This seems all so similar to the usual profiling that goes along after an incident that involves someone darker of skin. "He's a known prankster, how do we know he wasn't pranking" sounds all to similar to "he's a known thug, he looked like was up to no good"
To me the waves from likely the same people that told the staff about shows where their intent was. The "he's no angel" fallacy needs to go away.
The "no angel" thing stems from racists (or people with biases) trying to justify extreme actions by saying the victim had done some bad stuff in the past and so they could have done bad stuff at the time they were victimized. For example "well he stole some cigarettes so who knows WHAT he could have done" after a man is shot by the police in an unrelated incident.
However, Saleh was thrown off the plane while filming one of his Pranks. The flight attendants were made aware that he was filming a prank, and the people on the plane didn't want to do with his bullshit. Those of us who were skeptical of the initial claims had every reason to be because he had multiple videos on his YouTube channel showing him pulling pranks on planes trying to get kicked off.
Further, he's also been known to lie about his pranks. Specifically one prank involving a plane. So, when you put the pieces of the puzzle together it's hard to believe him, not because we're trying to justify the behavior of Delta...
But because it seems like he's a fucking liar.
Don't try to conflate actual problems in critical thinking ("no angel" fallacy) with people being rightfully skeptical about this tool. Use your brain.
