stop stop I know you wrote it down but I do have to ask a civilian physically restrains a violent suspect at one of the busiest airports in the world was that a lawful act or a crime itself what's going on how you doing sir Mom mom are you alright yeah we got him alright man so what happened talk to him this guy would know the most I was walking down and apparently he was sitting right across from this old lady and he just jumped on her and started dragging her what dragging her I don't know if he was getting her trying to get something or what but I didn't see anybody doing anything so I grabbed him in a headlock and took him down okay alright she's still out there yeah she's sitting right there okay okay no she's just startled just okay I am so good if you want to talk to that guy yeah yeah okay I'll go talk to her I'll get a witness statement I'm getting one from you also i'mma send another unit so we can grab him okay all right then I'll just go around no security guard no security guard 27 0 4 billion 20:704 uh so we have a a guy he may be 24 he apparently uh attacked uh another passenger out here the officers are holding them down can I get another unit out here to help me out i'mma take some witness statement yeah I know I got to be advised 27 o eight is in the room where's the young lady all right I just want you to stay right here i'mma run to the car I'll be right back I'm gonna get you are you OK you need any medical attention no okay what i'mma do is i'mma get your witness statement okay can you advise the officer that holding him down and I'll be right back stay right all right 27 0 four and be advised is actually a alpha 20 I don't know you're gonna kill me I know you guys are gonna kill me I still got him coming he's keep saying you know he's keep giving me an ETA of he's almost here OK so just hold up um who are y'all working for cause they wanna know CCP see who CCP Customs got you customs got you 20:704 radio what am I being held for sorry what are you holding holding 27 0 four uh the guys who are actually uh holding them is uh they work for customs then why do you have me like this I'm happy alright then let me go yes let me go alright why not what your customs officer also or you're just no sir OK hey it's right around the corner man I got a unit coming okay yeah everything is fine I'm just uh waiting on the unit so uh to put them in the car where you can raise a customs agent so they can bring the customs on the concourse yeah so just waiting on 8 to get here alright thank you that happened so fast yes ma'am okay well I know you wrote it down but I do have to ask you to tell me your story again okay there you are sir you can write yours down and don't forget to fill out the top form go ahead and I am recording so go ahead well I was standing at that kiosk there going out working on the computer yes ma'am and all of a sudden some guy came up and like I had my bag over by I'm like he said he grabbed a hold of it and like started crying take it away from me okay try to take it back yeah and so I I guess and he's pulling and I'm trying to hang on I ended up on the floor until that gentleman was kind enough there was a few guys that tried to help and he finally some do do yeah you know got him down so okay yeah I remember alright yeah well thank you so much alright make sure I get all of his information but I'm definitely want to get yours make sure I'm looking but he held on to her because when he came uh huh she was here yeah and he held her all the way over there oh yeah he was holding her until he saw I only saw I was walking that way and all I saw was somebody getting I thought it was like a kid that's what I thought then I saw a woman on the floor so I just I didn't grab her what's up what's going on hey yeah gotta get that guy in the car my car is out here I don't know where you parked you parked like 8:20 yeah just take him to the precinct okay that's it I'm still getting a witness statement OK give me your hand I'm sorry OK got a little blood on his finger the aliens they got inside of me and this plane they just they came inside of me you gonna walk downstairs without a without a problem depending who's arresting me are you the police officer yes you have no problem at all go ahead stand up go ahead stand up switch our custom yeah sorry about that guys hey no problem appreciate it man you're good thanks for being good with us alright okay alright 20:704 that's affirmative it was a physical attack he initially tried to grab her bag and then he proceeded to drag her across the floor that's strong strong yeah that big old dude but he was wrestling that big dude man that dude 260 75 mmm hmm he held on to the lady because the lady would have got crushed he was holding on to you know holding on to her pulling her back yeah cause that fucking guy would have beat the shit out of that lady he would have probably hurt her bad oh my goodness brother I don't know what to say about it but it's gonna be a quarterback situation it's Philo's out so when