you. >> So, you're going to kill you. >> You're going to jail, >> bro. >> You're going to jail. >> I'm going to kill you. >> That's what you said. >> I said maybe kick your ass, but not kill you, bro. Come on. I take that [ __ ] Don't you >> a crude complaint about a slow security line is protected speech. A threat to kill the screener running. It is not. Officers arrived at a Florida airport to find a passenger already at the edge. What happened next turns almost entirely on a single disputed sentence. and I love you for your service. But this in a second I told you I don't do anything when I get yelled at. >> I'm going to stand here. You're yelling at me. I don't listen to me. You're not listening to You're not listening. Why are we being Why are we being yelling? >> Yeah, but before we express ourselves for no reason. >> That's [ __ ] >> Don't touch it. >> Sorry. I know. I'm sorry. Don't Don't touch it. Don't touch it. Does he put your hands on you? I'm going to >> tell behind your back. HANDS BEHIND YOUR BACK. >> HANDS BEHIND YOUR BACK. >> Hands behind your back now. HANDS BEHIND DUDE, stop resisting me. >> Stop me. >> Chill out, man. >> STOP. Chill out. >> Where's your problem? >> GET BACK DOWN. Where's your problem? Get back. Where's your problem, bro? Where's your problem? Threaten to me. You're going to threaten to arrest. That's it. >> You're looking for a reason. What's your problem, bro? >> Are you going to chill now? >> Are you going to now? Are you going to chill out now? >> Now you're going to jail. That's not enough. All right. We gave you a warning. You tried to fall short. Yo, chill. Chill. This is your problem, bro. Yo, I can't walk. I CAN'T WALK LIKE THIS. CHILL. CHILL. I can't walk like this. My pants are falling the >> chill. Sit down. >> I will sit the >> sit down, >> bro. Sit down. >> I can't. HAVE A SEAT. I CAN'T >> STOP IT ALREADY. >> Calmed out. >> What is the problem? >> You >> for what? I can't feel my hands, bro. Come on, bro. I want my family. What is the problem? >> Yeah. Then why you acting stupid? >> I'm not acting stupid. Yes, you are. >> He was acting stupid. >> No, no, no. You were. >> Bro, listen. I'm not trying to act stupid, bro. Listen, I just want to go home, bro. >> Well, now you're not. Now you have to go to jail. >> I'm not trying to sit up. My my hands. I can't feel my hands. Please. >> Fox4 detained back here. >> Listen. Loosen up the cups. I can't feel my hands. Please. Please. >> Please. Sorry. >> Please get back. Get back. >> Domino's. Please loosen up the cuffs a little bit. I can't feel my hands. Please. I had this problem before years ago. Please. I can't feel my hands. >> What problem? What? With your mouth? >> But no. No. With with the handcuffs. >> I can't feel my hands, bro. No, they're not. Bro, I can't feel my >> Hey, when they put you in the car, they'll fix it. >> Listen, guys. I'm not trying to start an issue with you. I'm just trying to go home, my family. >> No, but see, THAT AIN'T HAPPENING. >> WHY? WHAT IS THE PROBLEM? >> STOP. Stop trying to stand up. Stop trying to stand up. >> I'm not trying to stand up. I'm just trying to move so I'm more comfortable. Please, I'm not going anywhere with anyone get more comfortable. You're sitting on a bench. Just sitting. My pants are below my That's very uncomfortable. >> That's very uncomfortable for me. I'm not used to that. I'm from Philly, but it's not that's that's uncomfortable. Please, >> dude. Stop trying to stand. >> Okay. >> I keep telling you. I keep telling you. >> Okay. Can you please I can't feel my hands. Listen, the teeth that are in my mouth are veneers, bro. Like the >> I'm not here for the [ __ ] You don't have to push on me, bro. Listen, I'm not going >> pushing on you. You keep trying to pushing on me. I'm not trying to go anywhere, baby. >> Poppy. Po. Poppy, please. I'm not trying to go anywhere. >> Poppy. My name is Poppy. >> I'm sorry. What's your name? >> Dio. >> Dio. >> Yeah. >> Mr. Dio. I'm not trying to go. Okay. >> I'm not trying. >> Just chill. Just chill. >> Okay. I'm chill. My wife has my stuff is in my pocket. My wife has arrest. Please. I'm not trying to be under arrest. I have to go back to work tomorrow. >> Well, you're not going to work tomorrow. >> Why? >> You're going to jail. >> Why? >> Made threats on. I did not try to kill you. I did not make >> disturbing the peace here anymore. >> Poppy. Poppy. Come on. >> I told you. >> No. Don't baby. Don't copy me. I tried to be nice to you. >> I'm not I'm not doing anything. >> When you said you would kill me like >> I'm not trying to be my >> Okay, let go of me. I'm not going anywhere. Where am I going? I'm behind my back. Where am I going? I'm at the