Posted on 06/11/2004 12:28:42 PM PDT by Willie Green
ERIE — A white couple and their adopted daughter were ordered off an airplane because police were concerned they had abducted the Chinese toddler.
Richard and Ruth Feiock, of Tallahassee, Fla., said the actions of police were bigoted and that they may file a civil lawsuit against Erie International Airport.
“It was a very racist thing to do, ordering us off of the plane,” said Richard Feiock, a political science professor at Florida State University. The family was in Erie on Tuesday night to see an older daughter graduate from Northwest Pennsylvania Collegiate Academy.
Two people aboard the Delta flight became concerned when the Feiock´s 2-year-old daughter began crying incessantly as the airplane sat on the tarmac, police said.
Race was not a consideration when the couple were asked to get off the plane, said David Bagnoni, director of public safety and chief of police at Erie International.
“The baby was screaming, ‘Mommy, Mommy, Mommy,´ and fussing, trying to get out of the hands of the woman holding her,” he said....
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My blue eyed red haired daughter did that to me also. Kids hungry and tried do that.
Something like this does need to be examined.
I suppose now that parents who have adopted children of a different racial makeup will have to carry the adoption papers with them when they travel. Hmm....
OTOH, this sounds like the little kid who sat next to me on a long flight. Screamed the entire way, then blew its lunch on my lap just before we landed.
There is a lot of human trafficking going on these days. You can't fly without a birth certificate, or so I have heard.
And yes, the Chinese do sell their kids...
Would a kidnapped two year old Chinese be crying "Mommy" in English?
Considering the reports of the trade in children, the police acted properly. I'd rather have them err on side of caution. To scream racism is absurd. That charge has been used so frequently it is becoming meaningless.
"Would a kidnapped two year old Chinese be crying "Mommy" in English?"
Good point. And, BTW, this was not a racist act. Our Prof is just looking for some $$$
Source please.
So9
Why do people have to go overseas to adopt a baby?
Don't we have American kids who need to be adopted--or is there something wrong with orphaned American kids?
I think the cops did the right thing looking into it further. If it had been a mistake then of course the cops should refund the plane ticket prices or get them new ones, give a small apology and send them on their way.
Sure, if his parents were Americans of Chinese decent.
Question that I didn't see addressed is how long ago the child had been adopted. If it was recently it might explain the kid's behavior.
Not necessarily. Just the other night my four-year-old was screaming for Mommy at the top of his lungs. She was rocking him at the time.
yup - they're aborted. You want a healthy baby, instead of a messed up older child from foster care, you adopt from abroad. You can also adopt a black baby, but you run into racial issues later on.
Mrs VS
It is very difficult, expensive and time-consuming to adopt a child in the US. Much easier in many other countries.
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