he don't known how to act when he drink like come on you need to know how to act it's our anniversary it's our sixth year Mary and anniversary we've been together for 12 years we have eight kids that's what we're trying not to do Ethe more you play with us the quicker this is this is tears of hurt betrayal I don't say anything he don't knoEw how to act when he drink like come on you need to know how to act that what you need to know how to do all that lady asked was for her to split us up you have a problem with her splitting us up let her split us up until you calm your stupid ass down can I see you're making you're making up what you calling for what you making all that noise for alright man what's going on today there's no fight what's going on we'll get your stuff just tell us what happened let me have it why is your shirt red cause keep on the plane rip my shirt who on the plane I don't know why would they rip your shirt cause I'm trying to get my bag off the plane okay where you guys they told me to come up he didn't put his hands on you no ma'am okay listen okay I mean this is my husband over 12 years now okay can you pull it back up this right here babe this been here for six years okay can you pull it back up okay ain't that wrong he don't tell he don't I don't play I don't they like that they try to put her off the plane not me okay I'm the one that got thrown off the plane because of her well they were trying to put her off the plane right not me I was in my seat okay the flight attendant told her you get up you gotta go did she give a reason I don't know the reason why but they told her come on you gotta go sure go to the bridge oh I gotta go I said man we are good okay do you know where you're at right now yeah I know I'm I I I have to ask these questions bro do you know where you're at right now bro it's not me I'm not saying you we had a few words OK he was drinking too much at the bar I said baby you need to calm down we still got to get to baby it's our anniversary it's our sixth year Mary and anniversary we've been together for 12 years we have eight kids we're trying to avoid that I didn't do nothing for nobody I'm not saying I'm not saying that you didn't do nothing I didn't do nothing for nobody do nothing I'm not saying you didn't do nothing y'all take me to jail do whatever y'all gotta do I don't care about it trying to avoid I'm fine i'mma be back home bro so it is what it is we're asking her the same stuff ain't no problem it's no problem it was no problem so then they try to take my wife off the plane sure I said no we good leave her alone this is that the st*pid *ss flight attendant lying oh I can't talk to y'all y'all say y'all talking to each other isn't it so are y'all my wife so are y'all raising your voice and what not no this is my wife OK the stupid ass flight attendant talking about oh oh oh I gotta take all the planes and die my wife leave me alone OK right I get on the plane oh no you gotta get off the plane why I gotta get off the plane this is this is my wife I'm telling you we good he's trying to put my wife off the plane right I say we good okay don't worry about it she's trying to take my wife off the plane okay I say nah we good don't worry about it my wife good but we good but the flight attendant didn't give me the flight attendant cause the ain't good ain't no good man but they didn't give a reason she's gonna have to go to court about what he's saying they're saying that she can't fly with him he never touched her back and forth with it I say we good and my wife true my wife say the same thing I say we good you try to take my wife to the plane for what all the money I spent playing chicken and all this sh*t yeah it's probably for the raised voices oh my I'll get my f*cking money back then well all the money I spent it's something else alright listen we're gonna talk hey little girl hey it's something else and then and then and then and then and then and then and then the motherf*cker won't jump up on the plane and say do this and this and that I don't do what you got to do see whatever you can do huh so they they think I'm holding them up on the plane OK I'm gonna need you to stop so I can talk OK I'm a real man I don't care about that dog so I ain't do nobody nothing man so real quick I just need you to answer a couple of questions I ain't do nobody nothing bro I need you to answer a couple of questions I didn't do nobody nothing bro are you gonna answer my questions I didn't do nobody nothing I'm not saying that you did are you gonna answer my questions or not do you do you have your identification I lost my I'm a grown man I need to see it a big man a grown man I need to see it that's why I'm here your identification what what I got going on well we're gonna have to do a report on this I need to know who I'm talking to this interaction what did I do being disorderly on a flight me yes sir so we're gonna need to see your ID I'm the one that's trying to help are you gonna let me explain to you so you can't be down here yelling cussing screaming I understand that I understand that so we need to see your ID that's what we're trying not to do Ethe more you play with us the quicker this is I don't care about none of that man I don't care about none of that dog I don't care about none of that thanks sir I don't care about none of that man where y'all trying to go to okay we're gonna stay up here okay where my phone at we'll get it for you just relax in a minute for what we're waiting on the read back in a minute do you know where you're at right now yes I do can you tell me yes I do yes I do can you tell me I'm in Tennessee Nashville airport thank you where you trying to get to man give my license man let me go then let me go no what I did you're still being so rude right now what did I do you're what did I do you're disrupting what did I do are you gonna let me finish what did I do keep your voice down what did I do keep your voice down you can't tell me how to talk man I'm a man bro you can't tell me how to talk I ain't disrespecting you I just talk loud I talk loud I ain't disrespecting you bro I ain't disrespecting you I ain't do nothing