‘Do Not Touch My Stuff!’: Black Woman Says White Male Passenger ‘Lied’ When He Told American Airlines Flight Crew He Felt Threatened By Her After She Touched His Bag In Overhead Bin

A Black female passenger claimed that she was kicked off an American Airlines flight because a white man alleged he felt racially threatened. The woman recently posted multiple videos about her experience on TikTok under her account @lovergirlmagic. Credit: @lovergirlmagic/TikTok One video shows the moment she and her girlfriend were booted from the flight. Another shows her brief encounter with a white male passenger who allegedly told the flight crew that he felt threatened after she touched his bag in an overhead bin. She posted a follow-up video explaining what led up to the forced deplaning right after she boarded an Austin-bound flight from Chicago. @lovergirlmagic #americanairlines #flights #race ♬ original sound – MAGIC She stated that she and her partner boarded the flight with first-class tickets. When she made it to her seat, she put her backpack under the seat in front of her, but a flight attendant requested she use space in one of the overhead bins. She found space in an overhead bin above her seat and attempted to move another passenger’s belongings to make room for her backpack. “I touched the bag above me and the guy next to me got up and yelled at me...