Mother falsely accused of human trafficking

[@pierrotmus]

Whoever could not see the likeness between mother and daughter here is blind.

[@naikeemaknapper-po7op]

@pierrotmus I said the same thing the daughter looks just like her mother

[@WeirdWhiteRabbit]

Someone should find the Father and get his opinion 😐

[@pierrotmus]

@@WeirdWhiteRabbit parents don’t kidnap their own children even if there is custody dispute.

[@rodniegsm1575]

When is it incomprehensible for white people to understand somthing it always someone else who's the problem

[@soufside2065]

@@WeirdWhiteRabbitwhat father? 😂

[@WealthisoftheMind]

That little girl is BAWLING! She will never forget this moment.

[@CozumelTy]

Hurt my heart. Glad her mother is not standing for this!

[@eudaenomic]

The mother made it out to be bigger than it was.

[@mambi74]

@@eudaenomic The daughter should not have been there facing down multiple cops... it can be settled drama free with minor to no inconvenience to mom or daughter.

[@pep590]

We ALL never forget terrible things that happen. This stupid to the max, but not life altering.

[@wongpeoplekungfuassociatio8663]

The little girl looks just like her mother honestly. I know the color is different but they do look alike.

[@john-tomlinson]

This. It's bad enough to make assumptions just because a parent and child do not look similar. But those two look so much alike - the eyes, the hair, the smile. Someone must be seriously racist to not see that.

[@WeirdWhiteRabbit]

sure , their just the spitting image of each other , ill play along 😉

[@WeirdWhiteRabbit]

🤨 ofcourse, i believe that same thing 😉

[@xaymacaxaymaca]

​@@WeirdWhiteRabbitYou're blind. Please get your eyes checked out. A different skin tone does not mean that they don't look alike.

[@hillsane9262]

​@@WeirdWhiteRabbitthat forehesd is almost interchsngesble. Eres and other features are similar or you just see the color?

[@davestambaugh7282]

I am really amazed that it is just as obvious that the woman is her mother. The resemblance is almost uncanny.

[@kennethallen809]

This is Amerikkka Racist

[@josephhodges9819]

@@kennethallen809 Only racist claim everything is racist.

[@yusufmohamed259]

Except for their complexion which unfortunately is all some people can see as a mixed kid I know all to well how even in this day how mixed families get treated like when I was little and my mom who was white would get a lot of looks like she couldn’t be my mom or this look of utter shock when they learn I wasn’t adopted and she actually gave birth to me

[@mrsleep0000]

Those cheeks are IDENTICAL.

[@SuperMommav]

Not really 😂😂

[@hannahgwendollyn2365]

My husband is Mexican and this type of false accusation is a fear he’s expressed when he is alone in public with our biracial blonde haired, blue eyed son.

[@jillgarittagoatgirl-expose2759]

It shouldn't be a fear... It's a blessing that law enforcement is vigilant.

[@farragautemf]

Law enforcement tends to make 17 warning shots before asking questions.

[@Loyalty2myself]

That’s why it’s best to stick with your own race and stop with these biracial relationships

[@Milesco]

​@@farragautemf Delete the word "warning" and you'd be right.

[@margaritoamargo6347]

I worry about the same thing with my Wife and Daughters. My kids are much more white.

[@gshepherd6141]

apology nothing, hire a lawyer and sue em.

[@dxrulz4life]

Exacatively

[@Yontramal0424]

Exactly! F their apology. Its generic because they only apologize when they get called out. Then issue a BS statement about extensive employee training and we don’t condone this action our employees… and blah, blah , blah

[@cocochevelle]

The woman is spot on. She let it go but then when the Denver police called her 10 days later, it reignited the situation. If this is how they go about preventing child trafficking?... by using a flight attendant's judgement? Pffft .And it was a big fat fail. They screwed with an innocent person twice. Meanwhile the real traffickers are doing business as usual. Bravo!

[@thehellyousay]

what real traffickers are those, hmmm? trafficking in any human beings is very difficult in a modern industrial society, and doubly so if the commodity is children. if you really want to end human trafficking, let alone child trafficking, stop demonising trans and gay kids, maybe stop abusing and bullying them at home and at school. who knows, maybe they won't run away straight into the waiting arms of even worse predators than just the local pastor, the stepdad, the uncle, the bible belting mother, or the gym coach, yeah?

