Originally Posted by
Ber2dca
I think the cops could probably have tried to be a bit gentler about it but at the same time, it just wouldn't happen to a normal person who acts in a normal, predictable fashion. That issue is totally divorced from the IDB and airline policy issue though.
IMO it was the cops who did not act in a normal, predictable fashion. Physically yanking a 69-year old man from a crowded aircraft and dragging him off the plane is NOT normal. Which is precisely why this story has made global headlines.