Originally Posted by
ursine1
It doesn't. But I believe the (misguided) comment was in regards to the WN FA telling other passengers not to record anything, not to the actual incident itself.
While the "optics" may be bad, Southwest is entirely within it's legal rights to prohibit video recording in it's aircraft.
Also the person who recorded the incident also advocated for the parent, which could easily be construed as interfering with the flight crew.