[@miked172]

Did Denver PD seriously call this woman back and ask about human trafficking? Jesus

[@DwayneABryan]

They're trained to look for cues/ signs that indicate trafficking.... But they are also trained NEVER to get involved.. You report and let the cops investigate.

[@Nightfighter82]

This happens to single dad's with their daughters all the time. Hotels are horrible about it.

[@cucublueberry8078]

To be fair... statistically there IS the real possibility of prostitution or something worse here...

[@SinSefia]

In that case, they probably should, just to be on the safe side, I mean considering what often happens to little girls with men. The situations are not exactly a 1 to 1 comparison.

[@NobodyHasToAgreeAllTheTime]

@@SinSefiaunless they have a valid reasons, ie a missing persons report, odd behavior NO. You can’t just summarily assume something about people like that with no basis

[@chelisue]

She looks just like her mom. WTF

[@justicewarrior4600]

Exactly! you can see her mother in her face features .

[@WeirdWhiteRabbit]

🤨

[@gooddaymba6641]

Karens won't mind their business.

[@soniablaire3254]

Airline personnel are told to look out for human smuggling especially children. What's wrong with you??? I'd be happy if someone wanted to verify that my child traveling with me is really mine if there was some suspicious behavior.

[@jillgarittagoatgirl-expose2759]

The only Karen I see is the mother🤷.

[@norshstephens2395]

​@@jillgarittagoatgirl-expose2759. And just how is she the problem?

[@WeirdWhiteRabbit]

🤣 pleeeeeaaaassseee .. these our TSA agents working for a ghetto airline.. Southwest... if you've ever traveled with southwest this its IMMEDIATELY apparent they take their "DiE" initiatives VERY serious...

[@justinmathis7707]

@@soniablaire3254I wouldn’t be

[@4catsnow]

Would have been interested in hearing the apology offered by the Southwest employee after the mother displayed the child's birth certificate...

[@danpress7745]

I suspect we all need to stop looking for child trafficking.

[@jillgarittagoatgirl-expose2759]

@@danpress7745 ... You're insane!

[@danpress7745]

@@jillgarittagoatgirl-expose2759 And, why do you say I'm insane?

[@jillgarittagoatgirl-expose2759]

@@danpress7745 ... Because child sex trafficking is a MAJOR problem worldwide...These disgusting individuals who exploit children are very slick and hide their crimes extremely well. It's much better to play it safe than be sorry.. Your statement blatantly said that everyone should stop being vigilant for these scumbag sex traffickers. That's insane!

[@danpress7745]

@@jillgarittagoatgirl-expose2759 Geeesssh Did you listen to the vid? my point exactly. The woman, traveling with a child, in the vid was complaining about being asked about A southwest employee questioning her about the child. I'd hope more airline employees questioned travelers with children.

[@kybble]

Reminds me once while sitting in Golden Corral restaurant with my 3 month old daughter. Another guest accused me of stealing a baby. My wife is Asian born in Asia I am black and American. At the time I was sitting with the baby while my wife was getting her food. Luckily other than the obvious color difference the baby looks more like me than the wife. Another guest in the restaurant chastised the accuser saying I look like my daughter. My wife missed the whole thing.

[@Karateka1973]

This situation was an epic fail on the flight attendants part. The mother and daughter went through the TSA screening, where their boarding passes were chacked against the mother's ID. If TSA didnt have an issue, then why did the flight attendant?

[@Hackshots68]

Unfortunately TSA miss the signs of human trafficking all day every day. The mother said the girl did talk to the attendant. Not allowing a child to speak is a sign were told to look for when identifying possible trafficking.

[@shawnt7289]

Just crazy, they could have talked to her and it would’ve been cleaned up immediately, with out the cops involved.

[@juliaweber212]

I agree

[@cocochevelle]

Exactly.

[@jamesm9513]

They did talk to her and cleared it up. This liberal was triggered by this and has filled her daughter s head full of fear.

[@shawnt7289]

@@jamesm9513yes , with the cops there and you’re the one triggered. If the flight attendant would have talked to them without the cops , the mother would have shown the birth certificate. In fact the fight attendant could done this quietly and not in front of her daughter, creating the theatrics. Those are the facts , so go back to watching Fox News .Just to add , because you were so triggered and missed it , they look a like in their facial features . This should have clued the flight attendant in.

