United Airlines had nothing to do with beating the poor doctor

[MADem]

37. You don't send three cops onto a plane to drag a passenger off

without knowing, or assuming, that they will do just that. Did they think these guys would deploy their magic "Dr. Phil" talking techniques? Of course not. They figured the guy would be INTIMIDATED, at a minimum, or manhandled/dragged off, at worst--and possibly gotten his arm twisted or tased in the bargain.

Bottom line is this: UNITED has taken responsibility. As they should. They ARE responsible. THEY wanted four payiing passengers removed from a fully booked plane to accommodate THEIR aircrew that were scheduled to work another UNITED flight.

Had THEY not sicced the cops on that guy, this incident would not have happened.

They made this happen. Not the aviation cops. The aviation cops were merely the muscle, the tool, the instrument of the desires of UNITED. They were given a task by UNITED--remove a passenger from a seat--and they carried out that task. United (and by extension the aviation police) performed this task with 'cover' from FAA regs, but the cops would not have removed that guy had not UNITED demanded it.

You don't blame the baseball for breaking the window--you blame the kid who threw it.