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Title: Florida woman kicked off American Airlines flight for wearing 'offensive' mask
Post by: libertybele on August 05, 2020, 01:06:39 am
So... does this fall under the 1st amendment right of freedom of speech?

Florida woman kicked off American Airlines flight for wearing 'offensive' mask

A woman was reportedly kicked off an American Airlines flight last week because her mask was deemed “offensive” by a flight attendant.

Arlinda Johns, from South Florida, was on her way to Illinois when she boarded a plane wearing a mask that said “F--- 12” and a T-shirt that said “Black Lives Matter,” she told Florida’s Local 10 station.

According to the station, “f--- 12” is slang for “f--- the police.”

A flight attendant reportedly asked Johns -- an activist who believes in defunding and abolishing the police -- to cover her mask. Johns did, saying in a Facebook Live video later: "Everything she asked me to do, I did."

But soon after, the flight attendant reportedly returned to Johns’ seat.

“She came back and stood over and said ‘I’d better not see that other mask,’ Johns told Local 10. “I said, ‘Leave me alone, lady.’ She stood there, she said, ‘Okay, I got you.’”

After the flight attendant went to the front of the plane, it returned to the gate and Johns was reportedly asked to deplane....

https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/passenger-american-airlines-offensive-mask (https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/passenger-american-airlines-offensive-mask)
Title: Re: Florida woman kicked off American Airlines flight for wearing 'offensive' mask
Post by: sneakypete on August 05, 2020, 11:28:37 am
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According to the station, “f--- 12” is slang for “f--- the police.”

Am I the only one that has never heard that before?
Title: Re: Florida woman kicked off American Airlines flight for wearing 'offensive' mask
Post by: PeteS in CA on August 05, 2020, 01:49:05 pm
Am I the only one that has never heard that before?

No.