An Arizona man is suing American Airlines after 17 days in jail following his wrongful arrest. NBC News’ Vaughn Hillyard explains how according to his lawsuit, the airline incorrectly identified him as a burglary suspect in a Dallas Fort Worth airport incident in 2020.
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Harrison Ford got arrested?
This is terrifying!
American Airlines is now a worse airline to fly on than Spirit or United… in my opinion ✈
Sue the heck out of them
Drones and data that you twist to slander me.you are done analysis.
This is when we need to take a step back and look at consequences. If the consequences of AA and the arresting officials is nothing then it does not give them an incentive to improve. We need consequences with some teeth. Such as mandatory minimums with no maximum on restitution paid to the innocent by the offending agency, expunged records of all items related to the incident (arrests, warrants, pending warrants, court rulings…), refund of any fees or fines accumulated while in custody (many times you have to pay room and board in jail) plus any additional for emotional damages caused while in custody (COs typically will not presume you innocent, they treat you like any other person in their custody). Sanctions on the DA and involved parties for not doing a thorough investigation, (fail to many times and you lose your job).
Sue the f out of them!!!
It’s a blessing in disguise. You’re a millionaire now
Where would we be if we released every person that proclaimed there insolence without and investigation. We would be Detroit, LA, Chicago, Houston and Washington DC.
They will settle and he’ll make some sizable bank.
This needs a feature film!
In a country with too many frivolous lawsuits, this one needs to be recognized as appropriate. His treatment was inexcusable.
How’s that the airlines fault tho? lol they just gave information that the investigators asked for. Sue the police.
Hope they pay.
This is like being in a Mr Beast challenge without the cameras and the money at the end.
Black people get this treatment all the time…
Welcome to the law enforcment protecting and serving
ill do 17 days for all the money hes about to get
Yeah, jail is nightmarish and the people who make it so justify it as being punitive. But jail is a temporary holding place and many people who are ultimately freed suffer the same indignity and abuse as their presumably guilty counterparts. Jail is the mechanism by which we impose a loss of freedom on criminals. But the loss of freedom in many cases is the least of the punishment they’ll endure from bad, infrequent, insufficient food, to any form of sufficient engagement of the body or mind to remain healthy. It’s not uncommon for inmates to be subjected to 23 out of 24 hours a day in a 6×8 cell with nothing to do. It’s worse than caging animals. And we wonder why the rate of recidivism is so high in the US. Treat people like animals and they will act like animals.
🤣 Damm American airlines we have a problem. Next time flight southwest airlines.
You people know the system Is messed up. How do you people think cops get paid by us citizens, cops don’t care if they do the right job or the wrong job as long as they get paid we all know that.
Pay him. Administrative error by American or the persons requested warrant. Pay him
Well, he looked great in that booking photo, for what that’s worth.
Disgusting
…smh
17 days for a crime you didn’t commit. Just imagine the Black men that get kidnapped for 30 or 40 years for things they didn’t do.
going to jail for the possibility that you may have committed a crime should not be a possible death sentence! clean up the prison system, please.
Wow I hope he gets atleast a million how do you only give one name was he the only white male on the whole plane
30 million
AA is just going to state that they provided the information that the police requested, and that it was the police that held him for 17 days. If it goes to a jury, the jury will likely award the man with money which AA will appeal and try to reduce the amount they owe. He could also try to sue the state because the police didn’t do their due diligence, causing more tax money do disappear from services like public education, infrastructure maintenance, and other services that government provides for low income people.
Image spending 20 years in jail for something you didnt do. Then the state knows its a wrongful conviction but they don’t care. I’m glad your out and it didn’t take years. Some americans don’t have that privilege.
I’d sue the police too, no way it should’ve taken 17 days to resolve.
How is it the Airlines fault and not law enforcement
I hope he wins big money
Since when were the airlines the judge jury and the prosecutor? And got to dictate who committed a crime and what name to give the police.
One word. Incompetent!
Wrongful arrest. Issues of Constitutionality.
WASHINGTON DC USED BIOLOGICAL WARFARE ON 1 MILLION AMERICANS, SO UNCONSTITUTIONAL, ILLEGAL FEDERAL RESERVE COULD BAILOUT EVERYTHING THEREFORE EVERYTHING GOVERNMENT OWNED COMMUNISM, ALL AIRLINES HAVE STOLEN FROM AMERICANS AND BETRAYED UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, LIQUIDATE ALL WHO TOOK BAILOUTS OR DOING BUSINESS IN CHINA
Oh spare me. How don’t you not know you have a warrant against you?? Oh please, POW have fear, not you.
Sounds like this guy just got a calling to do some humanitarian work on behalf of prisoners who are in cruel and unusual circumstances. 🤔
The man should not have been required to retain a lawyer in order to ascertain charges! But he had to. Shadow of the 1480’s Spanish Inquisition where only ‘accusation’ was required to be tortured, incinerated.
