Mom accused on flight of trafficking her biracial daughter files federal discrimination suit.
by Southwest Airlines employees has filed a racial discrimination suit against the company.
Mary MacCarthy was traveling to Denver from Los Angeles with her 10-year-old daughter to attend her brother's funeral, she told NBC News nearly two years ago. Upon landing in Denver, MacCarthy and her daughter were confronted by police officers because a flight attendant suspected her of potential human trafficking.
A federal lawsuit filed Thursday in the District Court of Colorado accused Southwest Airlines of racial discrimination. MacCarthy accused the airline staff of flagging her as suspicious"based on a racist assumption about a mixed‐race family." David Lane, the attorney representing MacCarthy, said that the suit is designed to bring accountability and to have the airline re-examine its own training. He said that the use of racial profiling in this case has attempted to address a serious crime with a"stereotypical, easy formula."Southwest Airlines declined to comment on the litigation Sunday.
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