okay good good for you in a few minutes they'll refund your money and we'll trespass you from the airport if that's what you want we will do that we are not gonna play this game all night okay we're not gonna do the screaming all night long so if it keeps going on they will refund you and we will trespass you from the airport so is that what you like it wasn't weather what is gonna happen they they're playing games we're only we're only here to keep the peace we're not here we don't want their spirit they're doing this absolutely wrong it's a civil right it's a civil matter it's not anything to do with criminal um you're entitled to refund or what but you're refunding you are entitled to give us a room where am I supposed to sleep where where are my kids supposed to sleep we don't live here we don't live here we are guys I'm about to cry dude my kids I got kids listen I got kids dude listen I'm ready to go home tell them to help us I no I don't care I'll go to the mental ward I'm gonna sue them I swear to god I wanna go home I've got kids where are my kids officer where are my kids supposed to sleep when you get done yelling I have mental issues OK stop yelling I will talk I'm not gonna talk over you when you're yelling OK I understand I have kids what are we supposed to do I have work give us a second we have work we have places to be people have lives we have little kids that need sleep tonight I can't get her name because she's not even showing it excuse me ma'am what's your name all the folks were because of the airplane excuse me ma'am in the leopard shirt the plane is on us let me excuse me ma'am let me also say on their side right this is my first time flying I have kids what are we supposed to do officer tonight you tell me what we're supposed to do we're supposed to sleep on the floor in here is that okay will you let listen I'm not gonna play I understand you're upset but you screaming at me I'm not gonna get over if you just wanna scream at me I'll just stand here and you can scream at me I'm scared I block it I understand that I wanna go home but you screaming at me doesn't do anything I'm not screaming I'm upset if they didn't let someone break on our plane we would have been home they let somebody in yeah break open the doors I'm suing I swear I'm stressed what are the security measures around here where are the security OK I wanna hear what this guy has to say let's hear I get that you're upset you're screaming and yelling at them and I'm not saying you guys are doing it well everyone's doing it when people threaten and sing sing like that right I'm not saying that nobody's threatened anybody we're done I'm not talking anymore we're this isn't a police issue I'm not talking anymore if nobody wants to scream at me and do it you guys can keep screaming I'll just stand here you can keep yelling at me okay they don't control the doors being shut Goa controls the doors being shut FAA controls the doors being shut Spirit Airlines does not control that okay they let more people on the plane though without tickets okay what I'm saying is these people that are standing right here right do not control that so you screaming at them doesn't do anything I see you screaming at them you can scream at me all you want it's fine you're not helping us though they don't they don't run they don't run spirit they don't run spirit right they can only do what they're allowed to do so if they ask their boss hey can we do this at the airport we have to sleep on the floor at the airport right me and the kids can I ask you a question me and the kids gotta sleep on the floor how would you feel if it was your kids can I ask you a question how would you feel if it was your kids let me ask you a question get a hotel room or you can you can stay at the airport we don't have any money for a hotel room we paid for our airplane tickets to go home today we thought we're going home but you can but you can discuss that with like corporate I don't know how it is if they can't do it here screaming and doing stuff isn't gonna change it what's the purpose of police being here if you don't have any control over what goes on I don't know do I control spirit you want me hold on ma'am I could replay it do I control spirit though I'm here just to keep the peace with everything that's all I'm here for I'll shut up you screaming and yelling doesn't do anything for anybody I'm here to try to help whatever I can to calm everybody down you can you can yell at me all you want I don't mind it I really don't mind you can yell at me all night long it makes you feel better but what I'm saying is they're trying to help you whatever they're trying to help you do whatever they can do I understand it's frustrating I understand it they're asking their bosses what they can do if their bosses tell them this is what they can do this is what they can do well they have to tell you Wanda I need a lawyer I swear to god I'm suing I swear what what what I suggest people do sometimes is if they give you if they give you a refund right I'm just giving you alternate options if they give you a refund try going on your phone and seeing if there's any other airlines that can do it and your your main focus needs to be right OK you wanna go home right now and I know you wanna everybody wants to go home that should be your main focus we've been here since one so so what I would say is I understand that but if they if they're gonna rebook you or they they can refund you try to go on your phone and see what are the airlines they can get a one way home and then worry about the next part of