Los Angeles mom accused of trafficking daughter by Southwest Airlines sues company

Mary MacCarthy, left, filed a lawsuit against Southwest Airlines on Thursday, accusing the airline of racially profiling her and her biracial daughter. Los Angeles resident Mary MacCarthy and her daughter were already grieving and in shock when police stopped them on the jet bridge causeway between their airplane and the exiting gate at Denver International Airport in fall 2021. MacCarthy’s 46-year-old bother, Michael, had unexpectedly died the day earlier, and the mother and daughter were flying to be with family in Denver when police informed her that the airline contacted...