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United Airlines Passenger Was Violent in Removal, Police Report Says
The New York Times ^ | April 25, 2017 | Jonah Engel Bromwich

Posted on 04/26/2017 7:44:23 PM PDT by SarahPalin2012

Newly released police documents claim that Dr. David Dao, the passenger who was shown being dragged off a United Airlines flight on April 9 in widely shared videos, behaved violently toward the officers removing him, but his lawyer dismissed this account as “utter nonsense.”

The phone videos taken by other passengers set off waves of criticism and multiple statements from the airline, each more apologetic than the last.

The police reports were released Monday afternoon in response to a freedom of information request filed by The New York Times and other news organizations. The releases included audio of the original call to the Chicago Department of Aviation police, personnel reports about the officers and an incident report that appeared to blame Dr. Dao for his own injuries.

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KEYWORDS: daviddao; passenger; ual; united
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To: Fantasywriter
The only reason Dao is looking at a big payday is because he was seriously injured.

Ah,but the fact you've missed (or intentionally failed to mention) is that his injuries were the result of his own *breathtakingly* foolish,irresponsible,*violent* behavior.If he had walked off that aircraft *calmly* when instructed to do so,as I would have done in that very situation (don't know about *you*),no injuries would have occurred.

181 posted on 04/27/2017 5:15:52 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Deplorables' Lives Matter)
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To: Gay State Conservative

Please see my post 31.


182 posted on 04/27/2017 5:15:52 AM PDT by Paulie (America without Christ is like a Chemistry book without the periodic table.)
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To: Blue Highway
Actually it looks like you make wingdings. Isn’t that the term they call ASCHII art?

This is ASCII I guess:
¯\_(ツ)_/¯

My memes are these:

183 posted on 04/27/2017 5:18:10 AM PDT by Bon mots (Laughing at liberal tears!)
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To: FreedomNotSafety

Now if you could just get the United Pilots Union to agree that the level of force used was acceptable:

‘This occurred on one of our contracted Express carriers, separately owned and operated by Republic Airline, and was ultimately caused by the grossly inappropriate response by the Chicago Department of Aviation,’ the pilots wrote according to Business Insider. 

‘The safety and well-being of our passengers is the highest priority for United pilots, and this should not have escalated into a violent encounter,’ the union’s written statement read.

‘United pilots are infuriated by this event.’ 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4411096/United-pilots-union-blames-Chicago-cops-Dao-s-removal.html


184 posted on 04/27/2017 5:18:37 AM PDT by Fantasywriter (Any attempt to do forensic work using Internet artifacts is fraught with pitfalls. JoeProbono)
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To: Fantasywriter
Dao did none of this prior to being head slammed/brain injured on the armrest.

I didn't see anything in the video about slamming his head so hard as to cause a concussion. I will wait and let an expert witness tell us that in court. I googled this morning and I was unable to find a doctor's report on Dao's head injuries. His lawyers are claiming a concussion as far a I can tell If their is official medial reports out their let us know.

185 posted on 04/27/2017 5:19:22 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: Gay State Conservative

Please see post 184. The pilots are NOT on your side.


186 posted on 04/27/2017 5:20:25 AM PDT by Fantasywriter (Any attempt to do forensic work using Internet artifacts is fraught with pitfalls. JoeProbono)
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Anyone have any info.........

Did Dao and his wife orginally deplane only to return after finding out there wasn’t another
flight that day? I read that in one of the aritcles but don’t know if it was true.


187 posted on 04/27/2017 5:21:08 AM PDT by deport
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To: Fantasywriter
The pilots are NOT on your side.

Doesn't matter.Pilots don't make company policy.They *wish* they did,but they don't.

188 posted on 04/27/2017 5:22:41 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Deplorables' Lives Matter)
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To: central_va

I read an article that detailed the Flight Attendants’ reaction. They all agreed thst Dao should have been removed. However, they were apoplectic about the way the thugs slamned Dao’s head into the armrest. They pointed out that it’s trivial to put the armrest into its upright position, which would have removed it as a barrier.

Now who should I side with? The FAs who 100% backed Dao’s removal, but were appalled by the force with which his head was slammed (totally unnecessarily) into the armrest...

Or you?


189 posted on 04/27/2017 5:31:48 AM PDT by Fantasywriter (Any attempt to do forensic work using Internet artifacts is fraught with pitfalls. JoeProbono)
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To: Gay State Conservative

United GROSSLY violated their own Terms of Service in removing Dao.

