Stevens was allowed on the plane, but then she was told to remove another article of clothing, her Marvel Black Panther hat.
https://twitter.com/sagegnosis/status/786262732265914370?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
[Ed. Note: Yes, we know. We see it too. But Stevens asks to be referred to as her/she in their Twitter bio. So, that’s what we are calling her.]
After more back and forth with a flight attendant, Stevens was eventually kicked off the flight. Stevens says that United sent her a direct message on Twitter as she was tweeting about the ordeal. Stevens assumed that she would be booked on another flight, however she says that she was sent to the service counter, was never really attended to and wound up sitting in the airport for two hours.
As of now, United has failed to acknowledge the event. In fact, when asked for a statement by iO9, the sent a response about a totally different complaint.
This isn’t the first time United has practiced some questionable ethics. Vic Mensa put the airline on blast for kicking him off a flight on his birthday. He says that he was on the phone talking one of his fans out of committing suicide, when they asked him to hang up before takeoff. When he refused, they removed him.
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