it afterwards it might be more expensive what about our bags and stuff like that that's unfair that's unfair to us it's not about my it's not about my problem can you please stop talking I'm getting p*ssed can you stop just shut up airlines are expensive we have five people flying they ain't doing so stop talking control the airline yes dude please stop talking I literally can't go to jail today we got work tomorrow we got places to be we're obviously we're obviously not going home yes everybody in this line is all b*tching about Spirit Airlines the whole flight just gotta close it to the window all these people are missing flights or something all these I don't know I'm assuming so and also frontier also has a bunch that are cancelled over there too so they're gonna be that in a minute too I don't know what this is so what was the reason what they had a issue with the flight originally they couldn't yeah so it was delayed but it canceled due to weather okay so like it's on our contract to carriage and everything but you know we give them the policies and everything they're responsible to agree to that they're responsible liars right I mean it's beyond your control when they come to it you accommodate everything else but I I understand the frustration we've all been there I understand I think they're more upset about the hotel room yeah every every person's having a problem every every single day with spirit though like holy cow okay I'm done being yelled at this whole time and so are they listen okay good good for you in a few minutes they'll refund your money and we'll trespass you from the airport if that's what you want we will do that we are not gonna play this game all night okay okay do you understand this we're not gonna do the screaming all night long so if it keeps going on they will refund you and we will trespass you from the airport so is that what you like it wasn't weather what is gonna happen I called for one more unit cause we have it over now you're telling me that on that side and that side yes she doesn't know what was going on and that's what they said so you were there well I can't you were there four people went on that plane without the school's knowledge if I'm talking loud it's because my ears are plugged too and and that's uncontrollable who's responsibility is that are we are you guys doing like vouchers or refunds no vouchers just refunds and rebooking to the next available OK OK so that's what we're doing then that's the only option is yeah right OK how how is this possible they cancel a flight they put it back they cancel a flight they put it back this is like with little kids that's not right right I don't know it just it's it's first of all it's unfair I have two children I've just turned in the vehicle now I have to go pick it up and get up they they're playing games we're only we're only here to keep the peace we're not here we don't want their spirit they're doing this absolutely wrong it's a civil right it's a civil matter it's not anything to do with criminal it's a civil matter so what is are you guys trying to get a refund and then trying to rebook on another airline or what is the what is the so what is the do you guys think it was the next flight with somebody else they gave us on Frontier Delta you have to get us home I mean worst case worst case was staying you can stay in the hotel and in the in the airport in the airport no in the in the airport for 48 hours was there no flight tomorrow no I don't know 48 hours he's waiting for a letter he went to go get it I'm trying to hey hey hold on hey listen what's happening let let me explain what's going on right now because this is getting out of control when I keep playing this game everybody's upset I understand that I'm trying to sympathize stop stop no I'm talking I'm done I'm talking right now Goa is coming here remember from Goa when people start acting up I'm just saying this because we need to get under control people keep acting up and threatening people I'm not saying you're doing that but it's happening right now so they're coming over here and then when that starts happening one after another we're gonna trespass one at a time out of the airport OK so stop I understand you're upset yes OK but we're not gonna do this whole thing even you doing this right now like that like look at you and look at her and doing that stuff I never said nothing like that you just did it just now I walked over I'm so glad for myself okay but when I came over here you're very aggressive with stuff we're not gonna play this game people are just gonna start getting trespassed at the airport in two seconds when this start happening just one time no it's three of us oh but it's separate so they have so I told LAN I'm gonna have lanside come over and I've already told everybody I'm like the next people that keep doing this stuff they're just to start trespassing people out of here or moving them out because they're like pushing on the flexing I know they're upset but they're like pushing on flexing glass this big guy right here is like in this lady's face like this I'm like we're not gonna sit here and play this game for an hour if you guys can't control yourselves one at a time to be trespassed from the airport that's it right and unfortunately they need to put their foot down and not well they're they're trying but these people are like I mean they're screaming at me telling me all kinds of crazy stuff back there too so yes but and they're trying to rebook them but the only option is the these people the only flight that's going out is not tomorrow