We heard some “hot takes” before, but Chicago journalist Dan Hensley just took the current lead in that department when he tweeted out that the passengers who filmed the United Airlines fiasco should have been arrested.
Hensley claimed on Twitter that the people who filmed the incident not only broke federal law but they also went against United’s policy regarding the recording of passengers or crew without their consent. (Show of hands… how many out there have taken a photo or video while on a plane without the crews or passengers’ consent? That’s what I thought.)
Seriously, this was the argument he is hanging his hat on with regard to a man being bloodied and dragged off of an airplane. That’s almost as tone deaf as the United CEO’s leaked email regarding the incident.
https://twitter.com/RealDanHensley/status/851537523667070976
https://twitter.com/RealDanHensley/status/851538078808322052
https://twitter.com/RealDanHensley/status/851542906188042240
Needless to say, dozens of people on Twitter were flabbergasted at his remarks…
https://twitter.com/GWBiscuit/status/851554161992880128
Police brutality is also illegal
— Just Jeff (@BMovieShelf) April 10, 2017
pretty sure I've never had a single airline employee tell me to put away my camera phone onboard.
— Laurie Marshall (@LaurieMMarshall) April 11, 2017
How fucking clueless are you
— Jeremy Wein (@thismyshow) April 10, 2017
https://twitter.com/br_owen/status/851562495676436485
https://twitter.com/mikesisak/status/851596871881691137
https://twitter.com/Popehat/status/851595745715081216
https://twitter.com/Different_Name_/status/851688624043286528
NOPE:
1. Civil rights violations are more important than an airline's photo/video policy.@RealDanHensley @unitedhttps://t.co/qtPv5p9SMl
— 0bFuSc8 (@0bFuSc8) April 10, 2017
https://twitter.com/ryanhealy/status/851564805471195136
https://twitter.com/_harry_tuttle_/status/851566709009985538
Dan, just take the L dude
— no highly esteemed deed is commemorated here (@bennnnnewsome) April 11, 2017
Amazingly, a few hours later, Hensley still wasn’t taking the L…
https://twitter.com/RealDanHensley/status/851591653190230017
https://twitter.com/mwaclawiak/status/851597436283998208
https://twitter.com/JamesMAuthor/status/851598287740260353
H/T The Daily Dot