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[Dalek]

Two Officers Are Fired for Dragging Doctor Off a United Flight

Three of the Chicago law enforcement officers involved in dragging a Louisville doctor off a United Airlines' flight in April are no longer on the job, officials revealed Tuesday.

Chicago's Inspector General Joseph Ferguson said an officer and an Aviation Security sergeant were fired, a third officer resigned and another received a five-day suspension — which was shorted to two days on appeal — for their involvement in the ”violent forcible removal" of Dr. David Dao.

The report did not reveal the identities of the officers.

Ferguson's report says that the use of ”excessive force" caused Dao to break his nose, lose two teeth and sustain a concussion, and noted that the security officer who pulled Dao from the flight broke department policy when he ”escalated a nonthreatening situation into a physically violent one."

Dao refused to leave his Chicago-to-Louisville flight after he was told by United Airlines officials that his seat was needed for a crew member working a connecting route. Security officers surrounded his seat shortly thereafter.

A cellphone video that captured the bloody ordeal went viral, as the 69-year-old doctor can be seen being dragged along the narrow aisle floor by a security officer. Other passengers can be heard expressing their horror.

In Tuesday's report, Ferguson also revealed that two security officers tried to cover for each other. He said one officer ”made misleading statements in two reports" and the other ”made material omissions in a report."

Someone getting punished, at least.

 

[Ninja Scooter]

#NotCops

 

[Mr. X]

#90%ofcopsmaybe

 

[Dynamite Shikoku]

the mafia is always looking for muscle i guess

 

[zelas]

when he “escalated a nonthreatening situation into a physically violent one."

Oh really?

Smdh.

 

[Man-is-Obsolete]

It took them 6 months!?

 

[norm9]

Cowards with no names.

 

[TangoAlphaLima]

It took them 6 months!?

Investigation, plus probably had union appeals process and such.

 

[geomon]

Bye fuckers

 

[wandering]

Can we fire these guys too please?