Terrell Davis says he was handcuffed after the flight in a ‘traumatizing’ incident

According to his statement, Davis “tapped the gas station attendant lightly on the arm” to get his attention and ask him again for the cup of ice.

Davis claimed the flight attendant responded, “Don’t hit me!” and walked to the front where he left his beverage cart. Davis wrote that he was confused by the flight attendant’s behavior, but took it as “rude and obviously wrong” when he accused me of hitting him. Davis said he had no further contact with the flight attendant for the rest of the flight. But once on the ground, according to Davis’ testimony, the pilot instructed passengers to remain seated while six FBI agents and police officers boarded the plane.

Davis said agents and local authorities went to his seat, handcuffed him without explanation and removed him from the plane while his wife and children watched and “several” passengers filmed the incident but remained silent.

“I was – and still am – humiliated, ashamed, powerless and angry,” Davis wrote on social media, adding that federal agents and local authorities determined during their interview that the guard’s allegations were “false.” The agents, Davis said, “profusely apologized” and offered to support Davis and his family “in any way possible.”

“I refuse to stand idly by and denounce this disgusting injustice and deplorable treatment by United Airlines,” Davis added. “…These lies and the events that followed have the potential to damage the reputation I have built over decades, and this individual should not be able to do this to anyone in the future.”

In his statement on social media, Davis said he had not heard from United Airlines and called for a “thorough and proper investigation” of the flight attendant.

United said an investigation was already underway.

“This is clearly not the type of travel experience we aim to provide and we have reached out to Mr. Davis’ team to apologize,” the airline said in a statement through its press team. “We have removed the flight attendant from duty while we closely investigate this matter.”

Davis hired Parker Stinar of the Chicago-based law firm Stinar Gould Grieco & Hensley to handle the matter.

“What happened on a United Airlines flight involving Mr. Davis is horrific and disturbing to say the least,” Stinar said in a statement to the Post. “We plan to conduct a full investigation into the events and are in active communication with United Airlines regarding this matter. Mr. Davis’ testimony speaks for itself and we all agree that no one should be subjected to this type of injustice and humiliation, especially in front of their children and wife.”