Not that you’ll care. In your world, the ToS are made to be trashed any time they fail to serve United’s quest to save a couple of hundred dollars (in monopoly money).

Sadly for United, they also GROSSLY violated the federal laws for Common Carriers. Their goose is cooked.


190 posted on 04/27/2017 5:35:34 AM PDT by Fantasywriter (Any attempt to do forensic work using Internet artifacts is fraught with pitfalls. JoeProbono)
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To: Fantasywriter
There was no purposely slamming his head into an arm rest. Those security guys knew there were 10 cell phone videos being made. They were aggressive but they would not slam his head on propose.

As far as injures to Dao, there are 2 possibilities.

Possibility No 1:

Dao received a broken nose, a concussion and was actually unconscious.

Possibility No. 2:

Dao got a simple bloody nose, no concussion and faked unconsciousness.

There is no way to determine the truth from the videos. I will wait for the facts to come out. Maybe you should too.

191 posted on 04/27/2017 5:41:39 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: Fantasywriter
I am not saying Dao was not wronged. All I am saying is that all parties involved could be at fault. Dao could be a fraud, faking unconsciousness and played up a "lucky" simple bloody nose to look pathetic. That doesn't excuse the rough handling by the security either, and it doesn't let UAL off the hook. All I am saying is Dao could be a fraud and still be the MORE harmed party. This is not a simple case.
192 posted on 04/27/2017 5:48:27 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: central_va

Please don’t assume that if you haven’t gotten the facts, no one else has.

‘With a concussion, broken nose and two missing teeth, Dr. David Dao — whose bloody face made global news after he was dragged off a United Express flight — is poised to become the poster child of an airline industry gone awry, his attorney said Thursday.

“I hope he becomes a poster child for all of us, someone’s got to,” lawyer Thomas Demetrio said at a news conference in the Loop, noting that Dao — who was discharged from a Chicago hospital on Wednesday — will need reconstructive surgery for damaged sinuses.’

http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/lawyer-for-dao-will-there-be-a-lawsuit-yeah-probably/


193 posted on 04/27/2017 5:50:50 AM PDT by Fantasywriter (Any attempt to do forensic work using Internet artifacts is fraught with pitfalls. JoeProbono)
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To: central_va
2 of those 3 security guards said they wrote their reports under duress and only did so under fear of losing their jobs. Interestingly, they were not the ones who yanked Dr Dao.

That was Ofc. Long, and he wrote no such disclaimer. He is so screwed.

194 posted on 04/27/2017 5:51:30 AM PDT by Ken H (Best French election ever!)
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To: FreedomNotSafety

Very good point and well stated. Security isn’t going to start using physical force on a compliant passenger. He was obviously resisting, and probably quite aggressively, for security to respond in the way they did.


195 posted on 04/27/2017 6:01:57 AM PDT by SarahPalin2012
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To: Fantasywriter

Lawyers are not doctors or forensic pathologists.


196 posted on 04/27/2017 6:06:39 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: Gay State Conservative
You're an ER doc, right? What would be your reaction to dragging a person with facial injuries and a possible concussion without stabilizing his neck?
197 posted on 04/27/2017 6:14:59 AM PDT by Ken H (Best French election ever!)
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To: SarahPalin2012

‘He was obviously resisting, and probably quite aggressively, for security to respond in the way they did.’

Both the videos and his fellow passengers say Dao was not belligerent. He was sitting in his assigned seat and made no aggressive moves. One passenger, whose letter about the incident was printed in the Chicago Tribune, says one of the three thugs was laughing as he roughed Dao up.

Not all security guards are the apex of professionalism.


198 posted on 04/27/2017 6:15:08 AM PDT by Fantasywriter (Any attempt to do forensic work using Internet artifacts is fraught with pitfalls. JoeProbono)
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To: central_va

You missed the part that said Dao was finally released from the hospital. His lawyer was going by the medical reports of the drs that treated Dao.


199 posted on 04/27/2017 6:16:40 AM PDT by Fantasywriter (Any attempt to do forensic work using Internet artifacts is fraught with pitfalls. JoeProbono)
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To: Fantasywriter

Yep that paragon of impartiality the pilot’s union has weighed in and surprise they made sure everyone knew it was a “contracted” carrier. Then they hammer the police. As if there is some peaceful no forceful way of removing a passenger. Now if it had been a United flight, not Republic, and an pilot ordered the passenger off, it would all be justified. Just your friendly pilot’s union looking out for us all.


200 posted on 04/27/2017 6:20:48 AM PDT by FreedomNotSafety
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