High-Flying Assault: Passenger Slaps Baby On Plane And Tells Mum To “Shut That Ni**er Baby Up”

Slapping another passenger on an airplane is bad.

But when that passenger is a baby it’s even worse.

Then, as if that wasn’t enough, we’ll throw in a racial slur just in case you haven’t offended everybody yet.

Website The Smoking Gun has a copy of the court affidavit, written by an FBI agent, regarding an incident on board a flight from Minneapolis to Atlanta.

The 60-year-old male passenger, Joe Rickey Hundley, became so upset with a crying child seated next to him on the plane that he allegedly told the mother to “shut that ni**er baby up,” and then slapped the child across the face.

The child’s mother told the FBI that her son had begun crying as the plane began its descent. She attempted to calm the child, but couldn’t. This is when the alleged assault occurred.

A male passenger on the plane told the FBI that he heard derogatory language coming from further back in the plane. He says he got up out of his seat to investigate and witnessed the baby being slapped.

Joe Rickey Hundley is the president of an aircraft parts manufacturer.

However, the passenger has said that he didn’t strike the child nor did he use any racial slurs. He did admit to asking the mother to “quiet the child.” He also says he was not intoxicated and only had one alcoholic drink during the flight.

The mother of the child counters this man’s claims of sobriety, saying that he “reeked of alcohol” when boarding the plane and was “stumbling around wasted.” She also says he consumed several double vodkas during the short flight.

The male passenger has been charged with simple assault.