Video released: Terrell Davis handcuffed, removed from United flight

DENVER ( KDVR ) – After former Broncos player Terrell Davis was handcuffed and taken off a United Airlines flight in front of his family, Davis’ attorneys released a video of the “traumatizing experience.”

The video shows an FBI agent along with another enforcement officer taking Davis off the flight while the rest of the passengers were still onboard. It appears Davis goes willingly in the video.

Davis’s attorney, Parker Stinar, said he plans to file a lawsuit on behalf of the family in the next couple of weeks.

Stinar said Davis and his wife know they have a platform and other people who experience social injustices do not.

“Now they are in a situation to show their children that when something wrong takes place, you stand up against it,” Stinar said.

Terrell Davis speaks about United’s ‘deplorable treatment’

In mid-July, Davis posted on Instagram about his experience on a United flight from Denver to Orange County, California, with his wife, two sons and daughter.

Davis said that during the flight, his son asked the flight attendant for some ice. After the attendant didn’t hear his son, Davis said he tapped the attendant, which is when the attendant shouted “Don’t hit me.”

Davis said when the plane landed, the pilot asked everyone to remain seated. Then, six FBI and law enforcement officers boarded the plane and put Davis in handcuffs without an explanation.

The video is captured on the player above.

“The traumatizing experience of my two sons, daughter, and my wife watching me being placed in handcuffs – without due process or explanation – cannot be undone,” said Davis in his Instagram post.

Later, Davis said the agents determined that the attendant was inaccurate and the agents apologized to Davis.

United provided FOX31 with the following statement:

“This is clearly not the kind of travel experience we strive to provide, and we have reached out to Mr. Davis’s team to apologize. We have removed the flight attendant from duty while we closely review this matter.”

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