American Airlines Accused of Racial Discrimination for Removing Black Men From Flight

American Airlines was hit by a racial discrimination lawsuit by black passengers who had been removed from a flight following a body odor complaint. The lawsuit was brought by three of the eight passengers who were forced to disembark a Jan. 5 American Airlines flight from Phoenix to New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport “without any valid reason, and solely based on their race.” Right before takeoff, a flight attendant allegedly approached the three plaintiffs—Alvin Jackson, Emmanuel Jean Joseph, and Xavier Veal—and demanded that they leave the plane along with five other black passengers. The eight men did not know each other and were not seated near each other, according to the complaint filed at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York on May 29....