United maintains that it followed proper procedure, but something isn’t right about watching Dao get battered and publicly humiliated simply for insisting on sitting in a seat he paid for. Yet again, an uncomfortable and repulsive outburst of state-sanctioned violence ― this time at the behest of a massive corporation ― is captivating the nation’s attention. As with most controversial use-of-force incidents, officials will now examine whether the officer acted lawfully in this scenario. Subsequent videos show Dao return to the plane after the altercation, saying he needs to go home. “I can’t imagine seeing a white woman treated in this way, just left to bleed with possibly some sort of severe head injury,” she said.

Source: Huffington Post April 11, 2017 20:26 UTC