it's the next day so they're upset understandably so but the only solution that spirit can give them is the the manager saying we can only rebook you we can't we can't refund you can't do whatever like maybe you can do corporate this is what I understand if the flight is canceled they're supposed to rebook the refund I can see I yeah I understand the frustration but the man there's like three managers back there and they're like listen all we're doing is we can rebook your flight but people are like I want my money I want this on top of that right and I understand that everybody okay this guy right here is also like three now okay I have to listen for he doesn't so we like the counters the counters are closed for right now okay the counters are closed now the counters are closed for now oh I'm glad they're closed now my man listen listen why are we why are we why are we on this stuff right now you are a whole ass liar listen you touched me you touched him listen listen everybody's everybody can't act right right now refund and I'll be on my way so we're we're closed now for temporarily refund we're temporarily closed for now they're not doing anything at my refund and I'll be on my way bro don't touch me man bro don't keep your hands up don't touch me bro don't do nothing don't don't hey stop hey stop don't don't I got it on camera don't I got it on camera stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop choke me out choke me out stop stop choke me out 44 for the fish tank 44 call for help hey you can choke me out hey get this dude off of me man you just caught that big off of Tony boy get this dude off of me man what y'all go to jail no I'm not no I'm not no I'm not stand up stand up stand up my leg is broken stand up my leg broke good I'll walk you outside my leg is broken stand up man i'mma stand up my leg broken you're not getting broken stand up stand up my leg is broken stand up Jackass i'mma stand up my leg my leg is broken hey man my pants is falling down in front of all these people I'm telling you my leg is broken how the f*ck do I walk on one foot what are you talking about live by one foot no I'll no that's a lie so you're a black man out here doing this wow you a black man out here doing this I don't know why how you how you trying to push me my leg is broke y'all gotta get a gurney or something over here my leg is broke could y'all get off of him could y'all get off my husband please hey get my back for like 30 seconds he's choking me up you're hurting me I'm not doing anything they're recording you're recording baby recording you need medical attention yeah I'm I'm I'm suing y'all f*ck my legs up I'm suing I have disability and she she choked me my nephew got it on record she choked me and she grabbed me and I sprinted out of this p*ssy five six seven five get off of me I need to be out of these hands cause you're hurting my arm my balls are weak I know well you're hurting me quit pulling back get your hands off of me quit pulling back my kids give them baby get my kids quit pulling back baby I'm coming cause you won't let me get my kids cause you won't let me go I gotta get my kids I know we'll get them I don't wanna leave without my children I'm begging you to let me go let her go man my kid my son over there stop yelling at us stop man y'all got it on record thank you please text it to me I have a disability she's strong y'all me I hope y'all got that on camera she choked it I'm covering it up yes she did yes she did you don't have no care but thank you I told you to call the cops try to make me pass out you shoot me out alive and make me pass out they're gonna try to kill him cause he black no these white men try to keep try to keep them yes I did my kids and y'all ain't let me get my kids they're minors and y'all left them there is there more than one patient ma'am you you strong armed me for no reason I'm already in cuffs everybody get it on record I have a disability I asked her to let me go several times and she won't I told her I can't get in these cuffs I'm going straight to the doctor I have a lawyer baby I got bread this is the wrong way you might think I'm from the hood maybe I'm not I make 250,000 more than you and I'm a motherf*cking get a war on your ass oh you are something you are something cause you're prejudice probably you are if you have to say probably you are if you have to say probably you are you are I have a heart condition too I hope somebody get this on record oh I know and I gotta get my kids and my husband this is crazy we being arrested because these motherf*ckers won't give us our money back after canceling our party you dragging me I can't walk that fast you're hurting me and I hope you break a bone cause I'm going soon I told you several times I can't be in handcuffs like this I asked you to cuff me in the front and you didn't listen my wrist are f*cked up yeah you ready to go you ready to get sued you ready to lose your little 50 thousand dollar job huh I need I need y'all to be representation I don't trust being in a dark room with these people I don't know what they might do ain't no cameras in here there's cameras everywhere I don't trust it okay cool I don't trust it keep on assuming I don't wanna go to this back where is this I don't even know where this is you got I can't sit down I cannot sit down okay listen listen I can't sit down like this I have to wait for coffee quit yelling at me I'm spazzing I understand that but you were just walking calm I'm trying to help you instead of this silly nonsense going on but you keep yelling ma'am I asked you to not