I just need to get home to my grandma I need to get home to my grandma and she dies before I'm there I just want to get home to my grandma oh I swear to god listen to me Officer Ryan Ronnie Nikki about to be the last one you remember I've done nothing wrong I've done nothing wrong I've done nothing wrong you know what you suck a dry you son of a bitch one more time yeah you suck your grandma's dry you're under arrest stop resisting you're under arrest you're under arrest I didn't do I didn't do I just need to go home to my grandma I need to go home to my grandma and she dies before me I just want to go home to my grandma I didn't do yes take my ID like I have not done sh*t to the mother hey Americans please no no no I didn't do any I didn't I didn't swear at really these really I've asked you please do not use profanity cracker is profanity no you just said MF cracker I meant like you know saltine is that a profanity because y'all don't act right can we please just get me through the motherfucking line so I can get to my motherfucking like is cracker profanity for real it's only when you guys like treat people like it's funny is that the only guy cause he's the only one that don't look what the searching cause you're the only one that don't look offended yo what the oh I swear to god listen to me Officer Ryan Ronnie Nikki about to be the last one you remember Mickey let me out of the line I just need to go home to my grandma you're gonna get I'm not shut my Mickey you look like I got I just want to get home to my grandma what the get me home I need to get home to my grandma right now be like that's all I'm asking I just want to get home to my grandma I'm not trying to I just wanna see my grandma for the last time I just wanna see my grandma I just wanna see my grandma are you gonna take a breath take a breath yo my grandma's dying as we speak Nikki my grandmother my grandmother's dying Nikki you want me to take a breath Nikki you all just want to go home and see my grandma you're gonna trip me I haven't done anything wrong do you wanna go deodorant deodorant a toothbrush please what have I done wrong I just wanna go home and see my grandma I've done nothing wrong I've done nothing wrong I've done nothing wrong my grandma died my blood pressure is one eighty six over one 60 my grandma dies on your watch mother my grandma dies when you watch her yo yo I just wanna see my grandma one last time ma'am please Mickey ma'am please ma'am please my grandma I just wanna go home please please please my grandma is the only thing that means anything to me please please help me I just need to get to my grandma before she dies no you have to treat me like sir I just wanna say bye to my grandma what time I just wanna say bye to my grandma what time does this plane leave my grandma's the only thing that makes me say anything please help please help I'm not a where are you headed Boston going to Boston I just want to see my grandma do you have your flight information yes so we can try to get you on that flight I just want to see my grandma one last time OK you're gonna see her just take a breath for a second no you don't understand how she sounds we're working with you my name is Officer Ronnie I'm gonna help you you're not working with me we are you sure you really like I don't know where it went well you need your flight stuff where's your flight stuff no it wasn't ready take your time no oh how do you feel I don't feel good I just need to go one of my grandma I just have my flight no don't play with me I'm trying to figure out no don't play with me she's going to Boston don't play with me my flight was don't play with me don't play with me last night was right here y'all where's your paper I printed it out it was in my purse y'all playing with me nobody took it no y'all playing with me y'all playing with me for real don't play with me is it in your in your thingy maybe don't play with me open it up open it up I have nothing to hide no I'm asking you to find your flight stuff I don't have anything I'm trying so I can get you to Boston y'all had it right here so I can fly out don't play with me don't play with me I wasn't my ID's right there on the floor no but my ID's on the floor my ID's on the floor next to your foot no but my no I just had it I just had it look my ID's there no I need to get to my flight he has my ID right there he's holding my ID her name is look at it look at my ID is in his hand stop talking please stop I don't wanna hear another word my ID is in his hand stop stop what problem do you guys have with her no I no problem if you don't go through the screening process you can't fly I'm going through the screening process but he's treating me like where's my ID is in your hand where is your paperwork to fly my grandma's dying my grandma's dying in three seconds that's good that's good that's good stop that's good stop that's good where's your passport where's your passport it was right here it's not Nikki no that ain't right you have my license in your hand ma'am we need a 40 ma'am okay ma'am okay you need to take a breath yo yo that's not fair somebody's gotta let us know we can do it for disorderly disorderly I can smell the alcohol on you from here stop stop stop he has my ID yeah but we're trying to figure out what we're gonna do because you don't have a boarding pass I have a boarding pass that's not true I have a boarding pass where's your boarding pass if you got a boarding pass you they'll let you through and you gotta stop yelling but that's why you're yelling y'all been yelling at me because you're screaming up listen stop stop I feel bad your grandma's dying but I don't wanna hear about it no more get your boarding pass and get go get ready to go what do you airline you fly as long as you can show your boarding pass I've been asking I've been trying but then you'll get on the plane don't worry about it what airline are you flying Jet Blue Jet Blue's not here it's a different air you gotta go to different terminal you're lying Jet Blue hasn't flown here since October you're playing so I have to go to a whole another your driver's license comes back to a Nikki E Chapman yeah it's 10:54 can I get my license back to get over there if you want we'll take over your mind number just save that for a little bit we're gonna walk you out we're gonna walk you out over here you're gonna have to walk out here we're gonna walk out my grandma's dying I know that stop I understand that but we're trying to help you out so stop Jet Blue does not fly to this terminal they said terminal no this is this is this is a and B this is a and B it's not C it's not near C there's no way near C we're gonna help you 0 1 3 6 3 5 0 1 3 6 you should have thought about that you know what you suck a dry you son of a bitch