A shirt suggesting journalists be lynched was reportedly allowed on a United flight

United Airlines reportedly allowed a man wearing a T-shirt suggesting that journalists should be lynched fly aboard one of its planes.

• The incident happened Oct. 11, 2019 on a flight from Los Angeles to Boston.
• Two passengers reportedly complained to the flight crew about the shirt.
• The shirt in question had  “Rope. Tree. Journalist. Some Assembly Required.” on the back.
• One of those passengers was asked to disembark to discuss the issue with a United operations supervisor.
• The supervisor reportedly said that the airline couldn’t do anything about the shirt and offered to rebook the complaining passenger on different flight.
• United did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

My brother is on a @united flight from LA to Boston and saw this guy boarding with a shirt that reads “Rope. Tree. Journalist. Some assembly required.” #thread pic.twitter.com/MWy5HnDxzI

— Jessica Sidman (@jsidman) October 11, 2019

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