Okay, put your hand behind your back. I'm not even doing nothing. Hey, hey, hey. Relax. >> Under arrest. >> Please, please. All I did was fall. Bro, y'all don't understand what I went through today. I got a whole prunal to go to at 5:00. I missed the pruner already. >> On June 9th, 2025 at Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport. A domestic disturbance call became a mandatory arrest. The boyfriend was charged with domestic battery, a first-degree misdemeanor that under Florida law cannot be expuned from the record. This is that encounter. >> My great grandmother. What the baby? >> What's going on guys? >> The lady told you. >> No. What's up? >> So, there's a lady that came up to me and said that somebody over by America was assaulting a woman, but I told her to come get you guys. I don't know where she was. American way. >> She didn't tell me. That's what I'm saying. I told her to come get you. >> American way. She just said over there somewhere. But I was like, "Okay, stay. Do me a favor. >> Diana Diana. >> No problem. >> I don't give a [ __ ] >> Have a seat. >> We good, bro. A whole a whole bad a bad >> No, that's my girlfriend. We Okay, bro. >> Young man. >> Yes. Talk to me. >> We just having a bad day. >> Y'all have been having a bad day. >> A bad day. >> And you almost didn't even make it out of here. So, what's the problem? >> Trying to make it out of here right now. I'm good. You can ask her. Is she okay and everything? >> Come on, lady. Let's go take a walk. >> 31. Just make sure you're echo. >> I'm at echo. >> You're not good morning. >> Are you here with them or do you know >> are you here with them? >> I literally I just said >> pick another seat. >> I appreciate you. >> Right. I ain't trying to >> You're getting close. I'm sorry. I'm trying to sit here on my gate and go. warning. You okay, babe? You all right? Everything all right, babe? >> You going to stop crying or talk to him? What's going on, bro? >> [ __ ] We just having that [ __ ] over here. Remember that [ __ ] Get on the flight, go home, and go our way, bro. That's [screaming] >> whatever it is, it's verbal, so you can still talk to me cuz no one saw it hurt anyone, right? >> What's her name? >> Her name is Gia. She's good. Now, you can talk. No, you don't need to stop talking. >> We're about tired of you, man. >> Listen to me. We're about tired of you, so stop. >> Do me a favor. >> Stand over there with him. Okay. >> You can leave it right there, man. >> All right. Put in your pocket. >> Ma'am, >> do you need assistance? >> Do you need police assistance? >> I'll give you a minute. For your safety, please package unattended. Unattended baggage and may be discarded. >> Ma'am, do you want to talk to me? Carrying firearms to the TSA checkpoint of an airport is prohibited by federal and check all carry on bag firearms before entering the TSA screening check. Do not leave vehicles unattended on the unattended vehicles will be promptly ticketed and towed. >> What time's your flight, ma'am? >> Your safety Please help us help you. >> 215. So you and your miss have been in contact with three times already. >> TSA officer. >> Okay. But actually we're here right now cuz you started screaming and yelling. >> So why are we screaming in airport? >> Why are we screaming and yelling? Combat human trafficking. over. >> If someone had hurt you, >> all of these people would have seen it. So, so why are you making a scene? >> Is everything all right? Do you need police assist? >> Okay. So, what's going on now? I'm >> not going to talk to you. You're acting like an [ __ ] I'm not going to talk. We just get out. >> You want to talk to me? >> We'll start fresh. You can talk to me. >> Listen, stop crying and just tell me what's up real quick. Okay, I'll help you out if I can. I'm not going to be mean to you. I'm not going to be a jerk, but you got to tell me what's up. >> Whoa, whoa, whoa. Wait, honey. I can't I can't I can't understand you if you're crying. So, chill for a minute and then kind of give me an idea. Where are you guys going? Did you travel together? >> I'm going to Buffalo. Yeah. He asked my plug. >> Are you guys married? >> No. >> Just boyfriend and girlfriend. Okay. And you're going to Buffalo together and now what happened? Were you fighting before you came to the airport or it started here? >> It started here. >> Why? >> First off, we got kicked off the first plane. >> Why? And then because um of an altercation, the girl thought she heard him say something and then that altercation happened. >> A girl like the employee. >> Yeah, the