Philly International Airport. Orlando 400. >> Yeah. >> 400. Can you just have >> Yeah. >> Or Fort I confused cuz when we originally booked our flight, we booked it on Orlando and I changed it last minute and fell. >> Yeah, I know. I know. >> Where am I? My my glasses. Okay. I I don't understand. When you treat me like I'm in front of my kids, what am I supposed to be? >> I'm supposed to I'm supposed to let the TSA treat me like I'm in front of my kids. Tell me I'm not going nowhere. This and that. This and that. Look, it's like we we paid for this. You're not going to check this. >> No, I have a problem checking this. Can you please put this in front of me, please? It's against our policy. Can you >> It's against our policy. You're in the wrong county to ask for favors. You understand? >> I can't do my hands. >> When I told you at first I don't talk to people who are yelling at me. You continue to yell. >> Trying to yell at you. >> You continue to yell. >> Listen to me. You're not listening. You continue to yell. You continue to disturb everyone in line. You started calling TSA a mother and then you threatened. Then you threatened to kill me. >> So that's when you're detained. So you're going to you're going to jail, >> bro. >> You're going to jail. >> I'm going to kill you. >> That's what you said. I said maybe kick your ass, but not you probably. Come on. Let's not take that [ __ ] Don't you always I'ming around at the end of the day. Come on. Come on. I'm not It's not You got to take that serious with other people. >> Well, you're the one who said it. Other people didn't say you said it. >> I'm talking about kicking. I'm going to kick your ass. Like, is this a joke? >> You're going to go to jail. We don't think that a joke. >> It's a joke. Like >> if I said that, then it's a joke. I'm sorry. I'm >> And it wasn't I'm going to kick your ass. It was I'm going to my partner, bro. >> Well, that's what you just said, bro. >> I have six. >> And guess what? That's only video up there, too. >> And all that video is recorded. >> Come on, man. >> You don't come here threatening to >> or anybody. >> Come on, man. Anybody? I want some coffee and you can be on my way and be home. >> You don't have a cage in your car? >> No. >> Come on. I'm not trying to kill nobody. You ain't giving me brother Elijah's ass. I drank on an airplane over here. >> Come on, bro. >> I'm not trying to kill nobody. I want my family. >> You drank on the plane and you >> I want my family. Come on. Can you put the cops in the front, please? At least. >> No. No. Listen. We >> I can't feel my hands, bro. Listen, I went through an experience before and I won a lawsuit. >> We don't put All right, you can sue. >> I'm not trying to I'm not trying to sue. No, no, no, no. I just don't want to. I can't feel my hands, bro. I had already had a route. >> You have to be rear cup. Can you loosen it a little bit? This This hand right here. I can't feel it. Look at it. You can see it. >> You can't see it. I can't feel the fingers of my hand. >> I'm not trying to be an I can't feel the fingers of my hand. I'm trying to go home. My family. We had a nice trip and everything like >> I wasn't trying to be an [ __ ] It's just >> the whole way home. Let me let me explain this to you. The whole way home, the only person that got stopped for [ __ ] is me. >> How you feel about that? >> Stopped for what >> exactly? What? What do you No, what do you say? You got stopped for >> No, no, no. I got stopped. I got flagged every time. Every checkpoint, I got flagged. So, by the time I get home, I'm in my home country. And they're like, "Hey, you got to stop." And I'm like, "Bro, what the I'm home. I'm home, bro." >> Like, I feel like I'm home. But the last place I expect to be stopped is I'm home. I'm home. So, you don't want to check you when you're >> No, I don't have a problem with CSA check cuz the whole the whole flight. >> How else should they not check over here? No, they could check whoever they want. They could check me, but it's just I felt like a certain type of way the whole trip when I'm the only one getting checked out of my whole family and then a whole trip and everybody's before me, everybody after me. You know what I mean? >> Start yelling making >> I was not trying to yell. I was trying. If I was, I'm sorry people come over. >> My kids are already partner, bro. You can't >> I wasn't trying to say that in the airport. So, come on. >> But you can't see. >> I'm sorry. I'm sorry for that. I'm sorry. >> Go, guys. Guys, go to the car. Go home. >> Go home. >> Go home. Mama. >> It is what it is. Go home. >> Go home. I know. I'm calm down. Go home. I love you guys. Go home. I'm an [ __ ] Go home. >> I