The Chicago aviation officers who forcibly removed a passenger from a United Airlines flight filed reports saying the traveler was “aggressive” when responding to requests to give up his seat and flailed his arms while fighting with officers. The incident reports also reveal for the first time the names of the four officers involved in the incident, which left Dao, 69, with a concussion and other injuries. Dao’s attorney, Chicago personal injury lawyer Thomas Demetrio, called the incident reports “utter nonsense. According to the police reports, Long, Rodriguez and Smith all urged Dao to leave his seat but he refused. But in his report, Long said, “the subject started swinging his arms up and down with a closed fist.

Source: Los Angeles Times April 25, 2017 00:09 UTC