Originally Posted by
demkr
The passenger was screeching and (likely) injured himself in the struggle.
Yeah his face might even have damaged the plane when he hit the plane with it.
I imagine the decision to forcibly remove was made by the officers, not United. The GA did let him back on
If the GA decided to let him back on, it shows that it wasn't a situation that required calling law enforcement, let alone dragging him out.
If I call my thugs in to drag you out, and the thugs through stupidity and over inflated opinions of their own authority and how much you should be respecting it, bash your head in by accident, I am not blameless. Both me, and the thugs, share blame for your head getting bashed in.
The whole knee jerk "need to comply with orders or else they deserve it when their heads get bashed in" is silly.