[@jamesm9513]

@@shawnt7289 Why does it matter of the police are there if she did nothing wrong? This was literally a 5 minute interaction that this woman is making into a scandal. She was triggered by this. The way she has presented the world to her daughter caused her to have that reaction. Also, they are different races and to the casual observer do look different.

[@pandabearmadness6263]

They are adorable mother and daughter she really is a spitting image of her mother.

[@jillgarittagoatgirl-expose2759]

That's not the point 🙄

[@thefish8002]

Right on.

[@WeirdWhiteRabbit]

🤨 plz ppl, stop with this cringe cope.

[@unanuevapecula]

​@whitneyANDbunny what is wrong with you? did the therapist give you a hint?😵‍💫

[@hlongrider4303]

Their faces are very similar. They look like mother and daughter to me.

[@WeirdWhiteRabbit]

🤨 plz stop with this cringe cope.

[@NobodyHasToAgreeAllTheTime]

@@WeirdWhiteRabbityou’re up and down this comment section. I’m concerned.

[@savageopress8622]

How the hell do you get accused of trafficking a minor just because you told daughter not to talk to strangers

[@rl318]

They don't check ID's when people get on planes anymore, the airline and the police could have easily found out who this woman was and made a rational determination about what was going on.

[@juliaweber212]

Exactly

[@maj1013]

They do check IDs. I traveled to NY last September and they did to everyone

[@nicoleschultz7782]

They do, and soon they will not let you fly without a RealID.

[@pep590]

What ID does the child fly with?

[@hotmess9640]

They check MULTIPLE times

[@rr8960]

I had a similar experience coming in from Mexico with my child, only I’m white and she’s white but her dad is Italian, so she has his olive skin. I nearly had to go get her birth certificate to prove she was my daughter. While I understand the angst, it would be worse if she actually was being trafficked, and no one did a thing.

[@danpress7745]

sad that people can't get the child trafficking part.

[@pennydaytreasures8173]

Yeah I have mixed feelings about this. Even biological parents traffic their children so a birth certificate doesn’t mean it can’t happen. I think what is important here is to find out if the flight attendant lied as to the reason she felt the child might be in danger. Coming from a parent perspective I understand how upset this mom was, we always want to protect our children. I understand this was very traumatic for her daughter especially just coming from a funeral. I understand the first instinct is anger and feeling injustice. Yet I feel like the trauma of the situation could be mitigated by having a discussion on why it is so important adults do look for children who are vulnerable. Instead we are pushing back at reporting suspicions for fear of being wrong. Which ultimately will hurt the chances of a child being rescued. Now if the only reason the flight attendant chose to report was because of racial profiling that is wrong. So I hope an investigation is done. I have a friend who married a Korean man and her children are half white and half Korean. Her daughter has dark skin, dark hair and her son has a lighter olive skin with blond hair. When they were young the amount of people who randomly stopped her and asked her about her adoption was astounding. Perfect strangers assuming her child was adopted just because her skin was dark. People don’t understand genetics very well and let’s face it some people still don’t like seeing mixed races.

[@emem2863]

I think it's the way they handled it. Also, lots of people have mixed race children or children who don't have the same ethnic look as they do. The child's behavior seemed to be that of a child with a parent, not a stranger.

[@yusufmohamed259]

No because basing something like if someone is being trafficked based on their have different complexions is asinine how much potential human trafficking could they have missed because they were the same race oh your both the same colour that all checks out don’t you think that if someone were trying to smuggle people they would make sure their appearance ethnicity race whatever were as close as possible to avoid suspicion

[@ronniebots9225]

everytime i see this i am amazed. in my country the information of a minor child is recorded in their parents passport. Doesnt the US have this? This way if the information of the minor child in the parents passport matches the information on the childs passport, all doubt should be taken away.

[@FloeticEnigma]

I know several families who’ve adopted children of different races. Black husband and wife with white and mixed children; white husband and wife with Black and white children…. Like c’mon people. Families are mixed with all different races and colors. Let people be happy and love their families.

[@TheLastDamnGamer]

Imagine how we feel getting stopped saying we got a description lol

[@WeirdWhiteRabbit]

🥱

[@kparsa1]

Yeah Imagine being told we need to check your bags because you look middle eastern. The struggle is real.

[@fabianavalos1386]

Damned if you do. Damned if you don't

[@BiancaZombie]

It's better to be safe than sorry.

