UNITED AIRLINES PASSENGER DAVID DAO WAS VIOLENT

Newly released police reports say David Dao, the Kentucky doctor who was violently removed from his seat on a United Airlines plane, was flailing his arms and verbally abusive toward officers before he lost his balance and struck his face on an armrest.

The reports from Chicago’s aviation police, released in response to a Freedom of Information Act request filed by the Los Angeles Times and other news organizations, appear to contradict videos of the April 9 incident taken by passengers and widely circulated on social media and in news reports.

The incident, which sparked worldwide furor and led to several apologies from United CEO Oscar Munoz and a promise to overhaul overbooking procedures, began when Dao refused to give up his seat after the airline decided to eject four people from the aircraft so that crew members could fly to Louisville in order to staff another flight.