambasted_over_man_dragged-ap ^

Posted on 04/11/2017 12:32:28 PM PDT by LouAvul

The man dragged from a full United Express flight by airport police in Chicago is a Kentucky physician who was convicted more than a decade ago of felony charges involving his prescribing of drugs.

But while the passenger's unflattering history quickly became the focus of attention, there's no indication that his past influenced how he was treated or that the airline or police were aware of his background. And it's unlikely that officials would have known anything about him other than basic identifying information such as his name and address, if that.

A person with knowledge of the Sunday evening flight who was not authorized to publicly release the information told The Associated Press that the passenger was David Dao, 69, of Elizabethtown, Kentucky. He did not return messages from the AP.

While screaming can be heard on the videos, nowhere is Dao seen attacking the security officers. In fact, he appears relatively passive both when he was dragged down the aisle of the jet and when he is seen standing in the aisle later saying quietly, "I want to go home, I want to go home."

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KEYWORDS: blamethevictim; daviddao; felons; ual; unitedairlines
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To: WKUHilltopper
And this is justification to beat the sh*t out of someone and drag them off a plane?

Of course! Haven't you been watching all the posts here? Why, it's perfectly justifiable! If newspaper reports find that someone with the same name as you (even though that person is now much older than you) has a criminal record, it's perfectly OK to have airport rent-a-cops Taser you from inches and beat you to a pulp!

God forbid you or I get a bullseye on our back from some corporate lawyers out to destroy us like UAL lawyers are doing to this guy...

21 posted on 04/11/2017 12:44:46 PM PDT by COBOL2Java ("Game over, man, game over!" (my advice to DemocRATs))
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To: LouAvul

I have been reserving judgment, but note that this has been as dividing here as a discussion regarding Dresden and a couple other subjects that won’t come to mind at the moment.


22 posted on 04/11/2017 12:44:46 PM PDT by treetopsandroofs (Had FDR been GOP, there would have been no World Wars, just "The Great War" and "Roosevelt's Wars".)
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To: humblegunner

Regardless of how we may wish to split hairs about this United Airlines is going to wish they hadn’t done this and Congress might be compelled to pass legislation prohibiting overbooking.


23 posted on 04/11/2017 12:45:45 PM PDT by MeganC (Democrat by birth, Republican by default, conservative by principle.)
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To: Celtic Conservative

Sounds like good material to write a country/western song around.


24 posted on 04/11/2017 12:46:41 PM PDT by Farmer Dean ("Do you want me to shoot,I'm rested.")
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To: RummyChick
I think UA will settle.

They most likely will. I hope this guy gets a good lawyer; he'll need it. United's got a slew of amoral corporate attorneys and it will be a David vs. Goliath battle.

25 posted on 04/11/2017 12:47:41 PM PDT by COBOL2Java ("Game over, man, game over!" (my advice to DemocRATs))
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To: LouAvul

Looks like United Airlines has hired a firm that specializes in Reputation Repair. They seem to be using the old “Look over there how bad that guy is” play.


26 posted on 04/11/2017 12:48:01 PM PDT by Mad Dawgg (If you're going to deny my 1st Amendment rights then I must proceed to the 2nd one...)
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To: LouAvul

The dirtbag was uncooperative and resisted.


27 posted on 04/11/2017 12:48:17 PM PDT by biggredd1
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To: MeganC

It wasn’t overbooking, it was poor planning.


28 posted on 04/11/2017 12:48:52 PM PDT by humblegunner
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To: Farmer Dean

Indeed it does.

CC


29 posted on 04/11/2017 12:49:19 PM PDT by Celtic Conservative (CC: purveyor of cryptic, snarky posts since December, 2000..)
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To: LouAvul

He paid for the seat. He had a reservation for the seat. He had a boarding pass for that seat. And he was sitting in that seat.

If they wanted someone to give up a seat they ought to have offered compensation sufficient to make them want to give it up. Or make other arrangements for their employee travel.

I don’t care what his other personal issues are. They could do the same thing to anyone.


30 posted on 04/11/2017 12:49:28 PM PDT by marron
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To: LouAvul

Didn’t take long for the security people to defend themselves by attacking the victim. How does any of this man’s past excuse how he was treated?


31 posted on 04/11/2017 12:49:54 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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To: LouAvul
This must be in the vein of: she was a slut in her younger days so she deserved to get gang-raped.

Or, and I can't wait for this one: Heck, he's a fag, whatever happens to him is divine justice.

Let the sliming begin.

32 posted on 04/11/2017 12:49:55 PM PDT by Thumper1960 (Trump-2016)
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To: colorado tanker

Maybe they knew his record.


33 posted on 04/11/2017 12:50:46 PM PDT by ScholarWarrior
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To: MeganC
-- According to what I'm reading elsewhere United has the right to bump passengers BEFORE they board the plane but not AFTER they board the plane. --

They can dump them inflight if they want.

Rule 21 Refusal of Transport
UA shall have the right to refuse to transport or shall have the right to remove from the aircraft at any point, any Passenger for the following reasons: ...
United Airlines Contract of Carriage
34 posted on 04/11/2017 12:51:10 PM PDT by Cboldt
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To: Timpanagos1
B. Does that give the flight crew the right to call in police thugs to kick your ass and drag you off the plane?

Yes. The Pilot in Charge has the final say on who stays and who goes. Once the decision is made that you're off, you're off. If you won't leave you will be forcibly removed. If you resist with a weapon, even an improvised one, you're likely to end up dead.

It's akin to those people who say to the cops "Get your hands off me". You think the cops are just going to get in the cruiser and leave or do you think you'd be eating dirt in 10 seconds or less?

You surrender a bunch of rights when you step on that airplane and the pilot can kick you off for ANY reason. You'll have some recourse with the airline as far as payment goes, but the pilot's word is final.

35 posted on 04/11/2017 12:52:06 PM PDT by Malsua
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To: LouAvul

Now he is going to be a guy with a fatter bank account and a criminal record


36 posted on 04/11/2017 12:52:07 PM PDT by CGASMIA68
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To: Timpanagos1

It will be an interesting case to follow.
A. You must follow the orders of a flight crew.
B. Does that give the flight crew the right to call in police thugs to kick your ass and drag you off the plane?

Different than at sea?

I’ve seen some theories that the occasional disappearing Carnival cruiser is a drunk unruly passenger dealt with as in B without the police thugs.


37 posted on 04/11/2017 12:52:44 PM PDT by treetopsandroofs (Had FDR been GOP, there would have been no World Wars, just "The Great War" and "Roosevelt's Wars".)
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To: MeganC
His past does not in any way excuse the actions of United Airlines.

You haven't been here long? To many, here, his "indiscretions" will be used to smear him and justify any bad that comes his way.

In case you haven't detected the psychopathic glee with which some will reference his past, keep reading. The tingles up and down their legs will become evident.

38 posted on 04/11/2017 12:53:05 PM PDT by Thumper1960 (Trump-2016)
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To: MeganC

In the end, they bumped the good doctor not because they overbooked, or they had to seat a United crew.

They booted him out because he disobeyed legal instructions from the flight crew and became disruptive.

IMO the good doctor was no better than an unruly drunk that creates a scene and is also removed.

The fact that he was beat up was on him.


39 posted on 04/11/2017 12:53:38 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd
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To: MeganC
"His past does not in any way excuse the actions of United Airlines."

You can bet the company is pushing this story. It's reminiscent of the "nuts and sluts" line the media used on the victims of the Clintons.

40 posted on 04/11/2017 12:56:21 PM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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