IN HANDCUFFS IN FRONT OF HIS FAMILY. HE’S SPEAKING TO OUR
YASMINE VERY
YASMIN VOSSOUGHIAN.
.
>> Reporter: TERRELL
DAVIS DEMANDING
ACCOUNTABILITY AFTER
HE WAS HANDCUFFED AND
REMOVED FROM A UNITED
AIRLINE FLIGHT.
>> MY SON POLITELY
ASKED, EXCUSE ME, MAY
I PLEASE HAVE A CUP OF
ICE AND PUT MY HAND UP
LIKE AND HE DIDN’T SEE
IT.
SO I REACHED AND
TAPPED HIM ON HIS
SHOULDER AND THAT’S
WHEN HE SWUNG BACK AND
SAID, DON’T HIT ME AND
I -- I’M A LITTLE
CONFUSED.
I DIDN’T HIT YOU.
>> Reporter: THE
BRONCOS LEGEND
TRAVELING TO
CALIFORNIA WITH HIS
WIFE AND THREE KIDS
WHEN THEY LANDED, HE
SAID.
THE PILOT ASKED ALL
PASSENGERS TO REMAIN
SEATED.
THEN ACCORDING TO
DAVIS, SIX FBI AND LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS
BOARD THE PLANE.
>> THEY COME RIGHT
TOWARDS ME AND AT THAT
POINT MY MIND IS,
LIKE, WHAT THE HECK IS
GOING ON?
I’M IN SHOCK THAT THIS
GUY IS ACTUALLY
PUTTING HANDCUFFS ON
ME.
>> Reporter: HIS THREE
CHILDREN WERE LOOKING
ON.
>> I WAS POWERLESS.
I COULDN’T DO
ANYTHING.
>> OUR KIDS WERE
HELPLESS.
YOU KNOW, IT WAS THE
ABSOLUTE MOST
HORRIFYING EXPERIENCE
OF MY LIFE.
>> Reporter: DAVIS
SAID HE WAS QUESTIONED
FOR WHAT FELT LIKE 45
MINUTES.
>> THEY APOLOGIZED.
TALKED ABOUT HOW THIS
WAS NOT WHAT THEY HAD
GOTTEN, YOU KNOW,
REPORTED.
>> Reporter: THE FBI
TELLING NBC NEWS THEIR
AGENTS WERE RESPONDING
TO A REPORT OF A
VIOLENT ASSAULT.
>> DID YOU FEEL AS IF
YOU WERE RACIALLY
PROFILED ON THAT
FLIGHT ATTENDANT.
>> YEAH, I FELT LIKE
THAT PLAYED A ROLE.
>> Reporter: UNITED
AIRLINES SAID IN A
STATEMENT IT HAS
REMOVED THE FLIGHT
ATTENDANT FROM DUTY
WHILE IT INVESTIGATES.
THIS IS CLEARLY NOT
THE KIND OF TRAVEL
EXPERIENCE WE STRIVE
TO PROVIDE AND WE HAVE
REACHED OUT TO
MR. DAVIS’ TEAM TO
APOLOGIZE.
BUT TERRELL AND TAMIKO
DAVIS SAY THEY’RE LEFT
TRYING TO HELP THEIR
KIDS PROCESS.
>> UNFORTUNATELY,
BECAUSE OF THE
BEAUTIFUL COLOR OF
YOUR SKIN, YOUR
EXPERIENCES IN THIS
WORLD ARE GOING TO BE
DIFFERENT, AND,
UNFORTUNATELY, AT 13,
11 AND 9, YOU’VE HAD
AN EXPERIENCE.
>> TERRELL, IF THE
FLIGHT ATTENDANT WAS
SITTING IN THE SEAT
I’M IN RIGHT NOW, WHAT
WOULD YOU SAY TO HIM?
>> I WOULD WANT TO
KNOW WHY, WHY WOULD
YOU WANT TO RUIN A
MAN’S LIFE LIKE THAT
AND I WANT HIM TO
ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS
IN FRONT OF MY
CHILDREN, LIKE, LOOK
THEM IN THE EYES AND
TELL THEM WHY THEY