Family Asked To Leave Southwest Flight After Tweet
Jul 31, 2014, 1:58 pm
#316
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Threat of false arrest /other unwarranted PD involvement? Did GA violate CO law?
Excerpt from article at
http://abcnews.go.com/US/family-boot...ry?id=24685645
Watson was then approached by a flight attendant, who refused to tell him the reason for the broadcast, but said: “You need to exit the aircraft immediately.”
“So I walked by the people who we just walked by to get to our seats,” Watson said.
Watson then ran into the same gate agent he had tweeted about.
“She [the agent] said I was a safety threat,” Watson said. “I was shocked. There was no use of profanity, there were no threats made. How was I a safety threat?”
Watson said the agent threatened to call the cops if he didn’t delete the tweet that included her first name and initial of last name.
It appears that it WAS the same GA that engaged the pax.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/family-boot...ry?id=24685645
Watson was then approached by a flight attendant, who refused to tell him the reason for the broadcast, but said: “You need to exit the aircraft immediately.”
“So I walked by the people who we just walked by to get to our seats,” Watson said.
Watson then ran into the same gate agent he had tweeted about.
“She [the agent] said I was a safety threat,” Watson said. “I was shocked. There was no use of profanity, there were no threats made. How was I a safety threat?”
Watson said the agent threatened to call the cops if he didn’t delete the tweet that included her first name and initial of last name.
It appears that it WAS the same GA that engaged the pax.
Anyone familiar with CO law?
It seems as though someone in a position of 'federally-granted authority' (such as the GA is) threatening to call the police in this situation may have violated some law(s) herself.
Jul 31, 2014, 2:49 pm
#317
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Don't see what the threat conceivably was except for getting Kimberly S identified publicly.
Seems as though Kimberly S of the WN DEN staff is a lot better known after all this that she would been had she just ignored the whole thing.
The Streisand Effect strikes again!
Seems as though Kimberly S of the WN DEN staff is a lot better known after all this that she would been had she just ignored the whole thing.
The Streisand Effect strikes again!
Jul 31, 2014, 4:07 pm
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Jul 31, 2014, 7:09 pm
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Eh, I wonder... I keep seeing people say that the guy could have waited to post his tweet. I am left wondering, however, why should he have to? Assuming he has the right to lodge a complaint, and assuming that it was non-threatening (or you bet the TSA AND the local police would have been all over that), what good reason would there be to justify the idea that the possibility of intimidation is a good reason to postpone posting a complaint, or that such a possibility is even appropriate in the first place?
Jul 31, 2014, 9:53 pm
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I remain skeptical of either sides account of the incident.
Aug 1, 2014, 1:37 pm
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