Smash Boy Report post Posted June 22, 2011 NWS image... http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/crime/...?entry_id=91446 Six days before a college football player was arrested at San Francisco International Airport in a dispute that began when a US Airways employee asked him to pull up his sagging pants, a man who was wearing little but women's undergarments was allowed to fly the airline, a US Airways spokeswoman conceded Tuesday. A photo of the scantily clad man was provided to The Chronicle by Jill Tarlow, a passenger on the June 9 flight from Fort Lauderdale, Fla., to Phoenix. Tarlow said other passengers had complained to airline workers before the plane boarded, but that employees had ignored those complaints. US Airways spokeswoman Valerie Wunder confirmed she'd received the photo before last week's incident in San Francisco and had spoken to Tarlow, but said employees had been correct not to ask the man to cover himself. "We don't have a dress code policy," Wunder said. "Obviously, if their private parts are exposed, that's not appropriate. ... So if they're not exposing their private parts, they're allowed to fly." So, does that mean Deshon Marman, the University of New Mexico player yanked from an Albuquerque-bound flight June 15 at SFO, was displaying his private parts when his pajama pants sagged to mid-thigh level? Wunder declined to comment on the incident directly. Police have said only that Marman's boxer shorts were exposed, and his attorney said surveillance video would prove Marman's skin had not been visible. Police arrested Marman, 20, who grew up in San Francisco, after he allegedly refused an US Airways employee's request to pull up his pants to keep his underwear from showing. Marman's later refusal to comply with the pilot's orders to get up from his seat led to his arrest on suspicion of trespassing, battery and resisting arrest, police said. The San Mateo County district attorney has not determined whether he will charge Marman. Marman's attorney, Joe O'Sullivan, said his client had been stereotyped by US Airways as a thug, and that the airline was guilty of racial discrimination for asking Marman to adjust his clothes. Marman is African American. "It just shows the hypocrisy involved," O'Sullivan said after he viewed the photo of the cross-dressing passenger. "They let a drag queen board a flight and welcomed him with open arms. Employees didn't ask him to cover up. He didn't have to talk to the pilot. They didn't try to remove him from the plane -- and many people would find his attire repugnant." O'Sullivan added, "A white man is allowed to fly in underwear without question, but my client was asked to pull up his pajama pants because they hung below his waist." Tarlow, 40, who was returning home to Phoenix after helping her mother move, said she had been shocked when she noticed the older man in blue underwear and black stockings standing in the Fort Lauderdale terminal. Tarlow said the man had obliged when she asked to take his photo. "No one would believe me if I didn't take his picture," Tarlow said. "It was unbelievable. ... And he loved it. He posed for me." Wunder reiterated the airline's stance that Marman had not been removed from the US Airways flight last week because of his clothing, but because he had failed to comply with an employee's request. "The root of the matter is, if you don't comply with the captain's requests," Wunder said, "the captain has the right to handle the issue because it's one of safety." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRANSAMERA Report post Posted June 22, 2011 Made me think of Roy and the flamingo pic Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Assman Report post Posted June 22, 2011 Things that make you say WTF!?!??! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lambo91 Report post Posted June 22, 2011 Made me think of Roy and the flamingo pic Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ascari_2 Report post Posted June 22, 2011 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jpegs13 Report post Posted June 22, 2011 Allan? Allan? Is that you? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NRG x Lambo Report post Posted June 22, 2011 WTF Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Report post Posted June 22, 2011 Y'all know Im not one to scream racism.... BUT... San Francisco- Young Black guy is wearing his pants like a lot of young, (and marginally retarded) black men do . He gets kicked off U.S. Airways and arrested. Old White guy (who is probably gay in the city full of them) wears crotchless panties, and all of a sudden "U.S. Airways doesnt have a dress code." fcuk that shit.... Arrest both of them.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eurofan Report post Posted June 23, 2011 The old gay guy dresses that way everytime he flies. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lambolp400s Report post Posted June 23, 2011 I have seen a lot of strange shit in my line of work, and when you meet things like this, by people not officially mentally ill, you start to wonder if they don't care about reactions from and towards their family and near ones? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Report post Posted June 23, 2011 I have seen a lot of strange shit in my line of work, and when you meet things like this, by people not officially mentally ill, you start to wonder if they don't care about reactions from and towards their family and near ones? Hes an attention whore... A lot of gay men are... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerplop Report post Posted June 23, 2011 Lol. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WheelsRCool Report post Posted June 23, 2011 The man grew up in San Francisco, so no explanation needed! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smash Boy Report post Posted June 23, 2011 The man grew up in San Francisco, so no explanation needed! Where does it say that or that it took place in SFO? Read it again, this happened on a FL to AZ flight!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Report post Posted June 23, 2011 Where does it say that or that it took place in SFO? Read it again, this happened on a FL to AZ flight!!! I misread that as well.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
UTCOBRAS Report post Posted June 24, 2011 My buddy commutes to Arizona weekly on US Air and this guy sat next to him in first class. It was around Christmas and the dude was sporting a baby tee that said "Santa's Bitch" and high heels and short shorts with a choke chain necklace. I guess it is his M.O. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rouleur Report post Posted June 24, 2011 Well since the majority of flight attendants, these days it seems, are gay they likely let it fly...so to speak. This is bullshit of the highest order. What is this world coming to? I mean seriously, stop this fucker, I want off (stolen from RD many many moons and threads ago!) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Assman Report post Posted June 24, 2011 The man grew up in San Francisco, so no explanation needed! I'm going to SF this weekend, during the height of Pride. I plan on getting drunk and mooning everyone from my penthouse suite. No I'm not gay, my sister in law has graduation this weekend and the graduation committee decided on this great weekend to have it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Report post Posted June 24, 2011 I'm going to SF this weekend, during the height of Pride. I plan on getting drunk and mooning everyone from my penthouse suite. That's like waving a chocolate bar outside a weight watchers meeting. You better be careful.... You could go from the Gasman to the Assman! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rouleur Report post Posted June 24, 2011 I'm going to SF this weekend, during the height of Pride. I plan on getting drunk and mooning everyone from my penthouse suite. No I'm not gay, my sister in law has graduation this weekend and the graduation committee decided on this great weekend to have it. Raj, that could be like waving a red flag in front of a bull. You might get a horn in your ass. Good luck though, we are all behind you in a manner of speaking... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Assman Report post Posted June 24, 2011 The funny part was someone thought it might be nice to have brunch Sunday in the Castro. Yeah, no. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACKBULL Report post Posted June 25, 2011 Wasis?????? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smash Boy Report post Posted June 25, 2011 The funny part was someone thought it might be nice to have brunch Sunday in the Castro. Yeah, no. I once had to trek there late night with a chick with a gay sister just so I could hook up.....she left me to go to the bathroom and it was a very uncomfortable few minutes!! The cliche "SF is gay" gets tiring, but Castro is undeniably gay. I remember seeing a documentary that mentioned a certain cross street with Castro as the "gayest corner" in America. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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