Flying while Brown, Common Carrier Dept. 0
When boarding, Abbassi says she was on the phone with a Verizon representative in order to activate her smartphone. When the plane was getting ready to depart, Abbassi alleges she told the representative “I’ve got to go.”
Soon after, there was an announcement that an “administrative delay” would hold up the flight, at which point a TSA agent came on board and asked Abbassi to get off.
TSA took her off the plane, then cleared her to travel, but the pilot refused her admittance, claiming the crew was not “comfortable” with her on board.
And bigotry flew the skies.