am. Go home. >> Calm down. >> Go home. Go home. Go. Go. They live outside. My keys are in their bag just >> where they get on a connecting flight. >> We're all getting on a connected flight. Can I go talk to him at least, please? >> Who? My partner. >> The part the guy that that abandoned him. He thinks I was threatening. He thinks I was not threatening. >> Can you ask him to come over here, please? Uh probably insulting everybody down the whole line. Uh his bag's not being searched quick enough. So it's our fault. >> Spirit. >> You have a TSA cop. >> You know what I'm saying? He's going to jail. >> I had to go hand >> Yeah. No, he's got a $10,000. Where's Shmika? >> Can I get your side of the story? >> A person checking me for asked me to come do his back. I said, "Okay." He started yelling and screaming. My wife was telling him, "Hey, I'm in American." Okay. Okay. The person came in the bag. I'm taking his bag. Go ahead. his bag attorney saying to him that the bag coming after he >> so he's pretty much like being impatient. >> Yeah. Impatient for us >> when I was trying to explain it as grabbing him, oh my head. That's when Raone came. As Ramon was coming with his hand, I hear nothing. It was escalating. his behavior is escalating. >> What did he say? What did he say exactly? >> He said I'm aing American citizen. I My kids are American citizen. He's taking his time trying to check my bag. 73 people that came through. >> 73 people already got time, but my bag is still not being checked. I mean, basically, he's talking about officers. So, you know, I'm not I'm not upset with you guys, especially the BSO. I'm more upset with that motherucker right there. He's ass. He's causing all this. He said all that to me. But that's why I started getting a little bit upset. He can assault me all he wants. But he insult you guys. That's all. >> I I wasn't trying to be real. >> Don't apologize to me. >> Apologize. Listen. Listen. See me again. >> Don't apologize to me. Look at me. Apologize to your kids >> when you get home. >> And apologize to your wife. >> Don't apologize to me. >> You sit tonight and you apologize to your family when you get home. The thing is we don't have the money for you to get home. >> They're going to rebook you. >> We rebooked you. >> They're going to rebook you. >> All right. >> Yes, they are. >> Yes. I told you the spirit. >> They rebooked you. Thank you. Watch. All right. >> Under Florida law, allowed and profane speech is almost never enough for a disorderly conduct charge. The state's highest court narrowed that statute in state versus Saunders to cover only fighting words or a dangerous false alarm. In plain terms, cursing at a screener is rude, but it is not by itself a crime. A genuine threat of violence is the exception because true threats fall outside the First Amendment. The Supreme Court sharpened that rule in Countermanmen versus Colorado in 2023. It held that a threat can be punished only if the speaker recklessly ignored the risk that the words would read as violence. That is why a claim of joking is not merely an excuse. It speaks to the legal question of intent. The resisting charge follows the same thread. Under Florida statute 843.02, resisting without violence applies only when an officer is lawfully carrying out a duty. So if the underlying detention was unlawful, the resisting charge weakens along with it. And voluntary intoxication is generally no defense to either count. which leaves the practical question of how to keep an ordinary bad day from becoming a criminal case. When irritation at a security line escalates into any mention of killing or harming a screener, the setting does the damage. A checkpoint is precisely where a reasonable listener is most likely to hear a real threat rather than hyperbole. The safest rule is simple. Hostile jokes about violence have no place at an airport, a courthouse, or any security post. When handcuffs go on and a person repeatedly reports that they cannot feel their hands, both sides have a job to do. The restrained person should say it clearly and calmly because a stated complaint carries weight if injury is later claimed. Officers in turn lose nothing by pausing to check the fit since an ignored complaint is how a routine cuffing becomes a lawsuit. When a traveler believes they were singled out unfairly for screening, the effective remedy is a formal complaint filed afterward. Arguing at the belt changes nothing about the screening, but it can turn a legitimate grievance into a night in a cell. Whether the words that night were a threat or a joke is a question a courtroom is built to answer, not a checkpoint. The footage ends and the harder questions remain.