[@shadowkitewing]

This was my thought exactly, but I can understand the shock of the little girl and the mom but sadly people do traffic children and you never know who is being trafficked.

[@Tony-ex2rm]

@@BiancaZombie No. Unless you are a racist who has lives in a homogenous neighborhood and has never left it.

[@Pamela_Lopezs]

They did what they had to do, it's better to be cautious. The airline was right to question the woman.

[@Outlines]

Nah be honest nothing would have been brought up if they were the same race. This is just a case of racial profiling, nothing more.

[@RedsHitpostMedia]

Y'all never hear of interracial children? It almost sounds like racial profiling Sheesh Should we start carrying group pictures now?

[@ppumpkin3282]

Actually you should carry some ID, and a letter from the other parent allowing the travel. So the airline employee were looking out for traffickers. Is that a bad thing? Of course they look different. The same thing happened to me when I traveled to Central America, I was returning with my fifteen year old son. I am white, and my son is half hispanic. They sent me to some special customs officer to get checked out. I was laughing hysterically at the customs officer - I thought - check all you want. I thought it was funny because my 15 year old son was 6'2" 200 lbs, bigger than me, and the idea that I might be forcing him to do something against his will seemed ridiculous. I think my hysterical laughing confused her. I think this mother needs to get over her snit about profiling and be grateful that people are trying to stop trafickers. I am sure if she explained things to them she would have been ok. After all, that's what people who are looking for trafficked children do: they profile. The look for the circumstances that are more likely to trafficked children.

[@juliaweber212]

@@ppumpkin3282 wow

[@YoLo-sq8kq]

They're trying to help a little black girl and you're still complaining... can't ever plz u folks

[@khayeelwilson-el5370]

I know, right? 😵‍💫

[@TheCohesiveGarage]

me and my Filipino girlfriend just went through the same thing on a flight. This is out of hand.

[@longiusaescius2537]

Grandparent cry

[@PERK-30]

​@@longiusaescius2537 kek lmao

[@Troy211]

Her daughter looks just like her. She has every right to sue them.

[@aucklandsadventures]

Everybody is mad until Their Child gets abducted in broad daylight and Nobody Questions Anything….

[@episdosas9949]

Then they should ask every parent for their childs birth certifcate.

[@Surayya444]

@Long Live NRA kids? lol 😂 do you hear yourself. A lot of people don’t get an ID until much later than that little girl. Soooo 🤷🏽‍♀️

[@Surayya444]

Uhm. You must not understand how unfortunate this situation must have been for them. You have no idea about trafficking I presume.

[@Surayya444]

@Long Live NRA sureeeeee. “Everyone else is the idiot” 😉 . Not you. 😉

[@episdosas9949]

@Long Live NRA but they dont. And they dont require all people to show birth certificates. They did it because of the way they look. Thats exactly what racial profiling is.

[@josephgarden-kp3ki]

I suggest the mother daughter showed genuine signs of family stuff during the flight, but the attendant had a fixation about trafficking and were looking for different cues. Shame.

[@aperxmim]

defamation of character lawsuit sweetie, do not accept apologies go after their bank account

[@BobSmith-lb9nc]

Blatant racism, which the police should immediately have understood and dismissed -- allowing them to continue their flight.

[@TiredAmerican247]

So what’s racist? Learn the definition of a word before you openly use it dummy.

[@danpan001]

No racism in this case.

[@alexblazquez2277]

How is that racist? Police responded to a report and when they realized the truth they let her go

[@danpan001]

@@alexblazquez2277 for her she sees airlines =money

[@BobSmith-lb9nc]

@@danpan001 Yep. Keep telling yourself that, and you might even convince yourself.

[@espoespo3557]

I've seen a few videos like this over the past few years, I wonder why. I asked my mother about it, she said she never had anything like this happened to her. Most people just assumed we were adopted when we were in public. Unless she was with that 6'7" big black n!gga that's my father. Then they looked at her sideways.

[@johnoppus6101]

I'd rather have law enforcement do their job and try to track down human trafficking many times and catch the bad guys and every once in a while be wrong about it once in awhile because thousands of children are abducted and use as prostitutes and sex slaves good job law enforcement

[@alexcastro9424]

So you believe your feelings over ride others rights

[@alexcastro9424]

Since u are so concerned about the kids, do you support the right to choose? Seeing how the majority of sex trafficked people come from cps custody.

