Before this situation turns into a full-on struggle at Orlando International Airport, there's one detail you need to understand. This entire confrontation appears to begin with a passenger trying to get to the front of the TSA line because he says he was worried about missing his flight. But within moments, officers are dealing with physical resistance inside an active security checkpoint. What started as a disagreement over a line is about to become a much bigger problem involving TSA personnel, multiple officers, and a security breach. So, what exactly happened? And did this situation have to escalate? >> Stop resisting. Stop resisting. >> Stop resisting. Relax. Relax. Relax. What's the problem? What do you need? >> Listen closely to what the officers are saying here. Even while several officers are physically trying to control him, they're repeatedly telling him to relax, stop resisting, and explaining that they don't want to hurt him. That matters because officers are not simply rushing straight to a higher level of force. They're giving verbal commands while trying to gain control of his hands and body. At the same time, this is happening inside an airport security area where officers have to consider not only the person in front of them but also everyone around them. The question is, can officers safely slow things down when the subject continues physically resisting? >> Keep what you got. Are you okay? >> I got it. Are you okay? >> I'm good. Okay. >> We got We got what we got. >> We need hands. We need hands. >> We need hands. >> Guys, I'm going to have to let go whoever doesn't have hands. >> She's got She's got them. Legs. Legs. Get legs. >> Quit racing your hand. I'm resisting. Resisting. >> Listen. Listen. Beat it. His arm up this hand. No. No. Stop. >> Slow down. Slow down. We're good. >> This is where the struggle becomes much more tactical. The officers are communicating with each other about controlling his arms, positioning, and getting his hands behind his back. Notice that they're also warning him directly that continued resistance could result in him getting hurt. That warning is important because the officers are trying to explain the immediate consequence of fighting against multiple people who are attempting to restrain him. You can hear them coordinating rather than everyone simply grabbing at once. From a viewer's perspective, it can look chaotic, but there is a clear objective. Control the arms, reduce movement, and safely get the person restrained. Would you have handled this differently? Now, we get an important look at the subject's mindset. Even after being restrained, he's still arguing with officers and repeatedly expressing his frustration about how he was treated. His comments suggest that from his perspective, the entire situation was about getting home and not missing his flight. But there's a major difference between being frustrated and physically pushing past airport security procedures. At this point, officers have to separate the emotional argument from the actual facts of what happened. Who started the physical confrontation? Did he force his way through a restricted checkpoint area? And did anyone come out? >> Those questions are about to become extreme. >> Yeah. We're going to roll you over. >> Which way you want to go? >> Got a slipper on the slipper. >> Yeah. Just behave yourself along. >> Listen to yourself when you This witness account gives us the first detailed explanation of what allegedly happened before officers arrived. According to the TSA employee, the subject came through the middle of two lines and was told he needed to wait. The employee says the subject continued toward the front because he was worried about missing his flight. Then, according to the account, he reached a side gate and pushed through after it was opened for an officer. That distinction is critical. Officers are now trying to establish whether this was simply a passenger arguing about a line or whether he actually bypassed the security process. And remember, airport security procedures leave very little room for someone to simply push forward. I make no time for it. >> I gave somebody to uh by the office in the office, man. Let me sit down. >> Here, let's search one more time. >> He know I don't have anything, bro. Let me sit down. A weak ass. >> Hey, it's over. >> It's over. You got to get home. Yeah, I know. [ __ ] Do you have his ID? >> Yes, sir. >> Can we run him real quick? >> What's your first name, sir? >> My ID. Now officers give him an opportunity to explain his version of events and his story is remarkably consistent on one major point. He says he was trying to reach the front because he believed he was going to miss his flight. He denies harming anyone and says TSA personnel grabbed him first. This is exactly why gathering statements from everyone involved matters. The officers did not simply rely on one person's account. They questioned the subject, spoke with TSA employees, and discussed checking available camera footage that allows investigators to compare competing