disrespectful to you man I didn't say you did come on bro I'm a grown man bro yeah I ain't do nothing to y'all nobody said you did nobody said you did nobody with me oh we're trying to establish that that's what I'm saying at this point I guess to leave the airport at this point because they're saying that they can't fly at least they can't fly with them spirit until tomorrow I ain't do nothing to them you're under arrest man what I did you're under arrest what I did don't do this man what I did I'm gonna put you on the ground you don't stop what I did do not stop and put your arm behind bro wait let me get this wallet can I get this hold on hold on hold on hold on hold on hold on hold on put your arm behind your back now hey hey what did I do put it put it behind your back now you're gonna get kicked hey hey stop what I did get out the exit get out the get out the jailbreak hey calm down hey they're taking me to jail calm down put your under arm behind your back now I'm gonna ask you to do you understand just give me your wallet and calm down please do you understand calm down put your arm behind your back alright hold up can you give it to her give it to her hold up hold up hold up hold up hold up what are you trying to give her hold up hold up alright I got it let go of it let go of it let go of your phone I'll give it to her OK got it yeah alright calm down for a second just calm down y'all didn't know what's this just calm down the lady said you ain't her so that's why they take you just calm down just calm down who did this to me you got hey alright chill out and calm down should I want this to go with you no alright take my wallet please your wallet where is it at in this pocket alright and you don't you don't want anything out of here OK i'mma be at this airport babe go ahead stop resisting get can I have his head thing come on babe stop just go ahead just listen to them please you what just stop stop stop me man stop hey it's not you can do stop hey stop I'm asking you to stop what y'all doing the whole sh*t for what y'all doing the whole sh*t for dawg what y'all doing this for what y'all doing this for for a reason for a reason what's the reason stop stop come on man do you what y'all doing anyway what what are you looking for you man you did this to you okay you man yeah all yeah OK all yeah I ain't do nothing OK I ain't do nothing yet you mean it yeah man oh you b*tch oh you b*tch oh attention and chill this is the final warning call for that we're playing 59 hey get off my face boy get off my face boy get off my face boy get off my face boy get off my face boy stop man got me f*cked up I ain't do y'all nothing what's going on man we're just trying to walk I didn't do nothing well let me walk like a man well we tried to do that man I wanna walk stop pulling it we can walk let me walk like a man we are you're pulling I ain't gonna put you push me on back you push me on back for what I'm already a haircut why you push me on back just walk just walk let me walk like a man just walk what you push me in my back huh dude come on let's go dude you serious you did y'all park up here yeah I'm up here are you serious come on push me in my back huh bro come on what the f*ck are you putting inside what did I do I'm the victim I'm the victim I didn't do nothing I didn't do nothing I'm the victim I'm the victim you know I ain't got nothing you know I ain't got nothing don't touch me man don't touch me hold on we gotta catch you down you know I ain't got nothing well let me check we just gotta check we just gotta catch you down I didn't do nothing you're a b*tch boy is there anything else b*tch you're a bitch yeah like y'all do on here and you gonna do it and you gonna do it ain't nobody gonna you get in the car there's nobody gonna do nothing get in the car please I ain't gonna do nothing bro get in the car um yeah I didn't even do nothing my wife has charges for assault on her yeah that white shirt ripped huh that white shirt ripped she said he hit her square in the side of the head so I'm about to go get her is there any her is there any marks on her face no it's all covered by her hair huh what about it what I can get a finger in there he's fine what I did though what I'm supposed to do you're lucky you're about to get taste I almost but I was like I almost taste it we had drivers been great but I was like I was like we got three of us up here so like they're big guys so I was like I think we'll be I know that if you would have fought all three of us I was push the ball like go ahead simple right yeah well that's what I was expecting that dude was big strong well he's just got a lot of mass behind him yeah so look at him and he's got like I know he's gonna fight oh yeah I knew he was gonna fight too that'll be posted as soon as you get prosecuted are you out today yeah huh are you out today I'm the I'm the victim I'm the one that was trying to break everybody else up I get my demeanor like I ain't do nothing innocent thing this ain't no this ain't no tears of fear this is tears of hurt betrayal I don't say anything I understand hi man uh come on in here can I wash my face on it yeah I'm gonna wash my face on it can I get a napkin wash my face on it I'm not gonna do what you're gonna do with the napkin this ain't no this ain't no tears of fear on October 25th 2,025 Nashville International Airport police responded to a reported disturbance at a Spirit Airlines departure gate involving an alleged assault on a flight crew member three charges ultimately resulted disorderly conduct resisting arrest and simple assault all three remain pending as of this analysis with a trial date set for April 2026 the first legal framework that governs this encounter is the investigative detention doctrine under Terry versus Ohio Terry established that an officer may briefly detain a person based on reasonable suspicion not probable cause a dispatch call reporting an unruly passenger and a flight crew assault clears that threshold before any officer makes visual contact during this phase the subject is not under arrest officers are gathering information establishing identity and assessing the situation refusal to