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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMan slaps crying baby, utters racial slur on Delta flight
(CNN) An Idaho man has been charged with assaulting a minor after he allegedly uttered a racial slur and slapped a 2-year-old boy who cried on a Delta plane as it began the final descent into Atlanta, court papers show.
Reached by phone Friday, Joe Rickey Hundley of Hayden, Idaho, declined to comment to CNN and referred inquiries to his attorney. The attorney couldnt be immediately reached for comment Friday.
Delta Air Lines is cooperating with the federal investigation into the altercation between two passengers, spokesman Paul Skrbec said. We apologize for any inconvenience this caused for the passengers onboard, he said.
The boys mother, Jessica Bennett, 33, of Minnesota told the FBI that she and her son were seated in row 28, seat B, on February 8 on Delta Flight 721 that originated in Minneapolis, according to an FBI agents affidavit filed in U.S. District Court in Atlanta this week. ..................(more)
The complete piece is at: http://kdvr.com/2013/02/16/man-slaps-crying-baby-utters-racial-slur-on-delta-flight/
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Man slaps crying baby, utters racial slur on Delta flight (Original Post)
marmar
Feb 2013
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Deep13
(39,154 posts)1. Too bad the aircraft doors can't open in flight. nt
mn9driver
(4,426 posts)2. Other passengers also said he had been drinking quite a bit on the flight
...which he denies. Fortunately Delta has a cashless cabin service, so their credit card records will clear that right up.
JustAnotherGen
(31,828 posts)3. Ahem
Delta Air Lines is cooperating with the federal investigation into the altercation between two passengers, spokesman Paul Skrbec said. We apologize for any inconvenience this caused for the passengers onboard, he said.
How is it an altercation when a 60 year old calling himself grown-assed racist asshole drunk hauling off and physically abusing a small child. Hate crime and assault - that two year old was notin an altercation with anyone.
Already it's being portrayed as a fair fight. Next thing I'll read the two year old was wearing a hoodie and toting a gun so he has it coming. I'm beginning to hate my country.
Deep13
(39,154 posts)5. Good point.
"battery," or "assault," and yeah the racist language makes it a hate crime in many states too.
OceanEcosystem
(275 posts)4. We have two threads about this already.