A
Passenger Says a United Pilot Forcibly Removed Him from an Airplane Bathroom.
Now he Is Suing (Connecting the Dots: United
Airlines, Universities, Education, Antisemitism, Aspen Institute (think tank) &
Soros Funding, All Networking)
Newsmax.com
Sunday, 23 March 2025 07:09 AM EDT
An
Orthodox Jewish passenger says a United Airlines pilot forcibly
removed him from an airplane bathroom while he was experiencing constipation,
exposing his genitalia to other flyers during a flight from Tulum, Mexico, to
Houston.
Yisroel
Liebb, of New Jersey, described his trip through allegedly unfriendly skies in
a federal lawsuit this week against the airline and the U.S. Department of
Homeland Security, whose officers he said boarded the plane upon landing and
took him away in handcuffs.
Liebb and a fellow Orthodox Jewish traveler said the pilot made
disparaging remarks about their faith. They said they were forced to miss a
connecting flight to New York City while U.S. Customs and Border Protection
officers paraded them through an airport terminal, placed them in holding cells
and searched their luggage.
“CBP
Officers responded to reports of a disturbance on a flight at the request of
the airline,” CBP Assistant Commissioner for Public Affairs Hilton Beckham
said. "Due to the ongoing litigation, we are unable to provide any further
comment.”
United
Airlines declined to comment. Messages seeking comment were left for a lawyer
representing Liebb and the other traveler, Jacob Sebbag.
In
the lawsuit, filed Wednesday in Manhattan federal court, Liebb said he was in
the bathroom in the back of the plane for about 20 minutes on Jan. 28 when a
flight attendant woke Sebbag from a nap and asked Sebbag to check on him.
Liebb
said he explained his gastrointestinal predicament and assured Sebbag that he
would be out soon. Sebbag then relayed that to the flight attendant, the
lawsuit says.
About
10 minutes later, with Liebb still indisposed, the pilot approached Sebbag and
asked him to check on Liebb, the lawsuit says. The pilot then yelled at Liebb
to leave the bathroom immediately, the lawsuit says.
Liebb
said he told the pilot that he was finishing up and would be out momentarily.
The
pilot responded by breaking the lock, forcing the bathroom door open and
pulling Liebb out with his pants still around his ankles, exposing his
genitalia to Sebbag, flight attendants, and nearby passengers, according to the
lawsuit.
Liebb
and Sebbag said the pilot then pushed them back to their seats while
threatening to have them arrested and making remarks about their faith and how
“Jews act.”
After
the two-hour flight landed in Houston, the men said about a half-dozen Customs
and Border Protection officers boarded and escorted them off the plane.
Liebb
said when he asked why they were being detained, an officer tightened his
handcuffs and responded: “This isn’t county or state. We are Homeland. You have
no rights here.”
The
men said United booked them on a flight to New York City the next day for free,
but any savings from the complementary tickets were lost because they had to
pay for an overnight hotel stay and food during their delay.
Connecting
the Dots:
Walter Isaacson
was a director at United Airlines and the chairman & CEO
for CNN, is a director at the United Continental Holdings,
Inc. and the president & CEO for the Aspen Institute (think
tank).
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder
for the Aspen Institute (think tank).
George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation
to Promote Open Society.
Stephen Friedman is
a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank) and was a chairman
for Columbia University.
Henry Louis
Gates Jr. is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank) and
a professor at Harvard University.
Martin Meyerson was
a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank) and the
president for the University of Pennsylvania.
Madeleine K.
Albright was a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank) and
a professor at Georgetown University.
Stephen Friedman is
a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank) and was a
chairman for Columbia University.
Timothy
K. Krauskopf is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank) and
a trustee at Northwestern University.
Shirley M.
Hufstedler was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute
(think tank) and the secretary for the U.S. Department of
Education.
Joyce Foundation was
a funder for the Aspen Institute (think tank) and Achieve
Inc.
Achieve Inc. helped
develop the Common Core educational standards.
Michael Cohen is
the president of Achieve Inc. and was an assistant secretary for
the U.S. Department of Education.
Kevin Jennings was
an assistant deputy secretary for the U.S. Department of Education and
the founder & executive director for the Gay, Lesbian and
Straight Education Network.
Resources:
Past Research
Rep.
Walberg Presses Columbia on Campus Antisemitism (Connecting the Dots: Columbia
University & Soros Funding, All Networking) (Past
Research on Columbia University & Antisemitism)
Thursday,
February 13, 2025
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2025/02/rep-walberg-presses-columbia-on-campus.html
Smaller
Bites: Connecting the Dots: NPR, The Department of Education, Harvard
University, The Harvard Corporation & Soros Funding, All Networking (Past Research on Harvard University & Antisemitism)
Friday,
December 15, 2023
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2023/12/smaller-bites-connecting-dots-npr.html
Department
of Education Investigating Anti-Semitism at 5 Colleges, Including Columbia
(Connecting the Dots: Our Universities, The U.S. Department of Education &
Soros Funding) (Past Research on more Universities
& Antisemitism)
Friday,
February 7, 2025
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2025/02/department-of-education-investigating.html
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