Originally Posted by
ND76
The issue here is that the police got in the middle of a civil contract dispute, and sided with one party over the other, which they had no right to do. The passenger had a property right in enforcing his contract to be flown to SDF. The police violated the civil rights of the passenger under color of state law, which is a violation of the federal Civil Rights Act.
Next time, UA/Republic need to get a private plane to transport their crew members.
That's total and complete nonsense. At the worst he has a claim against the LEO for abuse of force, but the LEO's have every right to remove him as he was clearly a case of Disorderly Conduct, whether fair or not.