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Man kicked off flight to Houston after racist comments

February 22, 2017  /  Guest User

Incident reported on February 22: 

A man was removed from a United Airlines flight bound for Houston after making multiple racist comments to a couple in front of him.

According to KHOU, passengers were boarding a flight in Chicago when an unidentified man asked a Pakistani-Indian couple, "That's not a bomb in your bag, is it?"

Full News Story: http://www.sfgate.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Man-kicked-off-flight-to-Houston-That-s-not-a-10950635.php

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