Minnesota woman says 2-year-old son slapped by stranger on plane
MINNEAPOLIS - The Minneapolis mother of a boy allegedly slapped by a passenger aboard an Atlanta-bound flight says the toddler has now become apprehensive of strangers.
Jessica Bennett told authorities that Joe Hundley slapped her two-year-old boy in the face and called him a racial slur when the child was crying on a flight from Minneapolis on Feb. 8.
In a statement provided to KARE-TV, Bennett says the family has a lot of questions about how the 60-year-old passenger could get so out of control.
She says it's caused emotional trauma to the entire family.
Hundley faces a federal charge of simple assault. Hundley's lawyer has said he will plead not guilty.