get physical with me like that I was not touching you OK you got physical with me and you dragged me cause y'all were mad that I was recording are you gonna be done you had a coworker you had a worker from spirit grab my phone okay I don't know that because I wasn't there because you're too busy you didn't you didn't just see a lady grab my phone you're lying no I was too busy dealing with somebody else so don't tell me I'm lying so how did so what did you come to me for because another officer handcuffed you not me okay so what did they need three people from me 4 11 and I'm screaming I got a disability why y'all three have to attack me three people attacked me okay okay three two men two men attacked me okay I'm willing to talk to you a man shouldn't even be touching me when you're done yelling and you won't and you choked me no I didn't now that's you grab my neck I did not that is a lie who grab my neck somebody grab my neck I don't know but I did not that's a lie okay so when you're done calm down can you I cannot sit down I need you to take this off of my hands I'm not taking anything off of you I'm spazzing I understand it's okay because I keep telling them I'm spazzing I have to go I said it 50 times I asked you to take these handcuffs off of me I am not physically attacking her in any way I'm yelling because this hurts I understand that my wrist will be up for days behind this paramedics come when the paramedics come they can't do nothing about this are you knowledgeable about that you just asked for the paramedics when we were out they can't do anything about my paramedics do you not want the paramedics no I want my kids okay I'll get them quit yelling I want my children what are you yelling they're probably scared you said you're a mom what do you understand when your kids are scared look at my baby I'm not doing anything right now you can you're more than welcome to I'm not doing it right now ma'am I just need to make sure you don't have anything any weapons right now I don't got nothing I'm in a freaking airport listen I want my husband and my kids we came here for a family vacation and this is what happened they won't give us a f*cking money back that's crazy the man don't say you're not gonna get back excuse me god I don't want a man touching me I feel very uncomfortable I don't want a man touching me OK will you calm down and I'll do it calm down and I will do it do you understand if you're not comfortable with it I'll do it calm down funky behind my butt and stuff that's weird I can't spread my feet that far you already hurt my leg OK I didn't do that so who dragged me from behind I don't know ma'am you're assuming I did everything I don't know why you are putting this all on me I understand you're frustrated but I did not do any of that to you I was dealing with something else across the hall a man somebody something that was a man who dragged me okay I don't know somebody dragged me I don't know sir why I'm sorry but why are you all of my belongings I just got checked in the airport okay we don't know that cause you didn't go through TSA yet I did yes our car flight okay we had to get one of all that flight four times okay I've been checked already OK OK but we don't know that all we know is you are yelling because something happened at the ticket counter that is that didn't work out for you guys and I completely get your frustration and the guy was being so aggressive with my husband talking about what he isn't isn't gonna do OK and he was lying saying he was assaulted nobody touched him my son had to see my son had to see her father we're not criminals we don't have a background I work for the Veterans Affairs for the last 11 years all I do is help veterans every day people like women with disabilities I'm not being treated like this this is insane do you have an ID in here f*cking insane I don't know where my ID is the good the lady snatched my phone and my ID the worker that was a f*cking employee she has my she threw my phone what does your phone look like it's an iPhone I don't even remember what case I have wanted I switch my case all the time she probably threw my phone away for all I know and my ID I don't know where the hell my ID is at how the f*ck am I supposed to get home yeah how am I supposed to get home I'm probably gonna try to kill him there's too many black men getting shot up for no reason listen there's no place for that you want me and my me and my children we're a family y'all gonna tear a family apart no a working family no we don't we don't get public assistance or anything we work our ass off okay turn around we're not f*cking bombs out here doing nothing with our lives we just asked for a f*cking refund and the man told us what he's not gonna do put your hand like you're praying I can't you are you guys totally my wrist up my fingers are freaking numb to my fingertips and I screamed it out the whole time whoever was driving me did not care and I was not hitting anybody I was trying to make sure that I saw the cop punching my husband in the face I saw it she saw me getting it on camera she snatched my phone this is what I'm talking about this is why I told my son I do not want him to become a police officer even though he wanted to cause I don't trust it that's insane he had to see now he glad he saw though he's not gonna want to be one now but you're the one this is crazy they cut he saw somebody with his mom he knows his mom son is gonna be traumatized by okay we have one child and that's and we have an adopted child with us this little boy had to see his father be punched in