Man Slaps Crying Baby on Plane, Hurls Racist Epithet at Him

I don't care who's funeral you are going to---if the baby's crying bothers you, ask for a seat change. Most people would accomadate you. And drinking is no excuse either. He needs to spend some time in jail---child abuse?

He's lucky it wasn't my child or a relative of mine. if it was , I would bre charged with murder. The s.o.b. should get his * kicked so high that he has * cheeks for shoulder blades.

you cannot leave a scratch it you slap someone with an open hand, ok he was drunk but he hit a child, now if he truly was distraught he should fess up and Apologize to these people... If he is a real man he will

You can if you have a aring on. An open slap with a ring would leave a scratch.

People are * stupid.

stupid man, shouldn't been drinking! hoped u learn your lesson, someone should have slapped u arcoss the face. ms.november

I would have jumped all over that man if he had hit my child. He was totally out of line.

Once I rode a plane and a man had a dog in his lap. I was the last passenger to board so I took the very last seat where the man was. So the dog farted 3 or 4 times. It was pretty bad, but I lived through it without cursing that man. Later it was a laughing matter. Babies cannot take the altitude with their ears. My son crawled under the seat it hurt so bad.

That man needs to grow up no matter what.

I think that they were on a 'plane' and not a 'plena'. Please, for those of us who are not professional reporters but who actually know how to spell, could you please try to run spellcheck on your articles before you publish?

First off, a very young child should never get on any commercial flight simply for the reasons that made it cry in the first place. I have experienced my ears popping from cabin pressure to the point that it gave me a severe headache. Now, to the man who slapped this child. It is right and just that he get jail time for assault. This poor child's only crime is that he was hurting and did what any 2 yr old does when hurting and thats to cry.

They gave him more liquor when he stunk of liquor. Why? Airlines is just as responsible just like a Bar that serves too much and person gets in an accident and hurts someone.

The man is an idiot. The only way hitting a child to make the child stop crying is if you hit the child so hard you knock him out or kill him. I hope he realizes this is an opportunity to look how his alcoholism is affecting his life in a negative way. He may not be an alcoholic, but he would have to admit that it certainly restricted his rational judgement and his actions were out of control.

Never hit a crying baby . . . . unless it's on a plane. Then it's OK

He needs to be locked up for more than assult! Being a mother...if ANYONE put their hands on my baby..I think I'd end up in jail myself.

Bastard should be shot.

Someone should have slapped the living s--t out of him

You never smack a little baby just because there crying. Some one should smack Handley across the face. And beat the * out of him and see how he likes it.

shoulda hit the mama

uhhh, bad writing... cabin pressure inside of a plane is constant... it's why your ears will pop more driving up a mountain than going thousands of feet in the air.

I think if I had been the mother I would have cold cocked him on the spot for hitting my child. I would have also brought charges against him.

No excuse what so ever for what he did..hate crime..!!!

good for him and the child the child's mom

Where was the air marshall during this? Handley needs to do prison time for this and I don't care about the relatives funeral as it's no justification for this type of act.

Jail is too good for him. I hope all the other pod members will introduce him to someone his size.

He would be in jail for a long long time! You don't hit children, and especially other people's children, jail is too good for him!

I think the airline should be held accountable as well. If they served him when he was "visibly intoxicated" should be accounted for. As for the passenger he's luck he was able to be arrested and taken off the plane. if I had been on that flight that guy would have been attending his own funeral.

"Hurls" a racist epithet??? Can the writer try make it this any worse than it is? Granted, what he did was wrong but he may have slapped the baby and called it a name but unless he screamed and ranted, etc.....he called it a name that may be offensive to some.

theywould have to get me off of him and land the plane

He is a moron and i will deal with him personnally

Why do drunks say that they had only one drink?

drunk or not,,you hit my child and your * is going to jail!!

There is nothing more distasteful than a drunk who would strike anyone of any age. The lowest of the low is a man who would hit a baby for crying from pain. My son, as an adult, had an eardrum burst on a flight and received sympathy from everyone aboard. This baby will not forget this flight. Too bad.

If I were the mother of the child, I would have been arrested because I would have openeda can of wup * on Joe Rickey.

Throw him in jail and let someone there slap him around.

I would have kicked his * .

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If he did this he needs a beat down. Headline should read aledgedly or accused of though. Media is so inept.

no one cares about how he felt,he knew when he boarded the plane he was on his way to a funeral. he needs to be in jail for a long time, that child is probably tramatised,which my last a long time,even leading up to needing theropy. its not fair to the child,everyone no 2yr olds do just that, ( CRY )

They would be arresting me if this happened to my child because I would have punched the idiot's lights out!!

too stupid to be believed. where are the adults in the US today folks? Is there nothing left but children still playing?