[@johnoppus6101]

What happens if this mother's child is abducted by someone else with the same color what would you do she will probably say law enforcement didn't do anything to help her so don't give me this b******* about you're a f****** opinions because you guys were full of b******* so if you got nothing good to say about that s*** do I go go you you tell yourself if your child gets abducted what would you do you would probably blame law enforcement for not doing enough so don't give me this

[@bslat10]

The Karen or Ken caused a gun to be brought to a White Woman and her Biracial Child.

[@bslat10]

Only a person with that Special Privilege doesn't find anything wrong with cops being called on people of color and a white parent. This is not the first time this has happened.

[@mar-k7104]

I was frustrated watching this but when I heard that poor little girl crying… 💔 not going to lie I teared up, she did not need that fear of getting in trouble or being separated from her mama, especially not right after her uncle died

[@ref6066]

Besides for her daughter being tan (black) and the mother being reddish beige (white) they look just alike, and anyone not caught up in the binary choices of race should plainly see the similarities.

[@deandresinclair]

Dang that's harsh even for someone who give false information.

[@nieshamccoy9419]

Unfortunately, this is not as uncommon as people might think. I read a story about a white grandmother who the police thought was being kidnapped by a young black man and did not realize that the young black kid was her grandson. The cop unfortunately racially profiled them.

[@faisalhs6493]

This is horrible. A child cannot be with her biological mother because the child's skin shade.

[@THEROLLERBOWLER2]

I'm sorry I see no family resemblance other than the bags under their eyes which I find kind of odd for a child and if the mother carries the daughter's birth certificate every time they travel she knows this may be a problem. Is it right that she has to do this no it isn't.

[@carl9729]

I flew on South Once and will never again. The airline operates like those in a third world country, I wouldn’t be surprised to see goats pigs and other farm animals on board a flight

[@TronTonics]

That little girl is adorable.. I understand both sides of this . But ya they should had made a public apology. God bless you two . 🙏

[@itsabovemenow1016]

What kills me is they need an “internal investigation” before they can apologize. The airline suits are planning damage control. Any apology written by a lawyer is no apology at all. It’s a cover your ass document.

[@IceRockPolar]

My son barely looks like me at all. He looks exactly like his mom. I often worry this may happen to me. If it did, I’d just pull out my phone and show photos from the time he was born in the hospital until now. Should I have to do that? No. Would I be offended? In the moment, yes. But I do kinda get it though….

[@Henry-sj1kl]

Exactlyyyyyyyy

[@Henry-sj1kl]

They were saying that the mom did not let the daughter speak.

[@annmarchiano5486]

i would be thankful someone was looking out for my kid. i rather go through that with my kid then have my kid taken without a look

[@MilesColeman-x7v]

Bullcrap

[@scee7492]

I can’t fathom the rage I’d feel as a parent having to deal with this shit. Sue the shit out of anyone and everyone involved. Especially the liars.

[@markwilliams6378]

Why are people so quick to judge

[@JoelLessing]

They literally look exactly the same.

[@mattseifman9534]

This was absolute profiling! What sort of signs could this flight attendant have seen? Mother wants to sit with daughter. The daughter shows no signs of distress so where's the red flag? Training has to be reviewed and improved

[@thehallhobbyfarmsusaandphi4457]

I dread the day when me and my fair-complected Asian daughter get racially profiled.

[@tonyansill3093]

I had a similar incident as a truck driver at a truck stop. My girlfriend at the time who was a woman of color and me a white male. They called the cops on us and accused me off kidnapping her despite the fact she did look in her 30. I caught on real quick to what was going on and asked the cops for the name of who did this so I could file racial discrimination charges against the person. As soon as they said no it confirmed my suspicion. I come from a multi racial family myself so I understand how this family feels.

[@antfr1993]

Even if they were suspicious of human trafficking, many people adopt kids of many different backgrounds.

[@kevinlemus9139]

So what if they stopped her...if she has nothing to hide she has nothing to worry about...her attorney just wants money...

[@jonathanjones3126]

Another money hungry karen

[@alexcastro9424]

I know who cares about her rights

[@harlock75]

@@alexcastro9424 What rights did they violate?

[@alexcastro9424]

@@harlock75 did they detain or stop her?

[@harlock75]

@@alexcastro9424 But what rights did they violate? They had a suspicion and talked to her, they did not arrest her.