the face he saw it I saw it too that's why I acted like that OK it did not take three cops to attack my husband it did not say did not have to punch him in the face he was already on the ground what were they punching him for just to show that they have power in uniform listen listen I didn't see anybody punching him in the face I'm not saying what happened before your husband'cause like I said like I tried telling you before I was across the hall dealing with something else so when then everybody starts yelling then I turn around and divert my attention away from what I was initially dealing with to see what's going on I did not see anybody punch your husband just like I did not choke you out like you said I did well who choked me somebody grabbed me by my neck I did not and I did not push you down towards the computer so who did it I don't know not nobody's I'm glad there's cameras in here though I'm so glad that I'm the person that I am and I have the size that I have I am cause we gotta get those cameras and his uncle is a lawyer too a well known lawyer in Ohio a judge actually so let me this is going on the news this has to go on the news this is so can you tell me so can I learn a little bit what happened at the spirit ticket counter then we the guy we had an encounter with that guy earlier that's why he was so mad several times they got tired of us and finally gave us our tickets we get there and then we find out that it's delayed even more and then the the whole BS starts and we were even fine with that out to the gate it was delayed again when yeah we had to load that plane three times and get off three times these people are upset because we're like the Geez we got kids a Caucasian lady out there with her four her little bitty babies laying on the floor I felt horrible for her right trying to calm our infants down I would be so mad and I'm just like where's the humanity the cops are mad at us for being upset like that's why I asked you a parent when you be upset after freaking being here for freaking eight hours with your children but you I'm gonna find a middle ground where is the customer service skills at they are horrible they are and I'm not gonna lie what the hell I saw a young lady who were freaking she was laughing at us and she works there she was laughing at everybody in line and I guess why I kept saying where's your humanity why are you laughing and I'm gonna you get to go home and I'm gonna tell you what I tell other people we cannot do anything about crappy customer service and I'm not saying it's right by any means but there's not just but then to go through all of that to see her getting beat up like that's too much that is too much that I've been with him for 24 years I've never seen him be in trouble he is not a bad guy I don't think you guys are bad guys I guess and then for that man to lie and say he was assaulted you're this big you're big as my pinky my husband is a big guy if my husband assaulted him don't you think he would have still been sitting there why are you lying that's what frustrated me I'm like dude you're lying why are you freaking lying cause you're mad about earlier I know we're on but this lady said like this guy's trying to grab your gun or something crazy oh he choked he he made me pass out oh Jesus he choked he choked me out to where like I was I couldn't see anything anymore oh shit oh yeah this guy this guy claims he broke his leg the one that's 10 15 okay he was reach behind the ticket counter like they were screaming at each other and I was like alright we're close everything's closed now and he was like slamming their keyboard right and I was like I push his hand I was like bro you can't do that back there he's like don't touch me did a hit and I was like step back keep doing that and do the hit again and then we locked up and I was like now you're going to jail and he he's a big boy he leaned in he leaned on me and he put me in a headlock went down the ground and I thought I passed out almost I was like it was there I think somebody got his arm back in the last second I was on him and then the girl oh yeah and then his wife his wife jumped on his back in the middle of it he said his leg's broken but it's not broken they said it's they said it's not broken or anything so the other one she was like oh my bones they're breaking oh so they're going to her you just want to knock that out yeah yeah yeah for sure if they're asking do we need to fix those cause those are yeah well those were in the midst of the I'm pressing on this one I'm asking you to walk out where you guys going to we're going to UCF UCF it's right over here off of yes it's close OK I need somebody to go with them yeah yeah could um probably ride with probably ride we're gonna ride with and follow hello hey how you doing good Miss Emma's here um you wanna you can tell him hi what's your name I have cerebral palsy and oh my hands and my wrist was fast up you guys aren't gonna be able to do anything about it but I wanted documented that I do have a disability you can't do anything about cerebral palsy I don't know if you guys know anything about it but I've had it all my life there's nothing you can do about my cerebral palsy I cannot be in positions like I'm in this position way too long OK so do you want us to check you out and get your vitals and stuff cause that's really all that we can do I know you can't do anything about that's why I yelled from the very beginning to please get off of me because I have a disability nobody's gonna be able to do anything about it tomorrow I'm gonna be excuse my language