I dunno.

You think . . . maybe . . . his head was already - pounding - from having too much to drink ???

Then comes the cabin pressure.

Then comes the crying and (I am guessing) the complacent mother.

And . . . of cource . . . it all contributes to an unfortunate incident that should never have happened.

Thats sum BS!!! Somebody needs to slap his * !!!

If he had slapped my child, I would have placed my child in the seat, got up and beat the hell out of his racist * . He would really have needed another drink before he got to his relative's funeral. He would have been black and blue. Low down dog.

I would have kicked his *

I would have kicked his A$$

I'd have a hard time minding my business,I'm sure other Parents did too. I feel sorry for his or any kids that have the misfortune of being in his presence when something petty annoys him.I'm sorry he lost someone we all knw it hurts but we dont go slapping random noisy toddlers etc. for it.Irrate parents will slap you for it!But I live in Bmore,and we're not shy ;) RavensNation!

If the baby bother him that much he should have a one of the stewardress for assistant, yes he should have been arrested you do not go around hitting other people children, I don't care how distrauht you are.

dont be putting your hands on other peoples kids. thats wrong. no matter if you know the child or not, no child deserves to be slapped for crying. that could give a kid a complex to not cry anymore and keep it bottled up inside. kidds cry for a reason, they cant comunicate as well as adults. how would thtat man like it if it were his kid or grandkid getting slapped? might bother him, if he go slapping other kids.

OMG i can't believe what happened WOW! if it was my child i believe i would have caught a beat down charge

It is not a secret that children, sometimes adults, cry on airplanes due to cabin pressure.....One NEVER hits, or reprimands another's child....So sorry we still have to deal with name calling in this day and age....Mr. Handley is right where he belongs....Sobre up Mr. Handley and act like a mature adult or stay off of airplanes........

If you google the internet for related incidences of adults striking 2 year olds or toddlers, you will find they are charged with felony child abuse/cruelty/assault. But this time I think it different in the eyes of the law. You see this time the victim was black and the perpetrator white. Every Black man, woman, latino, latina, asian, middle easterner knows this is the TRUTH. Unfortunate has it is. I think I would have charged him with a felony. Violence against kids or ethnic woman, needs to stop!

Someone needs to give this guy a real real gooood talking to about what he did was despicable. Say, a really big black man needs to talk to him realllll good.

I have been on planes with crying babies, while it is disturbing, I always feel badly for the mother. For me there is not a punishment strong enough for Mr. Handley. Maybe tied to a chair in a room with a crying baby!

Assault upon a baby by a drunken stranger coupled with the fact that it was a hate crime should come with a stiff prison penalty short of death. This man is not a decent human being and should be removed for a definite period of time from a society that considers itself to be civilized.

Assault upon a baby by a drunken stranger coupled with the fact that it was a hate crime should come with a stiff prison penalty short of death. This man is not a decent human being and should be removed for a definite period of time from a society that considers itself to be civilized.

If that had been my child I would be beating his * right now

that is so bad 1 to slap a child then to call hin a n word .. hope he gets introuble

Tell me were the men on this plane to see this no good red neck put his hand on this baby how Could they let this happy without beating his *

I am so glad he got arrested and feel like the mother in this case should have smacked him. When you fly you cannot slap someone and make racist remarks and say you are drunk and whatever the reason its unexceptable also his lawyer said that these are different times just because you are a racist does not give you the right to slapp a child black or whatever color. I think he should be slapped everyday by random strangers.

I feel as though he should pay the alternate price for his actions. He was wrong to the 5 th Degree.

Cabin pressure can be very painful, especially if you have an ear infection (poor baby). I feel really sorry for the baby and mom who probably was complete taken away at this complete stranger even having the.....anyway there's no excuse for his actions at all, I hope the baby and mom is ok.

To all of you who say 'If it were my baby, I'd beat his *' you're no better than him.

That's okay about not being any better than him, but I'd felt better after I'd taken my foot out of his ANUS. If I were on that plane, I'd been on his * as is I were the parent....he would have no fronts because they'd been lodged in his essofagus! And you're no better than he is for saying that fool * .....

I am wondering why didn't this mother get up and put a beat down on this man who dared to think he had the right to touch her child. Had it been me they would have been needing an ambulance or worst, cause you don't touch my babies.