Video shows white man beating Black man on flight, allegedly calling him the N-word
Several of the passengers were able to pull the passenger off of the Black man. Louis said that even though the white man started the fight, he was allowed to leave the plane, while the Black man was told to stay on the plane.
“Racism, of course,” Pierre Louis said. “The black passenger had to wait on the plane, when he didn’t even start it, and the police, while we were walking off the plane, walked right past the person, the white man who actually initiated everything. “
Miami-Dade Police has recently pushed back against accusations of racism, saying the Black passenger chose to remain on the plane so he could file a police report. The man ultimately decided not to press charges and the white passenger was able to leave.
Frontier Airlines issued has issued a statement concerning the incident: “Yesterday as a flight from Philadelphia to Miami was deplaning at MIA, a physical altercation broke out among passengers who were towards the back of the aircraft. The flight crew requested law enforcement assistance. All passengers involved were asked to remain on the aircraft however some disregarded the flight crew’s instructions. Ultimately, local law enforcement became involved.”
According to Daily Mail, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced in June that “airlines have reported more than 3,000 incidents involving unruly passengers since January 1, with about 76 percent of the nearly 3,300 reports involving passengers who refused to wear masks on board their flights.”