are you wanting to go the hospital by ambulance no I want my husband and my kids though how am I supposed to get to him how am I supposed to get to my kids well we're just the fire department so we're just here insane we're just the fire department so we're just here to check you out medically I don't know why I bought it this state is f*cking horrible alright we'll get we'll get the you got side men men cops attacking 4 11 women with disabilities appreciate it warm and ass f*cking men bro attacking he approached them in some kind of way that he did it stand up real quick can he go this is so he's gonna stand by if you want me to put these on he's gonna stand by for two seconds I don't trust him he might try to punch me he might hit women just stand up and turn around I don't trust him stand up and turn around I rather just I don't trust him I rather just sit here I don't trust him stand up turn around sir he could if you don't stand up and turn around with him here I'm not I'm handcuffing you without somebody else here this is your only chance can you go get a go get the female officer he's the only one here right now stand up turn around he might rape me or something I don't trust him seriously yeah I don't trust him I don't trust him do you want these on or do you want these on do you want what is my do you want these on no I rather just be numb cause the number I get the the worst the case is gonna be I screamed out several times I have a disability I told you guys and that's why I'm offering you to put on some more cuffs to give you more flexibility in your shoulders and your arms this is your last chance I don't trust him I really don't my heart is beating fast as heck I do not trust him I don't even trust him being that far away from me do you want these on here he might make up something and come punch me in the face I don't trust him do you want these on or not I don't trust him do you want these on or not I don't trust him could you please go sir do you want these on or not no that's okay I'll just like to be here with you by myself could you please go you better hope god doesn't punish you god will punish you for being the way that you're being I'll lift this up a little bit we're gonna elevate it I'll leave this here just in case is that okay yeah alright hi Marianne nice to meet you thank you can you tell me what happened so I was the next person in line and I was on the same canceled Cleveland flight which is what all the very upset people were on they were being told that they couldn't necessarily get a refund or whatever so there was a lot of yelling and the first thing that I saw him do is I don't know which officer but he went first and put one of the officers in a headlock they brought him down took two or three officers to bring him down I'm not sure what happened with his wife or partner you could kind of see when his ankle or foot just by them having to I mean he was very fit very big very upset so he definitely was the instigator it was pretty scary did you said you had a video I did take a video can I just I know that's terrible that I took a video can you go one more time yes start again so I can see you good oh my god oh my god oh my god oh my god oh my god no no no no no this is not it'll get stirred up in a second teacher thank you for what you do I cannot do what I just saw there was absolutely scary so I don't know how you guys do all that I was thankful that there were some they brought some of them up that guy specifically earlier because there were a lot of very unhappy people and it was getting really out of hand but nothing like that and is there any explanation as to why they cleared the gate but didn't have anybody tell us what happened well I don't know I mean everyone's allowed to be upset that that was like crazy that's the problem they left and didn't even tell us it was canceled oh my god alright thank you so much thank you goes away I heard it I'll meet her out there so there's just a driver in here but are you thinking the wrong way we go tonight and charge be filed with the State Attorney's office and then that's why I was asking you if your address is correct on there because if you don't have a good way for them to get a hold of you and they want to talk to you about the case and then you never respond back they'll just issue a warrant right the address on your driver's license is that correct to your address okay and then as far as your husband's concerned my understanding is like I just heard he's getting an x ray of his ankle and then after that he's gonna get transported to jail he's got several charges but battery l o multiple battery L O charges battery by strangulation he won't you won't be able to see him at the hospital so why cause he's under arrest right now you can't go in in the room with him or anything so there's officers there with him right now and then the officers will be switching out that's what I'm really concerned about so let's grab if guys if you want to help your mom grab all your stuff or we'll head out and we'll talk outside that's why I say I've never wanted to be a police officer ever in my life well I'm not gonna go back and forth we're not gonna I'm talking to my son people need to be accountable for their actions right I'm talking to my son I just he does it's not right to say those things like that no it's right the employee said that he was being attacked but he wasn't attacked at all and you guys ran and attacked my husband based on what you see my face you see the back of him you attacked him alright alright after what an employee alright