employee. Okay. >> So then she he got us kicked off the plane. >> Okay. >> And then so I went with him cuz obviously he bought my sister or whatever, >> right? >> And then um he came back. Yeah. Then he started screaming. Then we came here and he got a text message from somebody that said I was doing something and he wanted to believe it and hit me in the [ __ ] his phone. >> So he wanted to believe some stupid [ __ ] on the phone. >> On his phone. >> Okay. That you were doing something wrong, but you are the manager. Can I go 40 second? >> He has. >> He has everything. >> Okay. So So then he started then what? >> And he was on my face. >> Okay. And then you were arguing back and forth after that. >> No, that's what I screamed when I got >> Oh, you were screaming because he was up in your face. >> No, cuz he hit me in the face with the phone. >> Because here's the thing. When you guys were going there to Buffalo, you want to see your people or his people? >> We live together in the apartment. We live >> up there or down here? >> In Buffalo. >> You and him live together in Buffalo. >> So, you're going home. >> You're not going to see somebody. >> Okay. No, we just heard we here because we had a disagreement, you feel me? Then we was talking. We keep having this argument. We done with the argument. It's over. We was sitting there chilling talking, you feel me? But it's people keep calling us telling that my girlfriend is chilling over. You get what I'm saying? And she telling me that she not whatever. And I'm believing her. I just want to get home. I just want to get home. I don't know what happened. The witness says I couldn't tell you. Sorry. >> You feel me? I love her. She love me too. Why you think we here together? >> Can't seem to. >> You feel me? I'm all >> sure. How you doing, my friend? >> What's your boarding pass for a second? >> Give him the boarding pass. Hold the pass. >> Wait, you canceling my flight, sir? >> Um, we'll see. Please, sir. I'm trying to get home, sir. >> Well, the thing is, >> please, sir, >> it seems like you already had issues in a different area. >> We didn't have no issues. We only We just This is the first time something really happened right here. We've been talking the whole time together. The whole time. >> I need >> You're covering up the ID. >> Oh, I'm sorry. You feel me? I could call my mom. Everything. We even came on a trip together. Us two. I'm the deal here. I'm older than her. You get what I'm saying? I'm always aart. I just bought this new place to get home together. She don't have a dollar. You get what I'm saying, bro? >> What you want? Mine or hers? first. >> Oh [ __ ] >> You feel me, bro? I just want to sit on the plane and get on and by my You feel me? Go get home, bro. I got to go to work. All type of [ __ ] >> All right. So, obviously y'all are having She talking crazy. She talking about all this acting crazy, bro. She don't know where in the airport. Oh, I got you. Sorry. I never Come on now, babe. >> Let me have her stuff. >> Her boarding pass. >> I pay for this. >> It doesn't matter. >> Hold on to your stuff. >> Here's the thing. If you guys If forget what he's doing right now, you have to remain calm and be chill or they're not going to let you fly. So like, don't yell over there. Don't like get like with it. Like [ __ ] him. >> Just listen to him real quick. >> Listen to him. >> So this is where we at. You and him have a ticket to leave. >> Bravo. Jeez. >> Go ahead. >> Go ahead. >> This is your passport, correct? >> Yes, we are. Thank you. >> Yes, we are. >> You've been trying to get out of here all day, right? Any more interaction with us, they're going to cancel all of your tickets and then you're going to have to go to Miami. That's what she just told her. >> This is the last place you can actually fly out at this time. >> Do you understand what I'm saying? I'm saying we're going to give you a chance to get on your plane and leave. But no more dramatics. No more dramatic. >> Nobody was being dramatic. >> Ma'am, I'm not accusing >> hit in the face. YOU'RE NOT ACTING DRAMATIC. I'M TIRED OF LETTING this little slide embarrassing us throughout the whole thing. Here's the thing, man. You were talking to me a second ago. That's not the way you were talking to me. >> Yeah, because he came in here. >> I'm I'm going to walk away. >> You were talking to me very calm. So, let's remain that way. >> Let's remain that way. Look at me. >> Okay. Everything crazy. >> I feel you, but let's keep it classy. You >> [ __ ] Forget him talking about you right now. Let's keep it classy because