Quite clearly there was malfeasance of duty for the entire legal system involved…likely immune from prosecution and responsibility. Does ‘defunding police’ now strike you as radical?
Seems his attorney would have straightened out the mis-identification within hours or a day if he were a competent attorney- of course each day he’s held in jail = more lawsuit$$$. Who wouldnt go to jail for 17 days for millions….just sayin’
For the MANY commenters saying that AA is not at fault: it was the airlines that determined Mr. Lowe was the person the police were looking for and turned over his info. The police are also at fault for not doing due diligence in making sure this was the person in the video.
He fit the description.
Why didn’t he just Comply???
-COMANCHE NATION
Yo Those 2 men did not look anything alike Bro
Well come to America 🇺🇸🤣🤣🤣🤣
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Sorry but this isn’t American airlines fault. This is the police fault. They are the ones that have to be sure they are arresting the correct person. All the air line did is comply with the warrant.
That didn’t even look like him!! I bet he had NO IDEA WTH am I being arrested for. Can’t believe this happens in our country!!
they better settle and claim no wrong doing..jury award will be 7 figures to a large firm like AA
American government needs to handle the wrong arrest they keep making
The guy is a fool
This happened to brown people all the time. It’s happened to me twice.
Get that money and enjoy the rest of your life. Take them to the bank.
Everybody’s commenting but no one’s actually doing anything. You have the illusion of doing something if you post comments about it. I lived in your country for 2 years and moved back to my own after I realized how broken it is. Not that mine is perfect either.
Sue the AIRLINE AND the POLICE!!
Easy money
Imagine if he was black. Riots in the streets. Endless apologies from the airline and a 50 million dollar out of court settlement.
He looks like Harrison Ford in the Movie-The Fugitive!
The issue the risk you take every time you fly.
He seemed happy in that Jail pic .
Nice 👍 get them. They are the worse airline company
And how about Law Enforcement, City, County etc…
Get your bag my guy.
I don’t know how many people are wonderfully arrested every day probably but a lot of people just can’t fight it because they don’t have the means or the money
GOOD FOR HIM! wrongful arrests stay on your record.. even wrongful allegations stick with you for life sometimes we need to make this matter known and sue!
Typical in America.
Now it’s a problem because it happens to other groups of people??
The system is broken. Police are not even trained properly. This is 100% police’s fault
The United States of America clowns of the world!
They don’t even look the same
Give him $$$$$ now !!!!!
Rob ‘em Lowe!
wow, good thing you weren’t black. we wouldn’t even hear about this story and you probably be in jail still.
Several people at American Airline and the airport police messed up. They should spend 17 days in jail or have a portion of their pension taken away and given to him.
He’s still needs to be accountable for his warrant. He just got caught as he would sooner or later regardless.
He does look dangerous though.
I pray he sues, win and receives every dollar he wants.
He is going to be a very rich man, rightfully so, Congratulations
I really hope gets as much as possible. This is is horrible
I am not sure he can sue American Airlines, aren’t they airport security third party vendors? Maybe thhe can sue the police Dept and airport security?
We need the alternative of speed trains for these PTSD people.
He needs to sue the airport police, arresting police instead of American Airlines. American Airline is who turned him in, it was both police departmenst that decided to file and follow the arrest warrant without reviewing evidence.
That’s awfully sloppy work from the detectives. I’d of demanded the full roster and not just a profile of one passenger. Makes me think this is an inside job of an airline employee and/or relative.
never ever fly American Airlines all I’m going too say
airline based in Texas that’s a problem too begin with trump state
Sell airplanes, to pay him. Make it painful for the company.
If this cost the airline 10 trillion dollars maybe others will be more careful.
American Airline’ statement isn’t even accurate, the warrant was for the passenger manifest instead of doing what was asked they pointed their finger at an innocent person. Disgusting how they won’t even own up to what they did.
This guy shouldn’t have to work another day in his life, Id say a million for each day in prison.
Lol lol lol 🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂
Deserves compensation
If American Airlines indeed only supplied 1 (wrong) name than pay this man his millions, American Airlines. But if American Airlines supplied a list of names and the Airport Police failed to properly do their job in pinpointing the actual burglar, than the Airport Police owes him millions. Nonetheless, it’s ashamed it had to experience this ordeal.
I hope he wins lawsuits! Horrible mistake and someone else should be charged for the mistake
Though the brunt of his ire ought to be towards AA, he should file another lawsuit against the “law” enforcement agencies involved. They’re just as culpable for this man’s trauma.
Since when did airlines become Officers of the law and jails? Never. Perhaps he should sue the county and city instead.
Got nothing to do with the bloody airline, like all American lawsuits – people will sue for tripping over a hedge.
who flies from arizona to new mexico? it’s like an hour away.
How do you not know you have a warrant!? How about don’t do anything in the first place to be in that situation!
It’s soooo stupid….
He needs to sue the jurisdiction/police dept and prosecutor to.
He looks like younger Harrison Ford