Airlines Keep Accusing Parents Of Biracial Kids Of Child Trafficking

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Airlines within the U.S. have been accusing mother and father of biracial youngsters of trafficking their very own youngsters on flights.

In accordance with CBS Information, American Airways is below fireplace after employees accused a Black father of trafficking his personal youngsters throughout a flight from Atlanta to Los Angeles.

Musician David Ryan Harris took to social media this week to inform the world that whereas he and his two biracial sons, Truman and Hendrix, have been on an American Airways flight, Harris was accused of trafficking the younger boys.

Harris, who has labored with well-known musicians similar to John Mayer and Carlos Santana, mentioned as he and his sons have been deboarding the aircraft, they have been met by an American Airways worker and 4 cops.

“Apparently, a flight attendant had referred to as forward with some type of concern that maybe my blended youngsters weren’t my youngsters,” Harris mentioned in his video posted to social. “We’re met, embarrassingly so, by this AA worker and cops. They questioned my youngsters.”

He continued saying, “There have been many steps she might have taken earlier than she [flight attendant] lobbed the hand grenade of getting the authorities referred to as.”

Harris additionally mentioned that it took American Airways officers over every week to contact him after the incident and that he didn’t get any calls till he posted his story on-line. His makes an attempt to contact their customer support all went unanswered, however after posting the video he says he was provided an apology and 10,000 frequent flyer miles from the airways.

“I needed to undergo a ticket counter. I needed to go previous federal brokers. It ought to cease with the federal agent, as soon as we get previous TSA, I don’t wish to hear from a flight attendant what sort of hunch they’ve,” mentioned Harris.

American Airways additionally issued an apology in a press release stating that security and safety are the corporate’s prime priorities.

“The protection and safety of our prospects and crew members are our prime priorities. We attempt to create a constructive, welcoming setting for everybody who travels with us and apologize for any misunderstanding that will have occurred. A member of our crew reached out to the shopper to be taught extra about their expertise and tackle their considerations,” mentioned American Airways in a press release.

Sadly, this isn’t the one incident the place a serious airline firm accused a mother or father of a biracial little one of trafficking throughout a flight.

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A Los Angeles lady named Mary MacCarthy is suing Southwest Airways after she was accused of trafficking her biracial daughter in October 2021.

In accordance with the lawsuit, which was filed Aug. 3 in Colorado, MacCarthy and her then 10-year-old daughter have been touring from San Jose to Denver after the demise of MacCarthy’s brother. After deboarding at Denver Worldwide Airport, MacCarthy and her daughter have been met by cops who started questioning the lady and her daughter.

“The officers started questioning Ms. MacCarthy and made it clear that they got the racially charged info that Ms. MacCarthy’s daughter was presumably being trafficked by her just because Ms. MacCarthy is white and her daughter is Black,” the lawsuit acknowledged. “After important questioning, throughout which Ms. MacCarthy’s daughter started to interrupt down in tears, Ms. MacCarthy was finally allowed to depart by the officers, however not earlier than this show of blatant racism by Southwest Airways brought on Ms. MacCarthy and her daughter excessive emotional misery.”

MacCarthy additionally mentioned that she’s been advised by different mother and father that comparable conditions have occurred to them as nicely.

“I hear on a regular basis from mother and father that that is taking place to,” MacCarthy advised CBS Information. “The one commonality within the households that attain out to me is that the mother or father has a special pores and skin coloration than the kid who’s concerned. Clearly, one thing is flawed with the coaching flight crews are present process.”

In 2022, Jonathan Marcu, who’s white, was additionally falsely accused of trafficking his two Hispanic daughters whereas on a Spirit Airways flight from New York to Fort Lauderdale. In accordance with Marcu, he was additionally approached by airline employees and three County sheriffs after deboarding the aircraft.

“I mentioned ‘it is a joke proper?’” Mr Marcu advised the Unbiased. “It was horrible, it was a horrible expertise, it was dealt with the flawed method, it was racial profiling for my part,” he mentioned.

“I perceive that human trafficking is a horrible factor, however there needs to be some sort of precautions. There’s no guidelines and rules on airways to deal with it. You possibly can’t simply take a man who seems to be totally different from his youngsters and accuse them of human trafficking.”