alright ma'am I just don't appreciate when people tell their children stuff like that on June 27th, 2023 officers with the Orlando Police Department responded to a canceled Spirit Airlines flight at Orlando International Airport what began as a civil customer service dispute escalated into violent felonies raising critical questions about police authority in civil matters under Florida statute section 8 7 7.03 disorderly conduct requires acts that pose a clear and present danger of inciting violence verbal complaints about airline service even heated ones remain protected speech under the First Amendment the critical legal question is when protected expression crosses into criminal conduct requiring police intervention officers correctly explained their limited role police cannot compel airlines to provide accommodations or override corporate refund policies under Federal Aviation Regulations carriers are not required to provide hotels when cancellations result from weather rather than carrier controlled issues the officer's attempt to disengage from circular arguments represents sound de escalation tactics by declining further verbal confrontation while maintaining visible presence officers avoided escalating an unproductive exchange when the suspect placed an officer in a chokehold from behind the situation transformed from civil dispute to violent felony under Florida Statute section 7 8 4.07 Battery on a law enforcement officer occurs when a person intentionally touches or strikes an officer against their will the chokehold application clearly meets every element of this third degree felony offense more critically Florida Statute Section 7 8 4.041 addresses battery by strangulation this statute criminalizes impeding normal breathing or blood circulation to create risk of great bodily harm medical evidence establishes that chokeholds can cause unconsciousness in 10 to 15 seconds and death within three to five minutes this represents a deadly force situation justifying immediate defensive response The Supreme Court in Graham versus Conner established that force reasonableness must be judged from the officer's perspective at the moment of decision officers must make split second judgments in circumstances that are tense uncertain and rapidly evolving the totality of circumstances includes the suspect's size strength demonstrated violence and active resistance under this standard the force applied to overcome resistance and secure the suspect was objectively reasonable Florida Statute Section 8 4 3.01 criminalizes resisting an officer with violence as a third degree felony this requires that the defendant knowingly opposed an officer in lawful execution of duty by offering violence to the officer's person the attempted murder charge under Florida Statutes Section 7 8 2.04 carries a significantly higher burden prosecutors must prove specific intent to kill not merely to injure or harm while the chokehold created deadly risk demonstrating the suspect intended to cause death requires additional evidence beyond the act itself officers appropriately provided immediate medical attention for injuries sustained during arrest this meets constitutional requirements under the 14th Amendment's due process clause and protects both suspects and officers The Orlando Police Department officers receive a B+ for legally justified force application and professional custody management however prolonged engagement with the agitated crowd before the assault may have increased friction rather than allowing natural de escalation tactical withdrawal once officers explained their limitations could have reduced ongoing confrontation dynamics the male suspect receives an F for committing multiple violent felonies against officers lawfully performing their duties under no interpretation of law or circumstance was violence against police justified by airline customer service failures the female suspect receives a d because available evidence does not establish her participation in the violent assault however her apparent interference with a lawful arrest and subsequent false accusations demonstrate poor judgment under Florida statute section 843.02 obstruction requires knowingly interfering with lawful police duties Spirit Airlines personnel receive a C minus for meeting minimum legal obligations while failing basic customer service standards complete withdrawal from the gate after announcing cancellation created conditions contributing to dangerous escalation this incident provides three critical lessons for law enforcement and public safety first civil disputes require clear boundaries officers must articulate their limited authority while maintaining order without assuming responsibility for private company decisions second tactical disengagement can be more effective than prolonged verbal confrontation when no criminal activity is occurring third corporate customer service failures can create public safety crises requiring law enforcement response to problems beyond police authority to solve the transformation from protected speech to violent felony occurred in seconds demonstrating how rapidly situations escalate officers must remain prepared for violence even in apparently civil contexts while avoiding premature escalation most importantly frustration with private companies never justifies violence against law enforcement officers let us know if there is an interaction or legal topic you would like us to discuss in the comments below thank you for watching and don't forget to subscribe to our channel for more content on police court interactions