Viewer advisory, use of force footage presented for legal education only. April 16th, 2023. Orlando PD responded to a disturbance at Gate 24, Orlando International Airport. Four criminal charges followed, three felonies. >> [screaming] >> Talk to me. >> We're not touching you, ma'am. >> Leave me alone. >> What's going on? >> No, no, no. >> Hey, I spoke with your husband earlier. I was the one to speak. I know. So, are you on the phone with him? >> Don't touch me. Leave me alone. >> Are you Can you we talk? Uh-huh. Ma'am, don't, please. >> What is >> Do not >> Ma'am, don't touch that. >> Leave me alone. >> Okay. >> No, I am not stopping. You will back the [ __ ] away from me. >> You need to settle down and so we can talk. >> No. I am getting away from the people. >> Over there. Over there. >> No, leave me alone. >> You ready? Okay. >> Touch me. Do not touch me. >> Ma'am. >> No, no, no. >> So, ma'am. >> Don't touch me. Do not touch >> Hey, no touching, ma'am. >> Excuse us. >> Do not touch me. >> Excuse us. >> Move, move, move. >> Excuse us. Sorry, sorry. >> Do not come near me. DO NOT COME NEAR ME. >> ALL RIGHT, YOU NEED to settle down. >> MY HANDS ARE UP. DON'T TOUCH ME. >> YOU NEED TO SETTLE DOWN. >> DON'T TOUCH ME. >> YOU NEED to settle down. >> No, I WILL NOT SETTLE DOWN. >> YES. >> You will back up. >> Got a pen and A RECEIPT. >> NO, GET OFF OF ME. >> [screaming] >> GET DOWN ON THE GROUND. GET DOWN ON THE GROUND. >> GET OFF. >> GET DOWN ON THE >> GET DOWN ON THE >> GET OFF OF ME. >> SETTLE DOWN. SETTLE [screaming] DOWN. >> GET THE [ __ ] NO. AH! GET OFF OF ME. GET OFF! GET OFF! GET OFF! NO! NO! STOP BITING ME. STOP. NO! GET OFF OF ME. NO, PLEASE. PLEASE, stop it. Please, stop it. >> Roll onto your stomach. >> No! Get off of me. Get off of me. Get >> Roll over. You're making it harder on yourself. Back it back it back it back. >> Get the [ __ ] off of me. >> Everybody get a TASTE OF THE TASER. >> NO! >> WHICH SIDE DO YOU WANT TO ROLL OVER? >> NO! STOP. GET OFF OF ME. NO! NO! >> GOOD JOB. GOOD JOB. >> SOMEBODY HELP ME. Somebody help me. Get >> The first charge was established before physical contact. Florida statute section 877.03, disorderly conduct, prohibits conduct that disturbs public peace. Screaming and erratic behavior in a crowded airport gate met that threshold. De-escalation followed for 90 seconds before any force was applied. Under Florida policy, that documentation is the legal foundation for everything that follows. When an officer announced the subject had a pen in hand, the force calculus changed. Tactical doctrine, any rigid object in a clenched grip is a potential impact or puncture weapon. Graham versus Connor, 490 US 386 1989, force must be judged from the officer's perspective at the moment, not in hindsight. Three-factor test, severity of crime, immediate threat, active resistance. All three were present on camera. The subject bit an officer on the neck. Florida statute section 784.07, battery on a law enforcement officer, elevates to a third-degree felony automatically when the victim is an officer on duty. Officers had legal authority under Graham to deploy OC spray or a taser. They did not. Restraint after documented felony battery limit civil liability and defines professional conduct. Full charge count, disorderly conduct section 877.03, battery on Leo section 784.07, resisting with violence section 843.01, resisting without violence section 843.02, first degree misdemeanor. EMS noted the subject was coherent on scene. Willfulness is a required element under section 843.01. Coherence on scene supports the prosecution's burden. >> Off of me. Right now. Why did you let them do this to your baby? GET OFF. NO. NO. PLEASE GET OFF. WOW. Oh my god. >> to need to take her to our car. >> No, please don't put me in a cage car. Oh. Oh. Please get off of me. Get off. >> Can I? >> OFF ME NOW. NO. >> STOP. >> NO, PLEASE. >> MA'AM, you need to settle down. >> I know you have a family, too. Just don't do it to me. >> All right. >> Kids. I have beautiful kids. Please leave me alone. >> Just settle down >> Please leave me alone. >> All right, we're going to get you >> Little lady, we're going to sit you up. Please don't call me a little lady. >> Okay. Hey, we're going to help you with your legs, okay? Is this your shoe over here, too? All right, sit down over here. >> I don't wish to sit in the car. >> you to sit down. Please sit down, please. >> Sit down, sit down, sit down. >> Please, please. >> Come on, sit down. Sit down. Will you sit down? Please just sit down. You want to get her feet up there, on her? >> No, don't