Man Slaps 19-month old on Delta Flight and Calls Him The N-Word

[RyFo18]

Joe Rickey Hundley, AGC Aerospace & Defense ex-worker, turns himself in after Delta flight debacle
Posted: 02/20/2013

By: CNN Staff
An Idaho man accused of uttering a racial slur and slapping a crying 19-month-old boy on a Delta Air Lines flight turned himself in to authorities Tuesday.

Joe Rickey Hundley of Hayden, Idaho, surrendered in that state, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office in Atlanta. He was charged with assaulting a minor, stemming from a February 8 incident aboard the Delta flight to Atlanta.

Hundley was released on bail.

His attorney, Marcia Shein, has said her client is being unfairly portrayed.

"This has escalated into a racist issue and I want to be clear he is not a racist," Shein said.

She also said that Hundley is dealing with unspecified issues.

According to documents filed in U.S. District Court in Atlanta last week, the boy's mother, Jessica Bennett, 33, of Minnesota and her son were seated in Row 28, Seat B on Delta Flight 721 that originated in Minneapolis.

She spent part of the flight in the rear of the plane to get away from Hundley, who she said smelled like alcohol and was slurring his speech, according to John Thompson, the attorney for the child's family.

As the plane began its descent into Atlanta, the boy began to cry because of the altitude change and his mother tried to soothe him.

Hundley, who was seated next to the mother and son, allegedly told her to "shut that (N-word) baby up."

Hundley then turned around and slapped the child in the face with an open hand, which caused him to scream even louder, an FBI affidavit said.

The boy suffered a scratch below his right eye.

Other passengers on the plane assisted Bennett, and one of them heard the slur and witnessed the alleged assault, the affidavit said.

Shein said that even if her client did use the slur, it does not make him a racist.

CNN's MaryLynn Ryan, Ric Ward and Michael Martinez contributed to this report.

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[Garcia Bronco]

This is how ****ed up we are....

The guy slapped a baby and we're really concerned about what he said when he did.

I don't want to be on this planet anymore.

[KChiefer]

Originally Posted by Garcia Bronco

This is how ****ed up we are....

The guy slapped a baby and we're really concerned about what he said when he did.

I don't want to be on this planet anymore.

So they should just omit the n-word part of the story???

[Garcia Bronco]

Originally Posted by KChiefer

So they should just omit the n-word part of the story???

the whole article is framed around it. It's not what's important.

[saphojunkie]

Originally Posted by Garcia Bronco

the whole article is framed around it. It's not what's important.

Oh just shut the **** up.

It is absolutely part of the story and a major one.

Here:

Originally Posted by Garcia Bronco

Not all of us racists hit babies! Don't lump us together!

There. Fixed it for you.

[Garcia Bronco]

Originally Posted by saphojunkie

Oh just shut the **** up.

It is absolutely part of the story and a major one.

Here:



There. Fixed it for you.

Please don't every do that again. I don't mind if its funny, that's not funny. If you want to shit talk me, cool. That's part of the membership, but making it look like I posted that is not cool.

[KChiefer]

Originally Posted by Garcia Bronco

the whole article is framed around it. It's not what's important.

Reads like they treat the slur and slap hand-in-hand. The only person framing it into a (non)racial issue is the defendant's attorney.

[Garcia Bronco]

Originally Posted by KChiefer

Reads like they treat the slur and slap hand-in-hand. The only person framing it into a (non)racial issue is the defendant's attorney.

Yeah. I guess you're right. Ultimately, I am floored that someone would do that.

[Chief_For_Life58]

Originally Posted by Garcia Bronco

Broncos have the worst fan base in the entire nfl and we all like to touch penis.

youre right man all you bronco fans really do suck

[CoMoChief]

Originally Posted by KChiefer

So they should just omit the n-word part of the story???

you're missing his point

guess which part the media is going to talk about more....the slap or the racial slur.

[RyFo18]

Originally Posted by CoMoChief

you're missing his point

guess which part the media is going to talk about more....the slap or the racial slur.

I just searched for the guys name in Google News, and none of the titles even mention that he said the N-word.

[saphojunkie]

Originally Posted by CoMoChief

you're missing his point

guess which part the media is going to talk about more....the slap or the racial slur.

Then the guy should slap a cracker baby. Everyone who is complaining that race is a part of this story or chalks it up as media sensationalism is, in my not so humble opinion, a racist. Either closet, or otherwise.

[ClevelandBronco]

Originally Posted by saphojunkie

Then the guy should slap a cracker baby. Everyone who is complaining that race is a part of this story or chalks it up as media sensationalism is, in my not so humble opinion, a racist. Either closet, or otherwise.

Damned straight, brother.

So why the Patrick Ewing avatar?

[chiefzilla1501]

Originally Posted by Garcia Bronco

This is how ****ed up we are....

The guy slapped a baby and we're really concerned about what he said when he did.

I don't want to be on this planet anymore.

Did this really happen? I don't know how anybody can look at any piece of the story and not think this guy is an absolute monster.

Oh and one year max for prison? Are you ****ing kidding me? This isn't simple assault. This is child abuse.

[KC native]

Originally Posted by Garcia Bronco

This is how ****ed up we are....

The guy slapped a baby and we're really concerned about what he said when he did.

I don't want to be on this planet anymore.

Eat a bullet then. Quit being a pussy.