Internet trolls United Airlines with creative memes in response to forceful flier removal


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  • Tuesday, 11 Apr 2017

The internet trolled United Airlines hard after a video of a passenger being forcefully removed from his seat appeared online. © Twitter/Reflog_18

The Internet is having a field day with the shocking incident of a passenger forcefully dragged off an overbooked United Airlines flight, posting creative memes about the incident that has gone viral and caused an uproar. 

Viral video footage captured by fellow passengers of a man being violently dragged out of his seat, striking his head against the armrest across the aisle and busting open his lip after he refused to deplane caused outrage on social media platforms. Following new images of the man's bloodied face and United Airline's tepid response to the incident, the furore shows no sign of abating. 

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