Chinese Doctor David Dao was beaten and bloodied, then dragged from his seat by United Airlines security after refusing to deplane!
When David Dao refused to deplane United ordered airport security to remove him. It was more important to United Airlines for their employee to have his seat.
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A common practice in the airline industry is overbooking flights. United needed to fly 4 employees to their destination.
China has reacted furiously to the doctor being dragged off a #UnitedAirlines flight https://t.co/Cu8iMgMlrB #racism #brutality #UnitedFail
— Gry Tina Tinde (@TinaTinde) April 12, 2017
Meanwhile this debacle has turned into an absolute public relations nightmare for United Airlines. The passenger David Dao retained high-powered Chicago personal injury lawyer, Thomas Demetrio.
Dao was in a Chicago hospital undergoing treatment for his injuries Tuesday, according to a statement from Demetrio, who is helping represent Dao and his family.
Demetrio’s practice centers on medical negligence, product liability, airplane crash and commercial litigation on behalf of plaintiffs. He has negotiated more than $1 billion in settlements, according to the firm’s website.
United Airline: Chinese Doctor Dragged Out Of Flight Hires High-powered Attorney https://t.co/LBiYPnG5sB pic.twitter.com/sd45WAJWY6
— The Republican News (@RNNetwork1) April 12, 2017
This is going to cost United a pretty penny, and rightfully so. It’s time airlines thing twice before overbooking their flights, which Dao’s apparantly was not.
Fox News Judge Jeanine, had this to say “They have no right to bloody that man up, no right at all. This isn’t a police state!”
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