{"id":1992604,"date":"2023-08-06T17:53:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-06T21:53:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/southwest-faces-a-federal-lawsuit-after-mother-accused-of-trafficking-multiracial-daughter\/"},"modified":"2023-08-06T17:54:56","modified_gmt":"2023-08-06T21:54:56","slug":"southwest-faces-a-federal-lawsuit-after-mother-accused-of-trafficking-multiracial-daughter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/southwest-faces-a-federal-lawsuit-after-mother-accused-of-trafficking-multiracial-daughter\/","title":{"rendered":"Southwest sued over alleged multiracial child trafficking."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsouthwest-faces-a-federal-lawsuit-after-mother-accused-of-trafficking-multiracial-daughter%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1992604&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>A Mother&#8217;s Fight Against Racial Discrimination: Southwest Airlines Faces \u200cLawsuit<\/h2>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nascar-great-jimmie-johnson-loses-3-family-members-in-bone-chilling-tragedy\/\" title=\"Jimmie Johnson, NASCAR legend, loses 3 family members in tragic incident.\">heart-wrenching incident unfolded<\/a> in October 2021 when Mary\u200d MacCarthy, a white mother, and her \u200dmultiracial daughter were accused of trafficking \u2062by Southwest Airlines employees. Now, MacCarthy\u2063 has taken a stand and filed a racial discrimination lawsuit \u200cagainst the company.<\/p>\n<p>MacCarthy and her 10-year-old daughter were on their way \u2064to Denver\u200c from Los Angeles to\u200b attend a funeral when they \u2064faced\u2063 an \u2062unexpected\u200c ordeal upon landing.\u200d A flight attendant&#8217;s suspicion of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/southwest-faces-a-federal-lawsuit-after-mother-accused-of-trafficking-multiracial-daughter\/\" title=\"Southwest sued over alleged multiracial child trafficking.\">potential human trafficking led<\/a> to a confrontation with police officers.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;The only basis \u2062for the Southwest employee\u2019s call was\u2064 the belief that Ms. MacCarthy\u2019s\u2062 daughter could not possibly be \u2064her daughter because\u2063 she is \u2062a biracial \u2063child.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-art-dealer-served-jail-time-and-allegedly-defrauded-investor\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden Art Dealer Served Jail Time and Allegedly Defrauded Investor\">federal court filing<\/a>, MacCarthy asserts that\u200c the flight attendant&#8217;s suspicion was rooted in a &#8220;racist assumption about a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/from-poverty-to-politics-missouri-moms-memoir-adds-working-class-perspective-to-trump-era-gop\/\" title=\"From Poverty To Politics, Missouri Mom\u2019s Memoir Adds Working-Class Perspective To Trump-Era GOP\">mixed-race family<\/a>.&#8221; She emphasizes that there was no basis to believe she was trafficking her \u200ddaughter.<\/p>\n<p>As MacCarthy and \u2063her daughter walked\u200d down the jet bridge, they were pulled aside \u200bfor questioning by \u2063the police, causing immense distress. The complaint \u2064highlights the emotional toll inflicted by Southwest Airlines&#8217; alleged display \u200cof\u2063 blatant racism.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;After significant questioning, during which Ms. MacCarthy\u2019s daughter began\u2064 to break down in tears, Ms. MacCarthy was\u200b eventually allowed to leave by the officers, but \u2064not before this display\u200d of blatant racism by Southwest Airlines caused Ms. MacCarthy and her daughter extreme emotional distress.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>A police report, previously released, revealed that the flight attendant expressed concern because the mother and daughter did not talk during the flight. However, MacCarthy denies\u2064 this\u200d claim, stating that \u200cher daughter was \u2062listening to\u2062 an audiobook and that they did communicate during the trip.<\/p>\n<p>Southwest \u2063Airlines has declined to comment on the pending litigation, stating, &#8220;We don&#8217;t\u2062 have anything\u200c to add right now on this\u2064 pending litigation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In subsequent interviews, MacCarthy revealed that she now\u200d carries her daughter&#8217;s \u2062birth \u200dcertificate with her to avoid \u2063similar incidents in the\u200c future.<\/p>\n<p>The\u2062 lawsuit seeks a jury trial, attorney costs and\u200b fees, and damages to be determined during the trial.<\/p>\n<p>The Washington Examiner has \u200dreached \u2063out to Southwest Airlines for a response.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A white mother has filed a racial discrimination lawsuit against Southwest Airlines after employees accused her of trafficking her multiracial daughter in Oct. 2021. 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