[@nealrcn]

I am so very sorry this mother and daughter had to experience this. I am so happy people are so proactive in combating human trafficking.

[@RYNGIN]

Don't you have to show I.D. to fly. Disgusting!

[@efhjjfdth]

She's been waiting so long for a reason to feel oppressed.

[@evGai]

I know right

[@cheese1445]

what

[@jtomally9681sGamingChannel]

So, are you that flight attendant who doesn't know how to mind your own business?

[@West_Coast]

Human trafficking is a huge problem. I don't see why they should be so offended and not just clear things up. People like them who get all hurt over the situation is the reason real criminals get away clean.

[@alexcastro9424]

Its funny how you don't care about other people's rights. Keep that same energy when the shoe is on the other foot

[@alexcastro9424]

Most trafficked people come from cps, is that why the gop is against abortion? Are they ensuring a steady supply of victims

[@Tarheel13]

Really? 🤡

[@justinmathis7707]

Because she has nothing to do with that and shouldn’t have her life affected because other people do bad things

[@West_Coast]

@@alexcastro9424 It is essential to engage in open dialogue and seek clarity rather than reacting defensively. Misunderstandings can hinder efforts to combat this crime, allowing actual criminals to evade justice.

[@reachandler3655]

So, how would the mother feel if her child was in danger and everyone assumed it was mother and daughter, so no one questioned them? How about when suspicions are ignored for fear of being sued? I agree that they should have found a way to ask these questions that were less stressful for the child.

[@meatpopsicle1567]

And yet, if it had been an actual case of human trafficking, and the airline did not question it because "they didn't want to offend anyone or be accused of racism," they would have been damned for not "doing their jobs." Damned if you do, damned if you don't.

[@justinmathis7707]

But it wasn’t was it

[@meatpopsicle1567]

@@justinmathis7707 No. But if it was, and it was ignored because "we don't want to hurt anyone's feelings or be called racists," well, read my comment above.

[@roberthoppock5349]

omg it's not 1960 sad this stuff still happens

[@Loveexpressionmachine]

Oh, give me a break. What if the kid was trafficked ? This is no win situation for southwest airline.

[@jurisram1]

Agreed. However, I detect a mission creep by Southwest Air to want to be air police. Stop. We got enough.

[@justinmathis7707]

They weren’t trafficked

[@glennbrymer4065]

Ive given up flying. The airlines are out of wack. Cant trust them anymore.

[@j.h.6081]

It's funny how the excuses made by Southwest make the airline look worse. I would think that most moms would want or demand to sit with their children, especially when they're actually children. It also seems weird that the airline would care whether a grown woman decides to talk or not during her flight.

[@najaradio645]

A distraction from real issues of human trafficking. Leave real families alone and go after the real trafficking.

[@Surayya444]

Exactly! They’re to scared to get the real ones though.

[@angiewang4530]

I'm noticing this is happening a lot with southwest airlines.

[@nicholerubes2959]

For the record. A real human trafficer would not sit with a kid of a different race. They match kids to people of similiar colors so that the adults could pass as parents. And would do seemly normal parenting ques that are double meaning. Look up body languge of children. Are they relax? Do they constutely glance up to the face of the adult whenever they move? What words do they use around this person? Is it causal familiar? Or strict formal? Thats how you tell. Practice in americia people watching. And you be able in time to spot the difference

[@JoelLessing]

This kind of thing will stop when the damages are serious money. She should get a $1Billion award. Anything less is play money and airlines won’t take it seriously.

[@pushslice]

was she really accused? airline staff & police seem to have just been suspicious, and responding to suspicion. Accusation is another level entirely. Human trafficking is real & vicious nowadays, I tend to give some benefit of the doubt when those in position to 'see something, say something' do that exactly.

[@moonshoes11]

What was suspicious? Their skin color?

[@jasonbertalotto2355]

@@moonshoes11 Behavior and vibes

[@Iys67]

@@moonshoes11 I read that they exchanged seat, didn't talk to each other the whole time, etc before people being suspicious.

[@higher_pwr8178]

@@moonshoes11White mother black daughter😊

[@jfm14]

​@@jasonbertalotto2355 ...which they allegedly lied about.

[@shrimboi8909]

There's a lot of that trafficking going on so better be wrong than do nothing at all.

[@52blocksfederation83]

It’s a thin line and unfortunate.

