Once again American Airlines. Once again in the news. Why? Because they accused the black male of trafficking his own wife. Put it a full mass. I kid you not. An interracial couple is now taking [00:00:18] legal action against American Airlines after the husband was falsely accused by airline staff of trafficking his own wife. Anthony Williams on the right, a former police officer who happens to be black [00:00:38] and his wife on the left, who is white. They were celebrating their recent nuptials. This was on a 2022 flight from Phoenix to Miami, when a fellow passenger who believed Williams was trafficking his wife, alerted the flight crew. [00:01:00] I don't I can't even imagine how that conversation goes. So he alerts the flight crew. I assume there's a perhaps a protocol to this. But according to Business Insider, the couple's lawsuit says American Airlines, [00:01:17] falsely reported to law enforcement that plaintiff Anthony was human trafficking his own wife, end quote, without asking the couple any questions. When the flight landed in Miami, the couple was escorted off the plane, where [00:01:35] they were then questioned by local police. The couple, who says they were left feeling, quote, confused and embarrassed, end quote, by the situation. They are now seeking $75,000 in damages. So, according to law and crime, the couple's case is being handled [00:01:53] by civil rights lawyer Jasmine Rand, who also represented the families of Trayvon Martin, George Floyd and Michael Brown. This is a serious attorney. The attorney obtained the following statement from Mr. Williams. Quote I am a former law enforcement officer. [00:02:10] I worked hard to fight crime, and to be accused of committing a heinous crime is unfathomable. I was accused of human trafficking my wife because of my race. I fought hard to uphold the law in this country. And I will fight hard now to uphold the laws that prohibit [00:02:27] racial discrimination and, quote, civil rights attorney Ben Taylor, who is not associated with this case, says he understands why Williams and his wife, Shizuka, are uncomfortable. Quote. [00:02:43] It's very stressful when you're trying to go to your honeymoon and enjoy a good time, and the next thing you know, you're being pulled over by police and flight attendants for something. You didn't do anything wrong, he told Arizona's family. [00:03:02] Mr. Williams is correct. And let me explain why I say he's correct. If he would have been a white male, or if his wife would have been black. I don't think this happens. [00:03:17] And if someone says something to a flight attendant and you don't have the interracial dynamic of a black male and a white wife, or one that is of interracial couple, [00:03:36] you don't get the lack of protocol. See, the lawsuit or the threat of lawsuit is very distinctive. They're saying the airline concluded that this was in fact a crime and reported it as such. [00:03:55] Now, if you remember when we had the judge on the show and the whole thing went national and we had on the program, she said something very similar that they basically reported that she had, in fact, committed a crime when the police investigated as they, after they landed, [00:04:15] realized no crime was committed. But that's not the way it was reported to them, according to the officer who was responding. And all the officer is doing is responding to what's being said by the flight attendant or by those who are in charge of relaying the message. All right, Ben. Very sad situation I'm in. [00:04:33] In a way, no matter what happens, this story is connected to a guy who probably has no criminal record. He obviously wasn't trafficking his own wife, trying to have a vacation, but now he's marred with this national story, [00:04:48] an accusation, and obviously has to go through the judicial process to get some level of remedy. - What say you? 100%. - The story is super messed up. Unless, you know, they were taking role playing to a whole new level. [00:05:04] - That they would do that. - And I doubt, I doubt that was the case. These are people going on a vacation together, and what happened to them is disgusting. And the only mistake I see in how they're handling this case is just trying to get $75,000 only. [00:05:22] You've had your reputation dragged through the mud now publicly, and you've given your life to law enforcement, and you're being accused of one of the worst crimes there is. This is in the millions. This is certainly more than $75,000. [00:05:40] So you can also see that they're not trying to get some insane payday. They're just trying to get some measure of justice. And, I imagine they're going to prevail in this case because how do you argue against it? American Airlines is going to take a hard stand now saying, well, we did accuse you [00:05:56] of trafficking your own wife. But in our defense, what's the rest of that sentence? Right. And this isn't the first time they've been accused of racial discrimination. ET cetera. It sounds as if American Airlines sounds like they're getting very close to possibly a class action lawsuit. [00:06:13] Given the number of cases that we've seen at indisputable. It has definitely been lopsided.