you know what? If he acts stupid and he wants to get whatever up in here, they're going to tell him, "All right, you're not flying, sir." That doesn't mean you can't fly. You're not attached to him at this point. You have your own secret whole thing in your hand, right? >> You got to be chill >> and just stay to yourself. >> No, I I can't I I can't go on the next flight. I have to go to work. I can't go I didn't even get kicked off the plane. >> What's your final decation? >> I cannot I didn't even get kicked off the first. >> You can go next. >> Okay. See what just happened? >> They said that. >> No. See what just happened? You're going to go on the next one. You're going to go on the next one and they're going to bump him. That way you don't argue on the plane. That way you don't have to put up with him. You don't have to look at him. You don't have to deal with him. You're going to fly on the next flight. He's going to get bumped to the one after that. Okay? Like I said, you just keep it cool. Don't play into the games, the [ __ ] IF YOU START YELLING, >> I DIDN'T DO THAT. You did that to yourself. >> If you start yelling, what did I just say? If you start yelling at him and getting whatever, they're not going to let you fly either. You got to be calm. >> Listen, this is Listen, I'm spending all day, right? You've already had an issue at one aine, which I know about me, though. I just had >> No, no, I hear you. Hear me out. >> I don't want this to grow to everywhere where they >> ma'am. Stay here. Can I get the the money at least or the or my charger? >> He's not going to give it up and I can't take it from him. >> Oh, the charger in the in his pocket. My phone's going to die. >> I know, but I >> I have to stop somewhere though, sir. My My phone's going to die. >> I will see if I can get it. Please come back and sit down. >> He just got arrested. >> Well, cuz he wants to act like a fool. That's why I keep telling you to calm down and just be chill and you'll make it out of here in a little while. If he wants to act stupid, let him act stupid. >> That's what I was just trying to tell you. >> Yeah. I mean, I walked up as you guys were walking out of another terminal. Here we are again. >> What just happened? >> No. Nope. >> I'm making that decision right now. You're not leaving with me. >> Whatever happened, >> it's still here >> cuz y'all bought it here. >> All right. So, right now, you're going to walk out with this gentleman. We're going to rebook you. There's no more questions. There's no more. There's no more. >> Let's go. >> Can I get on this pipe? No. Get on the next one. >> I will pay for it. I already move. >> I'm a patient. Stop talking to her, man. Just walk. >> Stop. Unless you want to go to jail and that's a bomb. All right. Keep walk. Okay, >> guys. Sorry. Okay, put your hand behind your back. I'm not even doing nothing. Hey, relax, bro. I just relax. I'm pissed off, bro. Please, please. Y take me to my gate, man. >> You're under arrest. >> Please take me to my gate, bro. Please. All I did was fall, bro. I'm pissed off, bro. I'm I'm not acting stupid, bro. Stop. I'm really just mad as hell. Y'all don't understand what I went through today. I got a whole funeral to go to at 5:00 and y'all not understanding this. I missed the funeral already. My great-g grandandmother. What the bae? You really gonna let these people do this to me in the airport? >> Doing it to yourself. >> You love me? Like that's crazy, bro. That is crazy, Milo. >> That's crazy. Lift me up, guys. Please, can you lift me up? I'm not doing nothing. >> I'm contained, bro. >> I'm containing money in my my stuff. >> Hey, he's got a bunch of money. Can someone grab this? >> Can you please arrest me? Can I go to the VI? >> Bring your knees up to your chest. >> Bro, can you walk me to the gate, bro? Like this, bro. That's crazy. Yeah, that's crazy, dude. That's crazy. I'mma calm down, Mr. Hall. Please take me to my gate. Please, guys, no arrest. You're going to jail. >> I get that. But what happened? >> All I saw was ma'am at least. >> I'm telling you, I'm not going to have no phone, no nothing. I don't have a car. >> I can get it. Listen, >> a charger. >> I'm not going to I'm going to give that work. >> All yours. Okay. No, she's not your fault. >> Your son got arrested cuz it's not my fault. He's going to blame me all he wants. Man's going to text him that I was texting that I have a location. I'm not doing anything on your son. He's right in front of our house. I hope they don't take me off the flight cuz I have no money, no car, no >> ma'am. I'm