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>> reporter: passengers were horrified as they watched three chicago airport police officers board the plane and yank the man from his seat. police say the man hit his head on the arm rest. you could see the blood flowing from his mouth as he was pulled down the aisle. >> this is wrong. >> my god, look what you did to him. >> reporter: witnesses say the flight crew was trying to free up seats for united airlines personnel. >> once they dragged the guy off, subsequently the united employees come on the plane. other passengers were just berating the employees saying you should be embarrassed to ...

Saying things like you should be ashamed of yourself. you should be embarrassed to work for this company. >> in a statement united said the flight, quote, was overbooked. normally when this occurs, passengers are asked to voluntarily give up their seats for compensation, and the situation is resolved. however, this was not the case on sunday night's flight, and united was forced into an involuntary de-boarding situation. perhaps the compensation was not good enough. the airline didn't get all the volunteers needed, so its computers picked which passenger to kick off. families and unaccompanied...

United said the floight, quote, was overbooked. normally when this occurs passengers are asked to voluntarily give up their seats for compensation and the situation was resolved. however this was not the case on sunday night's flight and united was forced into an involuntary deboarding situation. perhaps the compensation was not good enough. the airline didn't get all the volunteers it needed so its computers picked which passenger to kick off. families and unaccompanied minors were given priority to keep their seats. it's unclear what the offer was, but passenger rights activists says the air...