In more dog-related news, a black man is suing American Airlines after they kicked him off of his flight and then flew off with his bags, which contained his medication, because they claimed he was “confrontational” after he started showing allergy symptoms from the dog in the seat next to him. Dana Holcomb was heading back home from his birthday celebration and ended up in a seat next to a woman with an emotional support dog. Unfortunately, Holcomb is allergic to dogs and became symptomatic before the plane took off.

American Airlines booted allergic black man from plane so dog could fly first class: lawsuit https://t.co/X9Be4TQmG0 — Raw Story (@RawStory) August 29, 2019

“I sat on the seat and there was a young lady sitting next to me who had a pet with her, a medium-sized dog in her lap,” he said in an interview. “As I sat there for a few minutes my eyes, my face, everything began to fluster, so she looked over at me and she asked me if I was allergic to dogs.”

When he said that he was, the woman kindly tried to look for another seat, but no one volunteered to switch with her. A flight attendant and pilot then got involved and tried to force Holcomb to sit in the back of the plane. He asked them why he should have to move, and that was apparently not okay.

@AmericanAir it seems your company is trying to set some kind of record:https://t.co/6fFOpXxtvC — Sharon Cullars (@SharonCullars) August 29, 2019

“At that point [workers] told him you’re going to go to the rear of the plane or get off the plane,” said Holcomb’s lawyer, Reginald McKamie, Sr.

According to Raw Story, Holcomb says that the woman with the dog eventually did find someone who was willing to switch with her, but American Airlines kicked him off the plane anyway, claiming he was being “confrontational.”

“After informing flight attendants of a pet allergy, the passenger was offered an alternative seat in the first-class cabin further away from the emotional support animal but declined and became confrontational,” said American Airlines spokesman Curtis Blessing. “They were then offered a seat in main cabin to provide additional separation and were offered a refund for the difference in their first-class fare but also declined and remained confrontational.”

Sad thing is the woman with the pet was all good. #AmericanAirlines once again f-ed up, turning something easy into a mess. Telling a black man to move to the back of the bus? Really? https://t.co/H3cv3kdb62 — WriterMarkWooden (@Shadowdancesaga) August 29, 2019

However, two of Holcomb’s fellow passengers gave sworn statements supporting his version of the events, according to the lawsuit.

“Dana was taken off an airplane so a dog could fly first-class cabin,” McKamie said.

Black men who aren’t 100 percent accommodating and deferential are often accused of being “confrontational” or something similar in a society which sees their very existence as a threat. This is not the first time a black airline passenger has been kicked off of a plane for nearly no reason.

This is the overt racism 45 has encouraged in this country.

I don't fly, but surely there are alternative airlines to use so we can #BoycottAmericanAirlines.



American Airlines booted allergic black man from plane so dog could fly first class: lawsuit https://t.co/bixsUcb6Dl — Jane Parsley 🆘 (@PaisleyGina) August 29, 2019

“What American Airlines is doing is discrimination,” said McKamie. “They have repeatedly humiliated African-American citizens by throwing them off the plane, leaving them with no way home, no hotel, just throwing them off the plane.”

American Airlines: Where dogs are treated better than black people.