It has now been discovered that a chemical engineer who was fired from his job after being overheard using homophobic insults on an airline also uttered racist slurs before being pushed to the ground by onlookers.
Zachary Easterly was seen on camera cursing and screaming before being assaulted.
Zachary Easterly was later sacked from the British multinational pharmaceutical and biotechnology business GlaxoSmithKline for his behaviour.
The video, which first appeared on TMZ, shows Easterly screaming at other passengers and even playfully calling himself a racist since he “selected a black bag” as a white guy.
After making the joke that his suitcase is “a nicer bag than most of y’all can buy,” he goes on to label the other passengers “liberal f*****” and expresses the wish that they “wreck the f*****g aircraft.”
Before the video concludes, he boasts about working at GSK and announces his intention to resign “this week.”
GlaxoSmithKline dismissed Easterly, who at one point in the first video implied he was ‘a touch inebriated’, soon after the viral footage.
In a statement, GSK claimed: “We launched an inquiry right away, and as of Thursday, he has left the company.”
“The person’s remarks were abhorrent and do not reflect our corporate culture,” was the statement.
In addition, they said: “At GSK, diversity, equity, and inclusion are embraced and celebrated.
We are committed in policy, principle, and practise to upholding a culture that forbids discriminatory behaviour and offers equal opportunity to everyone.”
He may be seen getting off the same aircraft in Philadelphia in a subsequent video that TMZ found, chatting to a guy who seems to be a manager.
Easterly, however, is then heard yelling the N-word again at others close to him as he is led off the aircraft and back into the airport.
Easterly then boasts to the management that he is “10 times your IQ” before repeatedly using the racial epithet in front of black staff.
Eventually, news of what Easterly is doing spreads, and people begin to approach him. One of them warns him to mind what he says as Easterly threatens to “pull out my gun and shoot your f
I’ll slit your throat, *****g family, and
***k throat!
Easterly is soon tackled by another man, who hits and pins him to the ground before a third bystander joins in.
At one point, Easterly and two other guys fight while scuffling on the ground.
Shocked onlookers on the plane and in the terminal building recorded the shocking events and the man’s heinous abuse on camera.
Police in Philadelphia are looking into the matter but have not yet confirmed whether Easterly was arrested or not.