[@ppumpkin3282]

So the airline employee were looking out for traffickers. Is that a bad thing? Of course they look different. The same thing happened to me when I traveled to Central America, I was returning with my fifteen year old son. I am white, and my son is half hispanic. They sent me to some special customs officer to get checked out. I was laughing hysterically at the customs officer - I thought - check all you want. I thought it was funny because my 15 year old son was 6'2" 200 lbs, bigger than me, and the idea that I might be forcing him to do something against his will seemed ridiculous. I think my hysterical laughing confused her. I think this mother needs to get over her snit about profiling and be grateful that people are trying to stop trafickers. I am sure if she explained things to them she would have been ok. After all, that's what people who are looking for trafficked children do: they profile. The look for the circumstances that are more likely to trafficked children.

[@Amandabrown83]

What the heck is wrong with these ppl at the airline. They need to be sued for this. The flight attendant nerds to be fired.

[@caitlankelly4367]

I think it’s better to speak up and be wrong, than not speak up at all.

[@jillk8291]

I have several good friends with biracial children and I feel for the mom and especially for her little girl. SW should apologize to them especially because this situation is probably less likely to happen if the parent and child have similar skin tones. BUT the issue of human trafficking can't be taken lightly and sometimes, we need to see the bigger picture and think, not of our own feelings, but how the actions of the crew might save the life of someone else's child. We should all keep in mind that the crew was only trying to protect a child.

[@jasonparkinson7621]

True.

[@lifeonleo1074]

There are many children that are traficked like this all the time. Many times you just have to go on your intutition. This will have a cooling effect, next time even if a flight attendant has suspicions she will just keep it to herself, why bother if you are wrong you could lose everything.

[@soniablaire3254]

Human smuggling business is bigger than drugs or guns smuggling. People should be happy that someone wanted to verify the child was hers. If I was a mother, I'd be grateful. Instead, they turn this into racism. Unbelievable. However, I'm willing to bet that if the child was traveling with a "white" kidnapper, the mother would be outraged that no one stopped to question the relationship between a white person and a black child.

[@educationalramblings6826]

Or maybe next time she’ll just go up and be friendly….. and the conversation will tell you a lot

[@lifeonleo1074]

@@educationalramblings6826 The conversation will tell you a lot exactly how, the child will say she is being traficked, or you will question tge child and if she does not talk then what? At the end of the day these things come down to your gut call, intuition. You don't have any hard evidence but something seems off. At the end of the day you have to make that Call or not, and if I will lose everything for being wrong, then I am not making that call and a child may or may not be traficked for life.

[@john-tomlinson]

"Many times you just have to go on your intutition." The intuition of someone who cannot even see how much those two look like each other is seriously messed up. I don't want untrained people using their "intuition" to call cops on me. It's not right.

[@gothgrrl8711]

Papers please.

[@Iys67]

I am actually surprised the mother was upset when people looked after children, including her daughter.

[@mandalor-8315]

What Karen reported that BS smh

[@keashawilburn1994]

And as you should. How will they feel if someone made there child cry and scared at the same time for nothing just sadd.

[@jamesm9513]

They were not yelling or had their weapons drawn. These liberals had a meltdown being asked simple questions.

[@keashawilburn1994]

@@jamesm9513 shouldn't never ask her nothing like that in the 1st place. That's called judging and alot of people got a habit of doing it.

[@keashawilburn1994]

It's not about if they weapons was drawn or yelling. It's about consideration. And respect

[@keashawilburn1994]

You never want to do things to people that you don't want done to you.

[@jamesm9513]

@@keashawilburn1994 So you would rather have children trafficked and abused instead of police/officials following up on reports? They were being very respectful on the edited clip that was presented to us.

[@DavidDiaz-so5kj]

see something say something. That's what we tell people. Trafficing is serious. While this is really not a great experience for them we err on the side of catching really really REALLY bad people doing horrible things. I get it, my sibling and I didnt look like we had the same parents as kids. Im sure we would have been flagged.

[@jillgarittagoatgirl-expose2759]

@ David Diaz.....THANK YOU!!👍...You have to ask yourself what's worse.... Offending an innocent person by mistake, or allowing a REAL child trafficker to get away...I would rather take my chances and offend someone..But that's just me 🤷... Child trafficking is much more rampant than people would like to believe..

[@educationalramblings6826]

How about go up and say hello and have a conversation with the person

[@danpress7745]

Sad that people cant get the trafficking part.

