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Passenger says United ‘trapped’ her next to a man who masturbated on flight. Then the airline let him leave. (www.nbcnews.com)

submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by nocturne@slrpnk.net to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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Edit: Original site is paywalled and seeming to not always load, here is another article about the incident: https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/united-airlines-flight-masturbating-incident/6551525/

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[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 4 points 1 day ago

Initiating a physical altercation to restrain him is more likely to result in injuries. I can't fault the crew for their decision not to restrain him.

I can fault them for not calling the cops.

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