Reuters: Man wins suit in airline race-profiling case

[Eugene]

Man wins suit in airline race-profiling case

By Scott Malone

2 hours, 10 minutes ago

BOSTON (Reuters) - A Florida man removed from an American Airlines flight because
he was considered a security threat has won a $400,000 jury award in a case that
accused the airline of racial profiling.

John Cerqueira, a U.S. citizen of Portuguese descent, charged that he was removed
from a 2003 flight at Boston's Logan International Airport because he appeared
Middle Eastern, and was denied service even after police determined he did not
pose a threat.

Cerqueira's attorneys said on Tuesday that the suit, which accused the airline of
violating his civil rights, was the first of its kind to go to trial. The federal jury
in Massachusetts made its decision on Friday.

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In Cerqueira's incident, police removed him and two Israeli men from a December 28,
2003 flight bound from Boston for Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

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Full article: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070116/us_nm/security_lawsuit_dc

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1. GOOD! Shame on American Airlines!