provide identification during a lawful investigative detention does not itself constitute a crime in Tennessee but it does remove the subject's most effective off ramp from a rapidly escalating legal situation probable cause for the disorderly conduct arrest rests on a totality of circumstances analysis under Illinois versus Gates by the time of the arrest announcement officers had corroborated accounts from flight crew and the wife the subject's own admission of physical intervention a torn shirt consistent with physical confrontation and ongoing disorderly behavior at the gate Tennessee Code Section 39 17 3 0 5 defines disorderly conduct as engaging in fighting or violent or threatening behavior in a public place with intent to cause public annoyance or alarm a commercial airport gate is unambiguously a public place the intent element is satisfied by the nature and duration of the conduct the simple assault charge rests on Tennessee Code Section 39 13 1 0 1 intentionally causing bodily injury to another person striking a flight attendant in the side of the head satisfies that element notably the flight attendant's decision to decline pressing charges does not bind the prosecution prosecutors retained independent authority to file under Tennessee Rules of Criminal Procedure and did so several months after the incident federal exposure also existed under 49 United States Code section 46,318 which prohibits assault intimidation or threatening behavior toward flight crew members aboard an aircraft prosecutors proceeded under state law in this case but federal charges remain an available avenue through the trial date the use of force analysis is governed by Graham versus Conner the Supreme Court's 1989 standard requiring objective reasonableness judged from the officer's perspective at the moment of the decision not with 20 20 hindsight three factors apply the severity of the underlying crime whether the suspect poses an immediate threat and whether the suspect is actively resisting all three factors were present at the moment of physical engagement the decision not to deploy a Taser despite active resistance with three officers present reflects proportionate force and reduces both injury risk and civil liability exposure the resisting arrest charge under Tennessee Code Section 39 16 6 0 2 requires intentional prevention of a lawful arrest using force pulling away turning the body and refusing to place hands behind the back during handcuffing satisfies that element under Tennessee case law the subject's repeated assertion of innocence during the arrest is legally irrelevant to the resisting charge the lawfulness of the underlying arrest is a separate question an objection to arrest does not license physical resistance the remedy for an unlawful arrest is the courtroom not the arrest scene Miranda obligations attached at the point of formal arrest no custodial interrogation appears to have followed meaning no Miranda violation is apparent on this record however best practice requires advisement at the point of custody not only before questioning on the First Amendment question profanity directed at officers is generally protected speech under Cohen versus California the disorderly conduct charge here does not rest on the subject's speech to law enforcement it rests on conduct toward flight crew and other passengers aboard the aircraft that distinction is legally significant and will likely define the contested terrain at trial the lead officer receives a B+ probable cause was well developed before the arrest force was proportionate de escalation was applied consistently and patiently throughout the decision not to deploy intermediate weapons despite active resistance reflects sound tactical judgement the absence of a visible Miranda advisement following the formal arrest announcement is the one procedural gap on this record the male subject receives a d the foundational criminal act the alleged strike on the flight attendant preceded every other element of this encounter and generated the legal chain that followed the subject had multiple decision points at which compliance would have materially altered the outcome he declined every one of them refusing identification arguing past lawful orders and physically resisting a constitutionally grounded arrest are three separate aggravating choices the subject is entitled to contest these charges at trial he exercised that right by surviving the arrest without further incident the wife receives a C plus her early account provided the most coherent factual narrative officers received her later cooperation on the wallet handoff diffused a potential flashpoint however her failure to remove herself from the active arrest zone created an unnecessary safety variable in an already dynamic situation Nashville Airport Police receives a B deployment was appropriate officers demonstrated consistent application of de escalation before transitioning to enforcement no excessive force is apparent on this record the procedural gap on Miranda advisement and the absence of a separate flight attendant interview on camera prevent a higher rating three lessons emerge from this encounter first an investigative detention is not an arrest understanding that distinction and using it is the subject's most powerful tool in the early stages of any police contact voluntary cooperation during a Terry stop does not waive Fourth Amendment rights it creates options refusal collapses them second a complaining witness declining to press charges does not terminate prosecutorial authority prosecutors have independent standing to proceed and in cases involving flight crew assault federal jurisdiction means a second prosecutorial body is always watching third the use of force continuum is not punitive it is proportional officers who pass over available options without deploying them reduce liability and preserve credibility the decision to forgo Taser deployment here was the tactically correct and legally defensible choice that discipline matters at trial and in civil litigation let us know if there is an interaction or legal topic that 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