Delta employee @JFK attacked by connecting DL passenger on bigoted tirade
Jan 27, 2017, 1:40 am
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Delta employee @JFK attacked by connecting DL passenger on bigoted tirade
Originally Posted by Washington Post
The Queens District Attorney’s Office said Robin Rhodes, of Worchester, had arrived from Aruba and was awaiting a connecting flight to Massachusetts Wednesday night when he approached Delta employee Rabeeya Khan, who wears a hijab, while she was sitting in her office.
Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown said Rhodes came up to the door and went on a profanity-laced tirade, asking the woman if she was praying. Rhodes then allegedly punched the door, which hit the back of Khan’s chair. Khan asked Rhodes what she had done to him and Rhodes replied, “You did nothing.” He then cursed at her and kicked her in the leg, Brown said.
When another person tried to calm him down, Brown said Rhodes moved away from the door and Khan ran out of the office. Rhodes followed her, got down on his knees and began to bow down in imitation of a Muslim praying, shouted obscenities and .....
Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown said Rhodes came up to the door and went on a profanity-laced tirade, asking the woman if she was praying. Rhodes then allegedly punched the door, which hit the back of Khan’s chair. Khan asked Rhodes what she had done to him and Rhodes replied, “You did nothing.” He then cursed at her and kicked her in the leg, Brown said.
When another person tried to calm him down, Brown said Rhodes moved away from the door and Khan ran out of the office. Rhodes followed her, got down on his knees and began to bow down in imitation of a Muslim praying, shouted obscenities and .....
Jan 27, 2017, 4:05 am
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Jan 27, 2017, 4:30 am
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Jan 27, 2017, 5:41 am
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Here is a different article with the correct spelling or Worcester
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/26/n...tack.html?_r=0
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Jan 27, 2017, 6:54 am
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Such a shame... hope Delta comes down hard on this guy, fortunately the feds are charging him with a hate crime which believe it or not is still a crime in this country.
Jan 27, 2017, 7:09 am
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The Feds? I thought it was the (Queens) county prosecutor's office using state laws, not federal laws.
Jan 27, 2017, 7:14 am
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Now if only there was some type of wall we could put Mr. Rhodes behind that he wouldn't be able to get back to be a jerk.
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Jan 27, 2017, 8:30 am
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I'm not aware of how passengers at JFK can get to an employee office with a door. AFAIK all customer facing staff work at counters/desks except for the baggage service offices which are genuine offices at some airports, but a connecting passenger shouldn't be in the baggage claim area. IIRC Aruba flights do immigration and customs PreClearance, so the passenger shouldn't have been around the customs exit service area either.
ADDED: I see it occurred in a SC at JFK, but again I cannot picture an employee office in the lounge that a customer can access.
ADDED: I see it occurred in a SC at JFK, but again I cannot picture an employee office in the lounge that a customer can access.
Jan 27, 2017, 8:38 am
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I'm not aware of how passengers at JFK can get to an employee office with a door. AFAIK all customer facing staff work at counters/desks except for the baggage service offices which are genuine offices at some airports, but a connecting passenger shouldn't be in the baggage claim area. IIRC Aruba flights do immigration and customs PreClearance, so the passenger shouldn't have been around the customs exit service area either.
ADDED: I see it occurred in a SC at JFK, but again I cannot picture an employee office in the lounge that a customer can access.
ADDED: I see it occurred in a SC at JFK, but again I cannot picture an employee office in the lounge that a customer can access.
Jan 27, 2017, 8:43 am
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Perhaps, but how would he have seen the victim to be motivated to go to the office door? Do you think he just decided to roam around the staff areas in search of someone to attack? I wonder what her position was in the SC if she had an office back there.