Sorry, I don't understand all the people on this thread that think that force was excessive to remove the man from his seat. Once HE let the situation escalate by failing to follow instructions and get off the plane when a 1st, 2nd & finally 3rd LEO/Security person had to come on the plane, what did he think was going to happen.

He was going to be removed if he didn't voluntarily get up & it appears that is was explained to him multiple times. The only "rough" part in the video seemed to be having to pull him over the seat rest and it looked reasonable to me once the decision to use force was made. After that he went limp like you see protesters do on TV all the time when they are taken into custody. How is this "abusive" behavior?

He was definitely a "victim" of the Contract of Carriage and the need for the IDB situation, but he was not a "victim" of Security. Highly doubt any Legal action on his part will result in judgement in his favor. Sure, they might pay a settlement before it goes to trial (to make it go away), but highly doubt a judge would rule in the plaintiff's favor in a court of law when all the facts are accounted for. Thank God our Court system isn't Twitter. There would be daily executions