Fri, Jun 17, 2011
UNM Football Player Was Traveling Back To School Following The
Funeral Of A Friend
The sartorial choices of a University of New Mexico Football
Player getting on a US Airways flight in San Francisco not only got
the 20-year-old African American kicked off the plane ... they
landed him in jail.
The pants Deshon Marman was wearing for a trip back to
Albuquerque after attending the funeral of a high-school friend in
San Francisco were described by the aircrew as "below his buttocks,
but above his knees," and his boxers were on display for all to
see. According to an Associated Press report in the San
Francisco Chronicle, an airline employee asked him to pull up
his pants, but after some discussion about the issue, Marman was
asked to leave the plane and the police were called.
The chief of police said it took about "15 to 20 minutes" to get
Marman off the plane. NBC affiliate KNTV reports that Marman told
his mother that he eventually did pull up his pants after he got to
his seat, but by then it was too late.
Marman was charged with trespassing, battery, and resisting
arrest. The was taken to the San Mateo County jail in Redwood
City.
His mother is calling for an apology, and says the record should
be expunged. She says her son was profiled because he is a "big,
tall, light-skinned black boy with dreadlocks" who got on the plane
wearing baggy pants.
In a statement, US Airways said "(t)he passenger refused to
comply with instructions, so the captain exercised his right to
make a citizen's arrest after passenger refused to deplane." US
Airways says its dress code for travelers is simply attire that is
appropriate and unoffensive to other passengers.
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