MSNBC COMMENTATOR (TOM): " 69 yr old doctor has had run ins with the law " WTF !?!?!??!

[uponit7771]

Tom is talking about an unverified tabloid rumor and "run ins" with the law doesn't mean a DAMN THING !!!!

These bastards have no shame ... NONE !!!

Whatever the doctors past does NOT mean knock the guy out and drag him down an isle instead of just picking another passenger to get off the plane !!!

I wish this stupid ass on MSNBC would stop mentioning this total non issue as a soft way to justify the overt authoritarianism displayed by United.

When it comes to the M$M somehow "RUMORS of not perfect human" = its ok to beat the fuck out of someone !!!


SMDH

[Thomas Hurt]

1. hmmm, were the United fascist and cops there to serve a warrant and arrest him....

not that I heard. Was they guy doing anything other than wanting to stay in his seat, not that I heard.

What is with the media, with this retroactive smearing.

"Oh, turns out the asian dude dragged from the plan was shifty, so he deserved it."

"The black dude was a convict, so it was okay he got shot dead."

"The black dude had a tail light out, so it was okay he got shot in the back running away."

[lsewpershad]

16. Thanks

I could not have said it any better.

[RedWedge]

2. .

Link to tweet

[NightWatcher]

3. "Run ins with law enforcement " brown skin

[Tommy_Carcetti]

4. And Freddie Gray had a prior rap sheet, so naturally being thrown around in the back of a police van

....until his neck snapped was perfectly excusable.

And Trayvon Martin was suspended from school, so that means George Zimmerman was justified chasing him around and ultimately shooting him.

Same old, same old.

[Archae]

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Looks like I was dead wrong, about the doctor.

Sorry everyone.

[obamanut2012]

8. wrong wrong wrong

just stop

[uponit7771]

9. NO IT DOES NOT !!! It has NOTHING to do with this issue NOTHING !! It should not be mentioned

... in regards to anything about anything no matter what his attitude unless he was a danger to the rest of the flight there was no need to do what they did.

NONE !!!

Mentioning in any way is a pathetic attempt to justify the unneeded actions of the police !!

[B2G]

10. What's in that record? nt

[LanternWaste]

15. Do all past records accurately illustrate a contempt for the law in the here and now?

Do all past records accurately and consistently illustrate a contempt for the law in the here and now?

If not, how then does it apply to this particular, regardless of your BUT...?

[Foamfollower]

22. WOWWOWWOW, even on this site people will participate in the thuggifying of victims of color!!!!!!!!

[Alice11111]

28. Like he said, he had patients scheduled, depending on him.

Some probably had serious conditions, odds are.

Hopefully, a rule will come of this, if you overbook, you can't bump for your employees, nor can you force anyone to leave the plane. Everone has their price, so it may be very costly.

[Orrex]

6. I'm sure that the media will also provide...

A detailed record of the assaulting troopers' history of violent aggression and escalation.

[lsewpershad]

18. Holding

my breath am not.Officer must be agreat guy.

[uponit7771]

29. +1

[Baitball Blogger]

7. Oh, J. Christo.

What f'ing shamelessness. Lack of shame. Without shame. Devoid of shame.

Well, it works so well when it comes to justifying police brutality in every other case, right?

[uponit7771]

12. +1, "the assaulted citizen had traffic tickets" ...excuse to justify unprofessional is something for

... the comments section of Breitbart or some shit not a respectable news channel

[Ilsa]

40. "The assaulted citizen had failed to make his bed."

"No wonder he couldn't do anything right and needed a beatdown."

[lpbk2713]

11. Run-ins with the law suggests "chronic troublemaker" .

And that is code for "They are all alike".

Dog whistle time.

[uponit7771]

13. +1

[Henry Krinkle]

20. "They are all alike"?

Not true... every doctor I've ever met or known has always had a different personality than others in their profession.

[lpbk2713]

21. Think about that for a moment please.

Thank you.

And welcome to DU.

[Henry Krinkle]

23. But, I DID think about it.

Anyone who is suggesting, claiming that there was any hint of a racial element involved in this situation,
is either delusional or grasping at straws to make the story fit their narrative.

Oh, for fucks sake... "dog whistles" ...

[Flaleftist]

14. Yes. There are few people that don't have something in their past

that could be used against them.

[TNLib]

17. This is literally corporate thuggery

If you open your wallet and pay for a service and then demand that service be carried out,
then the company, literally beats your ass and takes your money.

How can anyone defend this?

[mainer]

19. Is he a doctor? Yes. Does he see patients? Yes. Is his license active? Yes.

What happened 14 years ago doesn't change the fact he's a doctor, and he needed to see patients the next day.

[ProfessorPlum]

24. And, indeed, his profession is just as irrelevant as his past encounters with the law

NO ONE should be treated this way, least of all by agents of a fucking corporation.

[mainer]

26. I agree. My point is, he was telling the truth

while critics questioned whether he was really a doctor.

[ProfessorPlum]

27. I saw that and was enraged out of my mind

as if it matters one bit.

Thanks, I agree with you 100%

[mainer]

25. "Run -INS"? Appeared he was entrapped by former employee/lover

who worked with police to get Dr. Dao arrested. Then after Dr. was convicted, he never served time in prison but was given only probation -- and eventually got his medical license back.

Sounds like a man who got into trouble once -- maybe lured into it by his former employee who may, in turn, may have done it to get out of his own problems with police.

[uponit7771]

30. The fact the US media is making this an issue of any sort shouldn't give anyone any confidence ...

... that they're in it to help America.

[HAB911]

31. Can't wait for the deep dives into all the United employees & police officers

you think?

[uponit7771]

32. IKR !?!? Its like someone gets the shit beat out of them for little to no reason and the M$M has to

... make the person who was assaulted the bad guy.

The guy Tom came on later and said same thing them mentioned he was Vietnamese in the same context !!!

I'm sure Tom has good intentions but I wish I could email MSNBC and tell them that's not cool

[Alice11111]

35. MSNBC has a line you can call. 12126644444

[JHB]

39. Which United executives limited options for inducement offerings...

...lest payouts make them miss their bonus target numbers?

[Alice11111]

33. Trevon Martin was so outrageous!

A kid walks to a nearby store to get skittles and ice tea, and this racist dude, contrary to law enforcement orders, with a prior history, and no authority, starts chasing him with a gun (The kid even tells his girlfriend on the cell phone that he's nervous someone is following him). The kid, who has no weapon, defends himself, and the perp gets off. Just so happened the kid was black. What if it had been DT, Jr. (of course, he would have been taken in the limo, like any responsible kid.)

Then, after the kid is dead, the police start coming up w irrelevant stuff, before the incident, to discredit the kid.

[uponit7771]

36. +1, damn... and the media fuckin helped !!!

[Alice11111]

37. The media was on Zimmerman's side, it seemed to me.

[HAB911]

38. exactly

[uponit7771]

34. OMFG !!!! HE'S DOING IT AGAIN !!!!