
High-Flying Profiling: Portuguese-born US Citizen Wins First Legal Victory in Racial Profiling Case since 9/11
A Boston jury has awarded $400,000 to a Portuguese-born US citizen in what is being described as the first legal victory in an airline racial profiling case since 9/11. John Cerqueira was removed from an American Airlines flight at Boston's Logan Airport in 2003 along with two Israeli passengers who were seated next to him. All three were held by state police, interrogated for two hours, and then denied further service by American Airlines.
Ref. https://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/01/18/1623215