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David Dao and United Airlines Reach ‘Amicable’ Settlement [tr]
NBC News ^ | 4/27/2017 | Daniella Silva

Posted on 04/27/2017 11:37:37 PM PDT by catnipman

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To: Wuli
In fact, two of the airport police involved in the incident are under investigation and have been suspended.

All 3 have been suspended, plus their supervisor. Also, the head of the Chicago Aviation Department was fired yesterday for something they apparently dug up on him, but NOT related to the Dr Dao case.

If that weren't enough, the 3 officers who dragged Dao all wrote reports which put the blame on him for his injuries. However, 2 of the officers prefaced their reports saying they wrote it under duress and were ordered to do so. The guy who yanked Dao made no such disclaimer in his report. Weird, eh?

81 posted on 04/29/2017 2:29:38 AM PDT by Ken H (Best French election ever!)
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To: Ken H

The 3 officers’ reports, including the 2 disclaimers, can be read at the following link =>

http://heavy.com/news/2017/04/david-dao-united-flight-passenger-dragging-chicago-aviation-officers-cops-names-released-identified-suspended/


82 posted on 04/29/2017 2:33:57 AM PDT by Ken H (Best French election ever!)
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To: cmj328

When crew members give unlawful orders to you, they, and their company are the liable party, and they will pay for it in court.


83 posted on 04/29/2017 6:53:04 AM PDT by Wuli
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To: cmj328

And if you want to keep defending a position that the law does not support - which is predicated in the passenger assaulting or intimidating a crew member, and has nothing to do with refusing, lawfully, to voluntarily give up their seat, go ahead, it won’t work in court. Laws have a purpose and safety and security, not unlawfully removing someone from their seat, is the purpose of the law. It does not make dictators of crew members able to act on a whim.


84 posted on 04/29/2017 6:56:36 AM PDT by Wuli
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It does not make dictators ... able to act on a whim.

Said many people on their way to jail.

85 posted on 04/29/2017 9:54:17 AM PDT by cmj328 (We live here.)
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Do think that the US district attorney just has a really bad cases of Attention Deficit Disorder and never got around to seeking an indictment of Dr. Dao?

Do you think that airline corporate interests play no role in decisions to charge under this statute?

86 posted on 04/29/2017 10:00:00 AM PDT by cmj328 (We live here.)
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To: cmj328

“Do you think that airline corporate interests play no role in decisions to charge under this statute?”

When there is a crime, and there is a viable suspect, charges will be filed and an indictment sought.

In this case, it would appear, that there was not evidence or a crime and prosecutors did not believe they could get an indictment.

Had Dao been indicted and convicted, the check United wrote to Dr. Dao would have been much smaller.


87 posted on 04/29/2017 11:34:21 AM PDT by Timpanagos1
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In this case, people would not change their minds based on whether criminal charges were filed - they would feel it was an additional injustice done to Dao by United. There would be protests outside the courthouse.


88 posted on 04/29/2017 2:56:14 PM PDT by cmj328 (We live here.)
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Had Dao committed a crime, he would have been charged.

If he had committed a crime and been convicted, his payout would have been far less.


89 posted on 04/29/2017 4:11:08 PM PDT by Timpanagos1
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To: Timpanagos1

The payout is the least of all the costs associated with this episode for United.


90 posted on 04/29/2017 5:24:03 PM PDT by cmj328 (We live here.)
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To: Neoliberalnot

Per Federal Air Regulations and ICAO rules and Hague Convention for Contract Carriage for Flight Treaties, the Gate agent is entirely responsible for your safety once the ticket is scanned until the door is closed and becon turned on..then the pilots are...

United failed and participated in the beat down.
.they initiated it...they are paying... Lawyers are not the bad guys here nor is Dao...get over it..


91 posted on 04/30/2017 6:40:08 PM PDT by Article10 (Roger That)
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