going to give you a refund. Okay. Okay. So, you're going to have to book it in a different I don't have no sir. I really DON'T got me here for my whole trip. [crying] I can't [crying] really talk to him about my >> I can try but >> I really >> Okay, calm down. Calm down again. Please calm down. >> I'm waiting for him to come back. Because my we got booked off of our first flight and I also >> know it's not it's not a good day, bro. >> I don't even please. I don't even know the lawns out here, bro. Please, Mr. Hall. I'm actually I'm begging you. Please. Please. Please, man. Please. What the [ __ ] Please. I'm begging you, bro. >> I'm walking. I'm I'm be quiet. I want to be quiet. I want to talk. >> Please. I just don't want to go to jail, bro. I don't got time for this. Please. I be trying to get on my flight, bro. That's it. Please, man. That's it. I ain't getting nothing, man. Please, man. All these [ __ ] is crazy. All this is crazy. Where you parked at? Y'all really taking me to jail? Under Florida Statute Section 784.03, battery requires only intentional non-consensual contact, no visible injury, no weapon required. Striking someone in the face with a cell phone satisfies that element on its face. But what converts simple battery into domestic battery is the relationship. Florida statute section 741.28 defines domestic violence as battery committed by persons presently residing together as a family or who have in the past. The couple confirmed on camera they live together in Buffalo, New York. That statement alone satisfied the cohabitation element of the domestic violence statute. Once both elements converge, battery plus a qualifying domestic relationship, Florida statute section 741.29 activates. The word is shall. Arrest is mandatory. Officer discretion is removed entirely. The legislature made this choice deliberately. Domestic violence recidivism rates are exceptionally high and prior law allowed officers to mediate rather than arrest. The legislature determined that discretion produced repeat offenses. The mandatory provision eliminated the option. Officers here separated the couple immediately upon arrival. Correct protocol. Separation is the first requirement in any domestic violence response. It allows each party to speak without the other present and reduces the risk of continued violence at the scene. During the girlfriend's interview, the officer asked why she was making a scene. That framing falls below best practices for victim-entered interviewing. Domestic violence training instructs officers to validate distress, not question its legitimacy. The language risked discouraging disclosure at the moment it mattered most. Despite that, she did disclose and her account remained consistent. She told the officer her boyfriend struck her in the face with his phone. She repeated that account privately. Consistency across separate contexts is a recognized indicator of credibility in witness statements. The male subject told officers the dispute was verbal only. Minimization by an accused party is a well doumented pattern in domestic violence cases. Officers were confronted with two directly conflicting accounts and had to assess which version probable cause supported. The subject then fell to the ground in the airport terminal, a public area, and refused repeated officer commands to walk. Under Graham versus Connor 490US 386 1989, the reasonleness of force is judged from the perspective of a reasonable officer on the scene, accounting for the totality of circumstances at that moment. Those circumstances included a battery allegation, three prior police contacts, and active physical non-compliance. Officers responded with handcuffing only. No strikes, no taser, no OC spray. That response was proportional and consistent with the use of force continu. >> We'll talk about that later. >> Please, Mr. >> Come on, man. I'm going to go I'm going downstairs. All right. >> I'm coming, man. Please. Please, man. Like, this is crazy. My mom just called me. Why can I call my mom in my phone? My pocket or something, bro. Like, this is crazy. Please let go my arm. I'm not doing that. I promise you, bro. I got that's officers and everything. You hold my arm really tight, bro. >> Hold it regular. Hold me on the wrist on the arm. I'm not running. I'm not going anywhere. >> We're not flexing on you. >> This guy is over here a little bit. I'm I'm being honest. Like, this is crazy, bro. All this is crazy. Can I please get on this fight, bro? I can't get on no fight or nothing. Not today. >> What the, bro? All this. Y trying to take