Marine Corps veteran kicked off Delta Air Lines flight over ‘threatening’ shirt

A Marine Corps veteran was forced to deplane a Delta Air Lines flight at San Francisco International Airport last Wednesday, October 16 after a flight attendant took issue with their shirt.

Catherine Banks had just settled into her seat on the plane when a flight attendant informed her she would need to get off the plane because the shirt she was wearing was “threatening.”
Banks, a Marine Corps veteran, complied, though she said it wasn’t until she reached the jet bridge that she learned why she had to get off the plane.

“He said that shirt you’re wearing is threatening,” Banks said. “I said, ‘Are you kidding me? I’m a Marine Corps vet. I’m going to see my Marine sister. I’ve been in the Marine Corps for 22 years and worked for the Air Force for 15 years. I’m going to visit her.’ He said, ‘I don’t care about your service, and I don’t care about her service. The only way you’re going to get back on the plane is if you take it off right now.’”

The shirt in question read: “Do not give in to the war within. End veteran suicide.”