United Airlines is in hot water after a now-viral video revealed a 69-year-old passenger was forcibly removed from a plane by Chicago police―and got injured as a result―when a flight got overbooked. The statements released after the controversy only made matters worse. United CEO Oscar Munoz apologized for "having to re-accommodate" the passenger, a generous euphemism for "dragging him out of his seat." The remarks from the authorities weren't any better—the Chicago Police Department insisted that the man "fell." Advertisement - Continue Reading Below The Twitter-verse initially reacted to the footage with outrage, understandably. But now people are processing their anger more creatively. The hashtag #NewUnitedAirlinesMottos started trending this morning, and the internet did not hold back in brainstorming new slogans for the company in light of the recent controversy.
The responses are pretty savage—but so is the idea of dragging a passenger off a plane.
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