me to jail, bro. I never even been to jail in Florida. All this, bro. >> This is crazy. This is crazy, bro. I never even been to jail in Florida. Nowhere, bro. >> You feel me? I'm I'm being honest. >> You heard? >> We'll take the elevator. We're going to take the elevator. >> Can I take the train or something? I can't I can't be on a train. >> It's better than It's better than an escalator. >> Yeah. >> Can I take a train home? You get on the escalator. Get on the elevator. You don't I walk down the stairs with y'all. >> Stop. Go. We're going to go to the elevator. >> We're going to go in the elevator. >> This is crazy, bro. She put me in jail, bro. That's crazy. I do everything for that girl. Everything. She didn't put you in jail, buddy. >> Everything. Can I just want to go home? I live all the way in Buffalo, New York. I got a whole flight 5 a funeral at 5:00. What time is it? You get what I'm saying? Man, I wasn't going to make it home to eight. I already missed my great-grandmother passing away. Like, that's crazy. >> Wow. >> What did you do with the rest of my belongings, buddy? >> Can you talk to me? >> Everything you were carrying on here, we got >> Okay, guys. Can Can anybody talk to me, though? Cuz this is like really like a lot. >> You feel me? Like, I ain't never been to jail here. I have no family here. Nothing. It's only me. >> Everything to you. >> I hear you. >> This one. This one. >> [music] >> the corner. >> Damn. Why you like that? All right. I'm What the hell? >> You did this all to yourself. >> Huh? >> You did this all to yourself many times. >> Listen to me. Listen to me. >> I'm done listening to you. Why are you on that? Cuz I'm done. >> You don't know how I feel. You don't know how I feel, bro. You don't know how you said enough. >> You said enough how you feel. We don't. We know your feelings. I understand that. But you're not saying I did stop. I did stop. You're not understanding what happened. >> I did stop. We was just having a a We was talking to each other right then and there on the next plane by myself. Please, that's what I'm asking. At 6:00, I'll buy another flight. $400 flight. Please, guys. I'm asking you. I don't want to be a deal in Florida somewhere. >> Probably at the far end. You hear me? >> I'm asking you guys. I'm asking you. I'm trying to be nice. I'm being cool, calm, collective, everything. All under the sun. I'm asking y'all. Please. I I have >> We're going to the car. >> All right. We can talk in the car. >> You can you can say what you'd like to say, but I'm not going to change anything. >> That's crazy. Y'all can't wait with me until I get on another flight by myself. >> That's what we were trying to do. >> I'm try I ask you that. I feel to the ground cuz I'm pissed. I'm hurt. Y'all understand? My great grandmother is passed. >> My great grandmother. >> We're walking. >> You feel me? Like that's just a lie on me right now. Like a lot. You don't understand, man. Y'all don't understand that lady is my life. You feel me? That's all I'm saying. I ain't trying to be a liar. I ain't trying to be a disgrace. I ain't trying to be a threat. Never. Nothing. You feel me, man? Never. Never, bro. Never at all. This is crazy, you know? So, all I can do is shake my head like, "Wow, wow, wow. I just want to get on my flight, man. 2:00, man. I'll sit with y'all at 2:00. Peace. 3:00, 2:00, whatever, man. I don't want to go to jail. I never been to jail in Florida, man. You feel me? I ain't never been nowhere down here like that. Nowhere. I'm here now. >> How you doing, sir? Could you just scoot over? Thank you. Hold up. Excuse me, Mr. Hawk. Excuse me, Mr. >> We'll talk in a moment. >> All right. Okay. Absolutely. I respect all that. You just make sure you pull all my belongings together, young man. >> Yes. I got some cash. >> You got a lot of He's got like You have 10K. What do you got? >> No, it's just a couple thousand. It's enough money for me to get home, man. You feel me? Please. I just want to go home. I I don't have no family here to get me out of court, go to court, any of that. You know what I'm saying? I just I'm trying to make my flight today, man. That's it. I'll buy another flight. I promise you. Or non-stop. I hear you. I hear you. I would take the seat. I'll get the tickets. I'll pay. I'll do whatever. But I just want to go home. That's it. I'm really hurt. That's all. That's all. You hurt me, Mr. Ho. I'm just really hurt. That's it. That's all, man. I just want to go home. I'll buy another flight. You say everything. I can take the next flight, whatever. I'll buy the one