versions against physical evidence. At this point, there are clearly two perspectives, but only one sequence of events actually happened. >> Okay. Where were you trying to head off to today? >> I'm going to Memphis. >> Memphis? Are you out on bomb, probation, anything like that? >> Have you ever been arrested for anything? No. >> Okay, good stuff. >> All of this for trying to get there any faster? Was your plane going to be Were you going to miss the plane or something? >> It is. I can miss >> What time was your flight? >> It's on my phone. It's almost 7:00. >> It is. It is almost 7:00. >> Exactly. >> It is almost 7. >> For you to act like this and have to put us through all of this, why was that over? What? Nothing going to happen if I didn't do that. I want to walk off, go somewhere and be stranded here. >> No, nobody was trying to stranger in here, sir. That was >> I told him I need to get to the front, man. See like he want to let me through. >> Did you not talk to like a supervisor or something like that? Let him know. >> Man, he is a person that's standing right there, bro. He All right. I'm asking you. I wasn't there. >> He didn't. >> I'm asking you. I wasn't there. I was trying to work this out so it didn't get to this level. Let me know what you got as far as his history goes. Let's get him out of here. >> Sammy, >> sir, how are you? >> Good, man. >> Apparently, this all started over. He's saying that he tried to make a flight and that uh I guess he got into Yeah, he tried to get to the front of the line. He tried to to try to let them know he was trying to take a flight out and I guess he got into an argument with one of the TSA. Is that am I understanding that correctly? >> I don't know what he is, but yeah. >> Okay. But one one of the workers you had an argument with, right? >> Yeah. >> Okay. I don't know what the They have the cameras there. They'll pull the cameras as far as it goes. They They were saying that they were actually Were you guys actually fighting? >> Something was going on with him and TSA when I first came. They were coming back and forth. >> Like there was some there was some some sort of confrontation. >> When I got there, he was already on the ground. So I I don't know. >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> Yeah. We didn't know if he was bypassing security or at that point they said he didn't he didn't have he didn't go through security and he was trying to force his way through. >> Okay. But he says he has a ticket on his phone. >> I got my ticket in my hand. >> Okay. All right. So the whole thing was that you were just trying to get up there to make your flight and you just [clears throat] got to and and then it escalated from there. Is that what I'm getting? >> Yes, sir. >> Okay. But you understand my point is you got all these officers there trying to get you to cooperate with them and you're acting you're acting like I'm sitting down. I'm calling the eyes but he ain't got touch. He touched me. The dude the first dude in the blue blue Here's one of the most important moments in the entire conversation. The officer explains the basic reason the subject could not simply skip the line. Airport security depends on passengers following the screening process in order. From the subject's perspective, he was trying to make his flight. From the security personnel's perspective, allowing someone to bypass the queue could create a serious security problem. Those two concerns collided almost instantly. The officer also makes clear that they cannot simply make an exception because someone is running late. This is where frustration meets procedure. Missing a flight can be incredibly stressful, but attempting to force your way through a security checkpoint can create far beyond sure. You can't do that. You got to go wait in line. >> I'm not Did >> he go around the the screening area? Is what you're saying? >> No. No. First he came through the middle. >> Okay. >> Of the the two cues. >> He came up the middle of the two cues while everybody was scanning on each side of you. >> So I had I told him, "You can't do that. you got to go wait in line. >> Okay. >> He's like, "Look at I'm not going to miss my flight." >> So then I watched him and he bypassed everybody. He's just going across right to the front >> and I went up to say, "Yo, you can't do that." >> He said, "You ain't going to pay for me to to stay whatever. >> I'm not missing my fight." And then I was like, "You can't do that." So when he got to TDC, I told my guy, I said, "Don't scan him. Don't do anything." And that's when I called for OPD and soup. Okay. >> He was like he walked he just walked by. >> Now when you say he walked by he that you mean like he was trying to make his way to the tram >> or was he going back the other way? >> He was walking by the first part of the checkpoint. >> Okay. >> Where they check your ticket? >> Where they check your ticket. >> So we walked by there and he kept going. I said, "Yo, you can't do that." That's why I caught a second time for OPD and and supervisor >> heading