UNITED STATES: Anger as Asian man violently removed from United flight

Videos posted to social media showing security guards violently removing an Asian man from a United Airlines flight in the United States have sparked outrage. The incident took place on Sunday, before the departure of Flight 3411 from Chicago’s O’Hare Airport to Louisville. Several clips posted online by fellow passengers show the officers forcibly removing […]

Videos posted to social media showing security guards violently removing an Asian man from a United Airlines flight in the United States have sparked outrage.

The incident took place on Sunday, before the departure of Flight 3411 from Chicago’s O’Hare Airport to Louisville.

Several clips posted online by fellow passengers show the officers forcibly removing the man by pulling him out of his seat and dragging him by his arms down the aircraft’s aisle.

Passengers said the man, who can be heard screaming, was injured as he was being dragged off, with blood coming out of his mouth.

Passengers said on social media that United had overbooked the flight and wanted four passengers to give up their seats to make way for airline employees.

When no one volunteered, four passengers were selected and asked to leave.

The man in the video, who was one of the four, said he was a doctor and needed to see patients the next day, according to passengers’ online statements.