at 6:00 for 400 bucks. You could take the money and give them my my passport and everything there, too. You feel me? I got my [ __ ] in this pocket, too. I don't have nothing. This cash is in that pocket. >> Stuff out this pocket. I don't have nothing. But money and legal documents is my passport in there. You get my passport count first and my card again. >> I can tell you how much it is first. Wait, you got to take your money. I don't even have my >> Have a seat, young man. >> You hear me? >> Can I don't touch anything? I don't want to touch anything. I just want to talk. You can really take me to jail. >> Yeah. >> Hang on. Can I Can I call my mom? Can I call my mom off my phone? Please can I call my mom? She's all the way in New York. >> Please, New York. Step out. Step out. >> No. Turn around. >> Man, I'm going to put my handcuffs. They're not uncomfortable. >> At the time of this analysis, the outcome of any criminal proceedings remains unknown. Based on the footage, the subject was transported to Broward County custody for domestic battery under Florida statute section 784.03. A charge of disorderly conduct under Florida statute section 877.03 is also possible given his conduct in the terminal. The Broward County deputies receive a B+. Their deescalation across a multi-our three contact encounter was exceptional. Extended patience, calm tone, and minimal force throughout. Officers correctly separated the couple, correctly inventoried the subject's belongings incident to lawful arrest under United States versus Robinson 414US218 1973 and executed the mandatory arrest without excessive force. Where they fall short is the victim interview. Asking the girlfriend why she was making a scene shifts the frame onto her behavior rather than the alleged harm done to her. underrecognized domestic violence response standards. Officers should open victim interviews with open-ended, non-judgmental questions. That one exchange delayed disclosure and lowered the assessment. The male subject receives a D. The alleged battery was a criminal act under Florida law, regardless of emotional context. He received three separate opportunities to deescalate across the encounter. He used none of them. He continued approaching his girlfriend against direct orders, then fell to the ground and resisted commands in a public terminal. The one point in his favor is that once handcuffs were applied, he did not physically resist. The girlfriend receives a B minus. Her disclosure was consistent, credible, and ultimately accurate under the law. She did not recant and did not protect the subject. However, her early outbursts, screaming in the terminal, escalating with officers present, complicated the response and delayed her own account. Her financial dependency on the subject, who held all tickets in cash, represents a practical vulnerability that officers partially addressed through rebooked flight assistance. For officers responding to domestic calls in airports or other high security environments under Florida statute section 741.29, 29. Once probable cause is established for domestic battery, arrest is not a discretionary option. The word shall carries legal force. An officer who mediates instead of arresting violates the statute and exposes the department to liability. For civilians, minimization does not constitute a legal defense. Telling officers the argument was verbal, that you love each other, or that you just want to go home does not negate probable cause once a credible battery disclosure has been made. The subject in this encounter believed emotion and circumstance could override law. They cannot. For victims, early clear disclosure materially changes the officer's ability to act. This girlfriend's initial resistance delayed the investigation by several minutes. That delay in a hightra airport environment with an active flight departure window created additional pressure on the encounter. Disclose promptly. Officers are legally required to act on that disclosure. One consequence is worth holding separately. Under Florida law, a domestic battery conviction cannot be sealed or expuned from the record. This applies even if adjudication is withheld, a disposition that in most cases allows for expungement. Domestic battery is the explicit exception. The record follows permanently that is not a collateral consequence. It is the sentence. Let us know if there is an interaction or legal topic you would like us to discuss in the comments below. We read all of them. If there is a body cam interaction or legal question you want covered, let us know.