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> He had a legitimate reason not to give up his seat This is true until an officer of the law asked him to get off the plane. Argument time happens before tha

> He had a legitimate reason not to give up his seat This is true until an officer of the law asked him to get off the plane. Argument time happens before that, and after that in court. But at that point, you're being ordered off a plane by a law enforcement officer. When you don't comply there's only one way for it to proceed at that point. > The airline CANNOT act like the computer is right all the time It was the police officers who were right when they ordered the man off the plane.

mikhailt 10y ago
The airline called the cops to enforce its rights; the cops could've ordered everyone off the plane to de-escalate the situation peacefully, which should've be done in the first place due to the space constraint in there causing safety concerns. What if the guy wanted to fight? Other customers could've gotten hurt. I've been in that situation before the cops ordered everyone to disperse first. They could've listen and ask if anyone else would be willing to give up their seat for the doctor. There are many options and based on the videos and what the other passengers said, the airline nor the cops gone through all of them before escalating the situation like this. Sorry, the cops were in the wrong as well. They may have all the laws on their side I'm sure but if we treat cops as right all the time, we normalize their behaviors as acceptable as well.
cmurf 10y ago
Nope. An officer of the law can be ignored when they give unlawful orders or requests. The police had no business being involved in this situation, there was no crime being committed, and the passenger was not obligated to give up their seat once they were boarded and not in breach of the contract of carriage, which they weren't in any way. Using your logic, if an officer of the law orders you to murder someone, when you don't comply there is only one way for it to proceed. It's basically shitty logic, you should stop doing that. Hurts your brain and others' too. The police overstepped their authority.

mikhailt 10y ago

The airline called the cops to enforce its rights; the cops could've ordered everyone off the plane to de-escalate the situation peacefully, which should've be done in the first place due to the space constraint in there causing safety concerns. What if the guy wanted to fight? Other customers could've gotten hurt. I've been in that situation before the cops ordered everyone to disperse first. They could've listen and ask if anyone else would be willing to give up their seat for the doctor. There are many options and based on the videos and what the other passengers said, the airline nor the cops gone through all of them before escalating the situation like this. Sorry, the cops were in the wrong as well. They may have all the laws on their side I'm sure but if we treat cops as right all the time, we normalize their behaviors as acceptable as well.

cmurf 10y ago

Nope. An officer of the law can be ignored when they give unlawful orders or requests. The police had no business being involved in this situation, there was no crime being committed, and the passenger was not obligated to give up their seat once they were boarded and not in breach of the contract of carriage, which they weren't in any way. Using your logic, if an officer of the law orders you to murder someone, when you don't comply there is only one way for it to proceed. It's basically shitty logic, you should stop doing that. Hurts your brain and others' too. The police overstepped their authority.