BOSTON - Khothi lamilandu lamilandu lidathetsa mphotho ya oweruza a $400,000 kwa munthu wobadwa ku Portugal yemwe adasumira American Airlines Inc., ponena kuti adachotsedwa mundege chifukwa cha tsankho.
Khoti Loona za Apilo la ku U.S. ku Boston linasiya mphoto kwa John Cerqueira, wazaka 40, ndipo linadzudzula Woweruza Wachigawo cha U.S. William G. Young chifukwa chosathetsa madandaulowo.
"Palibe oweruza ophunzitsidwa bwino omwe angabweze chigamulo chotsutsana ndi woyendetsa ndege," Woweruza Wadera Sandra Lynch adalemba mu chigamulo chomwe chinaperekedwa Lachinayi.
Pansi pa Air Transportation Security Act, oweruza atatu adagamula kuti, onyamula amaloledwa kuthamangitsa okwera omwe angakhale "otetezeka ku chitetezo." Chifukwa chakuti ogwira ntchito m’sitimayo ayenera kusankha mwamsanga nkhani zoterezi, linati, “ngakhale zosankha zolakwika zimatetezedwa malinga ngati sizikungokhalira kuchita zinthu mopondereza kapena mosasamala.”
Cerqueira, nzika yaku America yobadwira ku Portugal, adachotsedwa paulendo wa Disembala 2003 kupita ku Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Pamodzi ndi amuna awiri aku Israeli omwe adakhala pamzere wake.
Pa suti yake, Cerqueira, katswiri wa zamakompyuta, ananena kuti ogwira ntchito m’ndege ananena kuti iyeyo ndi woika moyo pachiswe chifukwa “mtundu wake ndi maonekedwe ake n’zofanana ndi a anthu a ku Arabia, ku Middle East, kapena ku South Asia.”
Apolisi a State pambuyo pake adatsimikiza kuti atatuwa sanali owopseza chitetezo, koma ndegeyo sinawalole kukweranso. Cerqueira adafotokozedwa kuti ndi wodana ndi wogwira ntchito m'ndege.
Khothi Lachigawo la ku United States linapereka chigamulo chake mu January 2007, kupereka $130,000 pa chiwongoladzanja cholipiridwa ndi $270,000 pa chiwonongeko.
A David Godkin, loya wa Cerqueira, adauza Boston Herald kuti angachite apilo. Michael Fitzhugh, loya wa ndege, anakana kuyankhapo.
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ZOMWE MUNGACHITE PA NKHANIYI:
- In his suit, Cerqueira, a computer consultant, claimed flight personnel cited him as a security risk because “his color and physical appearance is similar to that of individuals who are Arab, Middle Eastern, or South Asian.
- Cerqueira, a naturalized American citizen who was born in Portugal, was removed from the December 2003 flight to Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
- Court of Appeals in Boston vacated an award to John Cerqueira, 40, and criticized U.