touch me. >> We're not touching you. >> Please, do you have a family? >> getting your left sock. You can put it >> No, no, no, don't let them take me, please. >> Come on. >> Please don't let me. >> going to take you. >> No, please don't let me. Why are all these men on me and nobody's trying to help me? >> Ma'am, we are trying to help you. >> No, you're not. This is really I already Don't touch me, please. Stop it. Why were you Please don't let them take me. No, get off of me. Why are you recording me? >> Just go left. Yeah. >> I'm sorry this is happening to you, baby. Yes. >> Can you make some room? >> No, get off of me. >> If she gets off, we're just going to bring her. >> No, you can do I don't want to walk. I am not walking. I'm sorry baby this is happening to you. >> We're going this way, folks. Excuse us. Ma'am, stop, please. Coming through here. >> Get off of me, please. >> THANK YOU. >> NO. PLEASE DON'T take me away. >> Stop kicking. >> No, please. >> COME ON, MAN. COME ON, COME ON. COME ON, MAN. >> NO. I WILL NOT. >> Come on, man. We're almost there. >> Come on, man. Come on, come on, come on. Come Come on, man. Come on, we got to go. >> No, why are you all of you being so mean to me? >> Yes. >> Can you check my neck over here? >> I don't know that. >> No. No. >> I think my arm is not broken. No, it's just not broken. I think it's just It's swollen. >> Ma'am, we're going to be near your left. Was that a bite? >> Yes, she bit me on the neck. >> No. Do not >> Ma'am, we have to do this. Did they have >> You're breaking my back. >> We're not breaking anything. >> Help me. >> Grab her arms. You guys ready? On three. One, two, three. UP SHE GOES. >> OW! OW, MY ARM. PLEASE PUT ME DOWN. I WILL WALK. >> [screaming] >> OKAY. >> OW. LET ME OUT OF HERE. >> YOU'RE GOING TO WALK NOW. >> SHE SAID >> Still calm down for 992. For EMS >> You're going to walk now, and now you're going to walk with us. >> Get off of me. >> I'll talk to you when we get down there, okay? All right, ma'am. I'll talk to you when we get down there. >> She's bad out here. We're going to have to put her on the stretcher. >> What? >> No, okay. No. All right, ma'am. Here, back it back it back it back it. A full cocktail. Yep, EMS are still coming. >> No. Do not give me any drugs. I don't use any drugs. >> The investigator, can we get a stretcher up here then? >> No. No, I don't use any drugs. They're >> They're trying to scare me. >> Ma'am, we're going to put soft restraints on you, okay? >> No. >> Can we use soft restraints ON HER? >> OW. >> AND THEN ONE CUFF INTO THE INTO the gurney. Follow. And uh make sure you get clearance for that. Yes, we will do, sir. >> Can you come pick me up in the truck? >> All right. No, please don't take me in there. >> I need you to the doctor. All right. >> Can I put my arm inside of this? >> Yeah, we're going to just wheel you right out there, okay? >> I'll be uh >> We put a non-innovated capnography on the back of the stretcher. >> Okay. >> So I'm going to be in there with you. Hold on. All right. We're going to put you in this seat. >> Okay. >> That way you're out of sight. >> Okay. >> And then make it things are getting You got She's pretty easy to handle. >> How is she doing in there? >> Officers, grade B. De-escalation documented. Force proportionate throughout. No less lethal deployed despite felony battery. One deduction. An officer called the subject little lady. She objected on camera. Dismissive language toward a distressed adult is unprofessional and unnecessary. Subject, grade C plus. Distress is visible and acknowledged. Under Florida law, emotional distress does not extinguish criminal liability absent a formal incapacity adjudication. Biting an officer is felony battery regardless. Cooperation was available before contact and was declined. Department, grade B. EMS integration and soft restraint protocol reflects sound institutional procedure. One gap, no crisis intervention should be activated when behavioral indicators suggest psychiatric disturbance. CT is best practice. Its absence here is documented. Three takeaways. One, document de-escalation. It is the legal foundation, not a formality. Two, restraint after justifiable provocation defines professionalism and limits liability. Three, mental health crisis and criminal liability are not mutually exclusive under Florida law. Distress is context. It is not immunity. The subject is presumed innocent. Charges are not convictions. The court decides. Let us know what interaction or legal topic you want analyzed in the comments below. Thank you for watching.