ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) -- The leader of North Carolina's NAACP has filed a lawsuit against American Airlines, saying he was removed from a flight earlier this year because he is black.
The Rev. William Barber alleges in the lawsuit filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Alexandria, Virginia, that he was unfairly removed from an American flight from Reagan National Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport in April.
Barber said he asked a flight attendant to ask two white passengers who were talking loudly in the row behind him to quiet down. The white passenger responded that he had a problem with "those people" and made fun of Barber for purchasing two seats, according to the lawsuit.