all the time yeah you suck your grandma's dry to talk about my grandma well you suck my you're acting like a fool you I'm acting like a fool you're drunk and you don't know where you're going I'm acting like a fool yes you are suck your own grandma's you evil son of a bitch yes suck a so talk about my grandma you son of a bitch you hear him talk about my grandma put your hands down aw okay that's okay are you not gonna beat on me okay stop resisting stop resisting you're under arrest stop resisting you're under arrest stop resisting you're under arrest stop resisting let go let go stop resisting you're breaking my arm I'm not resisting let go of your bag let go of your bag let go of your bag yo what the fuck relax yo get up look at what they just did to me get up get up yo yo help get up I'll get this they just I'm not doing anything no that's my bag please pick my bag up Mama please put my bag up I'm glad look at what they just did to me Mama I need to go home to my grandma Yo you're flipping out on me for no reason yo you're breaking my wrist stop stop I'm not doing anything Mickey stop I'm not doing anything where you from my please I am please you're hurting me bad you're hurting me bad you're hurting me bad please let me pick up my purse my my ID's on the floor no please pick up my please pick up my ID we'll get it for you please you first I didn't do anything to you my grandma's dying right now why y'all doing this to me my grandma y'all please just pick up my grandma's yo I didn't do anything to anybody I didn't do anything to anybody I have done nothing to you it's funny it's funny it's funny it's funny it's funny it's funny it's funny you're not gonna keep breaking my arm I've done nothing wrong I've done nothing wrong I've done nothing wrong nothing wrong what are you doing to me miss if you don't walk I need to pee walk yo stop what you're doing yo walk what are you doing okay stop no you're not gonna call me in two different directions I'm not you're walking in two different directions ma'am walk ma'am stop resisting the police and stand up stand up she's got the blood coming out of her face you're hurting me I just need to see my grandma please listen I just need to see my grandma he's hurting me on purpose listen stop him no stop him stop him I've done I need my wallet I need to see it I need to see it it's right here that's not fair I've done nothing wrong I paid $400 for a ride home stop spitting on me no that's not fair stop spitting on me aw thank you a dying grandmother a missed flight a profane outburst at a TSA checkpoint what began as one passenger's desperate plea to get home ended with her face on the floor blood on her cheek and felony charges waiting at the Orange County Jail September 23rd 2,023 Orlando International Airport the question this footage forces us to ask is not what happened but whether it had to under Florida law in city of Houston versus Hill The Supreme Court held that profane and insulting speech under Chaplinsky versus New Hampshire fighting words those that by their utterance The Florida Supreme Court applied this distinction in state versus Saunders narrowing Florida Statute Section 8 77.03 to reach only fighting words disorderly intoxication under Florida statute section 856.011 interference with security screening under Title 49 of the code of Federal Regulations section 15 40.105 this Florida airport encounter presents three core legal questions worth careful examination when does constitutionally protected speech become prosecutable disorderly conduct when is the use of force objectively reasonable and what conduct elevates a misdemeanor to a third degree felony directed at law enforcement is generally protected by the First Amendment the court reasoned that the freedom to verbally challenge police is a hallmark of liberty in a free society however this Protection is not absolute inflict injury or tend to incite an immediate breach of the peace fall outside First Amendment Protection under controlling Florida president loud or profane language alone without an accompanying physical act does not constitute disorderly conduct the legal calculus shifts however under the totality of the circumstances doctrine here the verbal conduct was paired with multiple independent statutory violations and a direct statement to an officer that quote Nikki about to be the last one you remember close quote each element provides an independent basis for enforcement transforming a pure speech analysis into a conduct based prosecution use of force is governed by Graham versus Conner and its objective reasonableness standard courts weigh three factors the severity of the offense under Atwater versus Lago Vista custodial arrest is permissible even for minor misdemeanors in CB versus state the Florida 4th District Court of appeal held that spitting on a law enforcement officer constitutes battery Florida Statute section 784.07 reclassifies that battery from a first degree misdemeanor the responding officers received a B minus d escalation efforts were sustained and substantive the subject receives a d her speech was constitutionally protected received a B for compliant escalation procedures and trained personnel response but the visible facial injury and the absence of timely spit Protection equipment warrant review her physical resistance and biological assault on an officer were not The Transportation Security Administration and the responding agency with procedural gaps in injury documentation and biohazard precautions three lessons stand out first profane speech toward officers is generally protected but the conduct surrounding that speech is independently evaluated second federal security environments such as airport checkpoints carry elevated legal exposure that narrows the practical scope of personal liberty third even momentary biological contact including spitting can transform a misdemeanor encounter into a felony prosecution under Florida law a legal threshold often misunderstood let us know in the comments which interaction or legal topic you would like us to discuss thank you for watching and don't forget to subscribe for more police court analysis whether the subject poses an immediate threat and whether the subject is actively resisting or attempting to flee active resistance is plainly visible on the footage the hard empty hand control technique applied falls within level 2 on standard force continuums for closing any argument that the arrest itself was disproportionate the legal floor for justified force was met the decisive legal moment is the spitting incident to a third degree felony carrying up to five years imprisonment a single act of saliva contact converted this incident from a routine disorderly conduct citation into a multi felony prosecution