A boy kept kicking a Black girl’s seat on a plane. When a flight attendant intervened, his mother blamed the girl—and what the airline did next stunned everyone.
What began as an ordinary afternoon flight quickly transformed into a moment that exposed something far uglier than turbulence. American Airlines Flight 237 boarded quietly on a calm Thursday afternoon. Passengers settled into their seats with coffee cups, backpacks, tired smiles, and the usual small talk that fills airplane cabins before takeoff. Among them sat…