(Check out the replies to this tweet) https://t.co/9rrThiOvL0
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) April 11, 2017
Oh boy…
David Dao, the Elizabethtown doctor yanked from United flight, has troubled past in Kentucky https://t.co/aFZLaExbmm
— Courier Journal (@courierjournal) April 11, 2017
From the Courier-Journal:
Dao, who went to medical school in Vietnam in the 1970s before moving to the U.S., was working as a pulmonologist in Elizabethtown when he was arrested in 2003 and eventually convicted of drug-related offenses after an undercover investigation, according to documents filed with the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure last June. The documents allege that he was involved in fraudulent prescriptions for controlled substances and was sexually involved with a patient who used to work for his practice and assisted police in building a case against him.
Dao was convicted of multiple felony counts of obtaining drugs by fraud or deceit in November 2004 and was placed on five years of supervised probation in January 2005. He surrendered his medical license the next month.
The author of the piece, Morgan Watkins, had asked for help getting Dr. Dao’s “side of the story” on Monday:
If anyone knows who the man on this #United flight was, please let me know. Hoping to reach out to him to get his side of the story. https://t.co/pHevS3FHDQ
— Morgan Watkins (@morganwatkins26) April 10, 2017
Well, this really wasn’t “his side of the story,” was it?
This is pretty shitty, @courierjournal. Has absolutely nothing to do with the United incident. Who decided to print this? https://t.co/u7T9eDl3WU
— PeytonsHead (Retired) (@BigHeadBS) April 11, 2017
When getting "his side of the story" means "I'm going to dig into his past to prove he deserves to be bloodied."https://t.co/0GQr6S2JaQ https://t.co/aTkzHD1eOn
— Esther Lee (@EstherYuHsiLee) April 11, 2017
https://twitter.com/ebruenig/status/851798944237670402
https://twitter.com/allisonkilkenny/status/851795410624688129
1. This is not breaking.
2. This does not excuse the way he was treated.
3. Why do news organizations always feel the impulse to do this? https://t.co/3tmoBMeIgC— Yaya Dubin (@JADubin5) April 11, 2017
TMZ added that Dr. Dao became a professional poker player after his medical license was suspended:
United Airlines Doctor David Dao Also Killed In World Series of Poker https://t.co/zGV2izG384 via @TMZ_Sports
— Anthony Dominic (@alloveranthony) April 11, 2017
As far as Dr. Dao’s past goes, the majority sentiment seems to be that it has nothing to do with United’s conduct (and rightfully so):
He was convicted of a felony in 2004. That has no relevance to the outrageous way United and the cops treated him https://t.co/iI3hxnXIQH
— Michael David Smith (@MichaelDavSmith) April 11, 2017
https://twitter.com/BroderickGreer/status/851796659570868225
Dude got No Angel'd with the swiftness https://t.co/Om2VwQdU64
— doesn't matter (@lukeoneil47) April 11, 2017
https://twitter.com/huahsu/status/851799347096412160
The founder of one of the papers that make up your paper's name was a pro-slavery, pro-Confederacy bigot if you want to talk dirty laundry https://t.co/Qk3p99lmvK
— Kyle Neubeck (@KyleNeubeck) April 11, 2017
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