No-Fly List: Capitol Rioter or Anti-Masker?
There have been many videos circulating Twitter under the hashtag #noflylist.
This hashtag is in response to the people who rioted at the Capitol on January 6 and videos posted by people in airports seeing passengers being escorted out.
In one of the videos, a man was held down by airport security as he spat, “You treat me like a f*cking Black person!”
MAGAt who stormed the Capitol: “You treat me like a f*cking Black person!”
— Bishop Talbert Swan (@TalbertSwan) January 11, 2021
These racist terrorists fully expected their whiteness to protect them from any consequences for their crimes, including murder.#NoFlyList #TrumpInsurection #CapitolRiots pic.twitter.com/HnfN44qZ2z
In another, a woman with a red Trump hat has her mask pulled down to her chin as she pointed and yelled racial epithets to a passenger across the plane from her who was also yelling. The pilot told passengers to get off of the plane and “Please do not get involved in the altercation or you will not re-board.”
No snakes on this plane 🐍#NoFlyList 🤷🏾♂️ pic.twitter.com/3n7WpUWIT7
— No Fly List Vids (@NoFlyListVids) January 11, 2021
A post from January 10 on a flight from Charlotte, NC towards DC has a blond woman standing up with her mask down to her chin, yelling, “If we don’t stand up, it’s only going to get worse” before she was asked to leave the aircraft by the staff.
Tonight this lady refused to wear her mask abord the @AmericanAir flight from Charlotte NC towards #WashingtonDC DCA. She was yelling and gave a speech about “tyranny”. The passengers in neighboring rows moved.
— Emir Sfaxi (@EmirSX) January 11, 2021
She calmed down when officers in civilian outfit intervened#COVID19 pic.twitter.com/h95v9ddpXH
While many of these outbursts have taken place near the time of the Capitol riot, the people on the planes are unlikely to be on a No-Fly List.
Generally, the No-Fly list is used for identifying international terrorists. According to Snopes, only 1% of the list is domestic terrorists. Furthermore, if they were on a no-fly list, the person would unlikely be able to pass the first security checkpoint.
CNN stated that 14 people were removed from Alaska Airlines the day after the riot on a “flight from DC to Seattle” because—as Alaska Airlines’ official statement read—these passengers declined to wear a mask and were “rowdy, argumentative and harassed our crew members.”
Since August, Alaska Airlines has reported having removed 302 passengers since the mask policy was implemented.
CNBC interviewed Sara Nelson, president of the Association Of Flight Attendants-CWA which represents over a dozen airlines. She stated that “The mob mentality behavior that took place on several flights to the D.C. area yesterday was unacceptable and threatened the safety and security of every single person on board.”
After the violent Capitol riot, the Federal Aviation Administration tweeted a reminder to passengers that “federal law prohibits you from physically assaulting or attempting to assault the crew and anyone else on the aircraft.”
Federal law prohibits you from physically assaulting or threatening to physically assault the crew, and anyone else, on an aircraft. You could be subject to fines of up to $35K and imprisonment for such conduct. https://t.co/eBbu0Ja9i1 #FlySmart pic.twitter.com/YWOcUUAIiW
— The FAA ✈️ (@FAANews) January 9, 2021
While the No-Fly list has yet to be made for Capitol rioters, there have been many instances of outrage. So far, the airlines have responded with potential fines of $35,000 to anyone who attempts to assault anyone on the plane.
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