Passenger kicked off Delta flight for going to bathroom during runway delay

Hamilton returned to his seat, but made a decision to eventually use the restroom as the delay continued.

With the delayed flight on the tarmac, Kima Hamilton of Milwaukee got out of his seat to quickly use the bathroom. She took to social media to defend a man she didn't know.

The statement read, "Our flight crews are extensively trained to ensure the safety and security of all our customers. It is imperative that passengers comply with crew instructions during all phases of flight, especially at the critical points of takeoff and landing", it read. Hamilton refused to leave.

The flight took off from Atlanta and was en route to Milwaukee. The plane was pretty full.

A Delta passenger was reportedly forced to get off a plane after an "urgent" trip to the restroom during a 30 minute-tarmac delay.

"We weren't taking off".

Rosolino said all the passengers were ultimately removed from the plane before they could board again.

"I have done nothing", Hamilton is heard saying, before another passenger was heard agreeing there was no need to boot him from the aircraft. "We were still. The plane isn't moving", he said.

"I don't understand why I have to get off this plane though, I mean, I had to use the restroom?" I had to pee.

However the flight attendants refused to allow him his request and he returned to his seat. So he sat back down, but the urgency grew stronger. However, when a half-hour went by, Hamilton said it was an emergency.

"The pilot came on and said, 'Ladies and gentlemen, I'm sorry for the inconvenience but we have to return to the gate and remove a passenger, '" Hamilton explained to Milwaukee's Journal Sentinel.

"It escalated to that point that fast".

Another Delta employee came in and asked Hamilton to leave. When Hamilton asked why, the employee told him he had to leave and they would discuss it "outside". Soon everyone was escorted off the plane.

Hamilton continues: "I'm not really clear". He thinks that saved him from getting arrested for causing a disturbance or interfering with the flight. He said Delta grounded him and he was forced to buy a ticket on another airline at three times the price to get back to his family in Milwaukee.

A man trying to get home to Milwaukee on a Delta Airlines flight was kicked off after an emergency run to the bathroom, reports CBS Milwaukee affiliate WDJT-TV.

Hamilton said he was feeling the micro-aggression he sometimes experiences as a 6-foot-3 black man with dreadlocks.

On April 18, Rosolino was on her way home with her husband and baby.

Krista Rosolino then wrote about the incident in a lengthy "open letter" to the airline that she posted online.

Other passengers were sympathetic toward Hamilton.