[@justinmathis7707]

They had nothing to do with human trafficking and shouldn’t have there lives affected because of other people

[@ChristophProbst]

I'm sure Southwest deals with mixed families all the time. The issue wasn't that they looked different - it was how the mother was acting. Not speaking to a child on the trip and not allowing the child to speak is odd. The flight attendant wanted to play it safe. The mother should be grateful that if her daughter was stolen one day, that these flight attendants are looking out for her.

[@user9b2]

Should have simply requested for clarification respectfully and the whole drama would have been avoided.

[@khayeelwilson-el5370]

I don’t know how in the hell they couldn’t see that this child looks exactly like her mother! Smh!

[@bgyd6687]

Omg that's horrible!!!

[@CytoplasmicGoo]

I get both sides while profiling is a serious matter we can't discount that human trafficking is a real thing. If we punish the airlines and employees we are training them to ignore suspicious behavior that might be actual human trafficking or other serious crimes. A child held against their will maybe right under nose of an attendant and they will do nothing because they don't want to be wrong and be crucified for it.

[@nieshamccoy9419]

Well, as the lawyer in the video said. It comes down to better training instead of coming across as assuming.

[@thecopycat7153]

Southwest just earned it self a major lawsuit big time.

[@justhere4721]

Telling your kid not to talk to strangers is suspicious behavior?

[@khayeelwilson-el5370]

Exactly!

[@smhunney8266]

"Thought" they were "acting suspicious". Simple question would have fixed all of that. Attendants engage in conversation with people on the flights all the time. Just look at their eyebrows

[@Matthew-n3c2c]

Around this time a close friend of mine worked for them as a flight attendant, she left a year later because they wanted them to look for things that they never trained her to do. I volunteer at a summer event that happens at my church, they fully train us on different things to notice. Never have I once did something like this and I'm sure you know why, because once again I'm trained

[@Outlines]

Please file a lawsuit

[@rusharley2080]

Hey, I am glad the police are trying to stop traffickers. Where is this child's father? Lol, nevermind.

[@user-fy3ez8pw1v]

I mean with what is going on you can never be to safe

[@constantinvaldor3742]

it's too safe. and only in America these things happen.

[@SC-ge4mg]

Southwest is fuckin up all over the place.

[@randomwhatifguy]

How more messed up is this world going to get?

[@donfinstad1685]

Authorities are damned if they do, damned if they don't.

[@TheLastDamnGamer]

Well we gotta be sure these days I get stopped all the time I don’t call a news channel about it.

[@Arz2003]

Hope she sue tf out of Southwest Airlines

[@higher_pwr8178]

The unknown is more frightening. Luckily, it ended when it did.

[@briandalchand4787]

What the hell? A birth certificate does not mean that the lady is her mother? Do they think that the mother ever had to go to court with this child? What the hell?

[@jc8373]

Simply appalling!

[@jamesrobinson8768]

Wait? Southwest Airlines is asked to identify human traffickers to ease the job of, Federal Air Marshal Service 🤓

[@v.a.993]

No. They airlines teach their employees to be alert and on the lookout for possible human trafficking, which appropriate and noble. A year or so ago a flight attendant recognized what she believed to be suspect behavior and thwarted a child trafficking situation. If the woman was acting strange, in addition to instructing her child not to speak to the fight attendants during service etc, then it will raise suspicion.

[@erichenry386]

Oh quack. She just wants to sue

[@alexcastro9424]

I know who cares if she has flied with her child many times with no incident. Hey don't they print names on the tickets and verify who you are before you board the plane

[@Ja_Mes]

Shut up there’s no reason why they should’ve went through that prick

[@kekesb]

Where’s the full video lol I want to see what happen 🤷🏾‍♀️

[@bataremerson1970]

Be glad they do that. Occasionally they save a child. To be honest it is hard to see the mom and daughter resemblance. Just saying

[@marinearenaswimmingpools5320]

they don't have to resemble, just like you don't resemble your father you yourself..

[@davidmccoley6522]

What about all the adopted children, how are they going to pass your id skills. I'm just saying, pull your head out first before commenting.

[@lifeonleo1074]

@@davidmccoley6522 So what you want a situation where someone that is suspicious does not say anything, do you know how many kids are traficked this way, give the benefit of the doubt.

[@Alexandra-xt1vf]

What made anyone think she was human trafficking her daughter?