towards the check, >> right? He was heading towards the mag and the the AIT. >> Okay. So then um I don't know how the front the side gate got opened. >> I opened it for an officer that was coming through and then he tried to come through and close. So I tried to close and he pushed and he forced his way through. Did he actually pass to go through? >> He actually passed and went through. So that's what breach that's >> and I jumped in and held him back. Okay. >> I don't know where his tent was. I >> When you said he passed through, that's where the where he was with the metal detector at that point. Right there. >> The side door. the side door which is the 88 gate. >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> All right. So, you got the mag, the side door, and then the >> So, how did he get back to where the metal detectors were? Where we got Where we at? >> So, he came through the side push he pushed his way in and I That's why I held him from going any further. >> Okay. >> Did he Did he strike you? Were you hit or Okay. Did you guys strike him? >> No, we I just pushed him. >> You just pushed him back? >> Just held him back. That was >> What was he doing at that point? You had an accident. >> Push your back. >> Okay. All right. Um I'm just trying to understand the whole thing how it all went cuz I said I got there late. So we're going to pull the the cameras and all that other stuff. >> Everybody that's when all came and got him right >> but he didn't strike you or hit you at this point. He just tried to force his way through to make his flight. And that's pretty much what he told me in there. He said you know there's other ways of doing this than what I explained to him. I said you could have talked to a you know the supervisor and let him know hey my flight is at and usually you guys are pretty good about trying to get those guys through. So I I don't know why he went the levels he did, but um >> rebook. >> Yeah. Or rebook, you know, but usually you guys are pretty good about taking care of, you know, the people. So um as long as you're not injured, that's it. Just write. >> By this point, investigators have gathered several important pieces of information. The TSA employee says the subject passed other passengers, had not completed screening, and ultimately forced his way through a side gate before being physically stopped. The subject, meanwhile, maintains that he was simply trying to make his flight and that he did not intentionally hurt anyone. Notice what the officer does next. He continues asking specific questions and makes it clear that cameras will be reviewed. That is significant because witness statements can conflict, emotions can run high, and memories can differ. Video evidence can help establish exactly what happened. Now, the situation moves from an argument at the checkpoint to an arrest decision. I need to go home. Put the camera on. Camera's on. >> Tyler, listen to me. You're a grown man. >> I am. You acting like I don't care. I don't care. Cuz like I said, I need to get home. I ain't wor about nothing else. Y'all made the issue. If y'all would have let me through, I would have been on the plane. >> How old are you? >> [ __ ] you. I'm 20. All right. All right. >> The longer we take, the longer it take for you to get out. >> I don't care. I'm still going to get to sleep at night. Damn. [ __ ] >> You're under arrest. >> Create a whole new system. >> We should just die. God should redo this [ __ ] >> Take them. Give me your stuff. >> Arms under me like a tombstone. Don't >> resist no stupid. >> No, I'm not. I don't care. >> Let's go. I don't care cuz strong as hell. Yes. I'm act like a little ass child. Like y'all want to hook lock me up or some [ __ ] >> Yes. Yes, it is. I'm a prisoner. >> That hurts. You going to walk? >> All right. So, it's still going to hurt. >> You can walk at any moment like >> No, you're acting in trouble. You know, y'all acting like you punk ass people and I'm just a bad person. I want to get on. Watch out. >> It is [ __ ] I don't want to walk with y my [ __ ] like that. That [ __ ] hurt already. Anyway, [clears throat] I can't afford search now. Put them under the hood. Search them. >> I don't have y'all searching me now, bro. Stop. This hurt my [ __ ] Right. Another reason they got an attitude town. >> And that brings this incident to its conclusion. Based on the footage and the statements heard here, the confrontation began when the subject attempted to move toward the front of the TSA screening area because he believed he was going to miss his flight. TSA personnel say he bypassed passengers and eventually forced his way through a checkpoint gate. While the subject maintains that he was simply trying to get home and says he did not hurt anyone. Officers then responded, attempted verbal commands and deescalation, physically restrained him, gathered statements, and investigated the competing accounts before taking him into custody. He was ultimately charged with disorderly conduct and resisting an officer without violence. The bigger lesson.