O'Hare Chicago International Airport Authority dismissed two policemen who dragged a doctor of Asian descent when boarding United Airlines with flight number 3411.
Earlier in April, a video was circulating showing a Vietnamese-American doctor was beaten and dragged from his seat by airport officers while flying from Chicago to Louisville.
Dr David Dao, the man in the video, was tortured and dragged for refusing to give his seat to United Airlines' on-duty cabin crew.
The video received widespread condemnation from around the world, and it has led to the perception that airline management is only targeting those of origin or Asian descent.
Lauren Huffman, deputy communications commissioner at the Department of Aviation, said the two airport police were fired for different reasons.
In the Department of Aviation's statement, as quoted from the Chicago Sun-Times, the officer used violence "in a condition that did not pose a threat".
The second officer was dismissed for not including the fact of the persecution in the report.
Before being fired, two unnamed officers were suspended for five days.
"We emphasize having taken a decision that ensures this incident will not happen in the future," Huffman said quoted by the Mirror.
In July, Chicago O'Hare Airport announced that any unrest at the airport would be handled by the local police, no longer the airport police.
Not only that. There will be a discourse that the word "police" will be deprived of their uniform, vehicle, or type of training.
Of course, the decision to dismiss both officers led to mixed reactions.
"Never once say the opposite of a video that has been watched by millions of people in the world," said Demetrio to the Mirror.
The contra opinion voiced by the International Workers Association 73, which houses 292 airport police in Chicago.
To the Chicago Sun-Times, they criticized the Chairman of the Aviation Commission, Ginger Evans, who blamed the airport police for "not understanding his own policies."
The Chicago City Councilor, Black Caucus, requested that the word "police" not be removed from them.
