Chemical engineer hurls N-word and gets tackled to ground after being kicked off for homophobic rant
A chemical engineer who lost his job after being caught yelling homophobic slurs on an airplane has now been found to have used racial slurs prior to getting in a fight.
Zachary Easterly, who was fired from British multinational pharmaceutical and biotechnology company GlaxoSmithKline for his actions, was seen on video from Tuesday.
The clip, which originally surfaced on TMZ, shows Easterly on the plane yelling at his fellow passengers and even jokingly exclaiming that he’s racist because he’s ‘a white man that picked a black bag.’
He then proceeds to joke that his bag is ‘a better bag than most of y’all can afford’ before calling everyone else on the flight a ‘liberal f****t’ and hopes they ‘crash the f**king plane’.
Before the video ends, he brags about his employment at GSK and says he’s going to quit ‘this week’.
In the original viral video, Easterly is on the plane yelling at his fellow passengers and even jokingly exclaiming that he’s racist because he’s ‘a white man that picked a black bag.’
He then proceeds to joke that his bag is ‘a better bag than most of y’all can afford’ before calling everyone else on the flight a ‘liberal f****t’ and hopes they ‘crash the f**king plane’
Before the video ends, he brags about his employment at GSK and says he’s going to quit ‘this week’.
GSK put out a statement, saying of Easterly: ‘We immediately conducted an investigation and as of Thursday, he is no longer employed at GSK. The person’s remarks were reprehensible and do not reflect our company culture’
Easterly slowly being led off the plane, as he continues complaining and yelling profanity-laced tirades at his fellow passengers
GlaxoSmithKline fired Easterly, who at one point in the initial video suggested he was ‘a little intoxicated’, shortly after the viral video.
GSK put out a statement, saying: ‘We immediately conducted an investigation and as of Thursday, he is no longer employed at GSK. The person’s remarks were reprehensible and do not reflect our company culture.’
They added: ‘At GSK, diversity, equity and inclusion is embraced and celebrated and we are committed in policy, principle and practice to maintaining an environment which prohibits discriminatory behavior and provides equal opportunity for all persons.’
A later video uncovered by TMZ shows him being taken off of the same plane in Philadelphia he was kicked off for the homophobic invective and speaking to a man who says he’s a manager.
Easterly then tells the manager he’s got ’10 times your IQ’ before calling out the slur multiple times in front of black employees.
Eventually, people start to get word of what Easterly is doing and start to confront him, with one telling him to watch his mouth as Easterly says both that he’ll ‘put out my pistol and kill your f**king family’ and ‘I’ll slit your f**king throat!’
Easterly didn’t do that, and then a fight broke out. At one point, two men brawl with Easterly and they pin him to the ground.
Philadelphia police have not confirmed whether Easterly was arrested or not, but they are investigating.