I uh tell DOA who helped out make sure I mention you alright your name date of birth phone number who you hey I'm about to call you huh he's gonna be arrested OK I'm gonna arrest him what you uh huh what you got what you got um I can't get from public intoxication also uh try to take the lady's bag you know what I'm saying she's gone now I already got the information take to the precinct I'mma be right there as soon as I get this I don't know exactly what he had with it thank you appreciate you man I got this you got any bags up there um yes we do you wanna read my rights no not today just have a seat right now just tell me what happened real quick you want my rights you don't want to talk no I just want you to read my rights first no I don't need to I'm not gonna ask you I just wanna know what well you can technically read my rights OK alright no you talk to me no I don't I'm not gonna talk to you yeah I was bringing it hey you got a bag you got any bags yeah uh no this was it all that he had out here here's the other thing we didn't realize till the red Coke came or toast he stated I have a bomb and he pushed several other and apologize we know it's a little rough out and stuff um so yeah just let you know so where's the victim at uh uh the victim the pilot and the uh passenger went on they went on I guess about their business the lady that came so what did he do to the victim it was a red coat huh what did he do to the victim uh I don't know if he had the victim but the guys that were on him was us custom guys those guys that were on them they were us custom yeah did you see what he did to the victim no no I heard help help help and um she told me what happened he came in on a Las Vegas flight and the other one was supposed to go out on the flight here the red coat I've got her name and information if you want it um she came around brought him around here and that's when he started talking out of his head saying there was aliens on my wing of the plane I've got a bomb um and then he said if I touch you that's assault and then he wouldn't touch her so you talk to this officer about that no I hadn't talked to him yet you might want to talk to him he's gonna be the primary is he gonna be the primary I don't know alright and that's your sister you um you are bleeding from the nose you want medical attention murderers 27 0 3 you do yes sir alright I'm not gonna be any more offensive um offensive that's fine that's fine I got you a bomb threat an assault on an elderly woman an attack on a pilot three separate bodies of law about to collide in the same incident Georgia Code Section 17 4 60 a private person may arrest an offender when a felony is committed in their immediate presence or knowledge Georgia Code Section 16 8 40 defines robbery as taking property from a person by force with intent to steal all elements confirmed by the victim Georgia Code Section 16 5 23 dot 1 adds battery intentional physical harm is established at the moment the victim was dragged to the floor Georgia Code Section 16 3 21 authorizes force to defend a third party against imminent unlawful force the civilian intervention is fully protected Graham v Connor 1,989 reasonableness of force is judged from the perspective of a reasonable person on scene not with the benefit of hindsight Federal Law Title 49 United States Code section 46,507 conveying a bomb threat at a commercial airport carries up to five years federal imprisonment Title 49 United States Code section 46,504 interference with flight crew members is a separate federal offence triggered by the assault on the pilot Miranda v Arizona 1,966 any custodial interrogation requires prior rights advisement the patrol vehicle conversation directly implicates this rule Rhode Island v Ines 1,980 interrogation includes any question reasonably likely to produce an incriminating response casual framing does not change that lesson once a suspect is secured in custody Miranda must be administered before any questioning begins regardless of how informal the exchange sounds under federal law voluntary intoxication reduces but does not eliminate criminal intent the knowledge element of section 46,507 still applies lesson the suspect distinguished between federal agents and city police then complied selectively courts treat this as evidence of functional awareness functional awareness during an incident is a primary factor in competency to stand trial evaluations under both federal and Georgia state procedure three legal systems converge here Georgia criminal code federal aviation law and constitutional due process protections which jurisdiction controls if the suspect genuinely believed a threat was real does that negate the knowledge element required for a federal bomb threat conviction under section 46,507 and if the Good Samaritan had caused serious injury during the takedown would Georgia law have protected him from criminal or civil liability these are not hypotheticals they are active legal questions this case forces courts to answer the outcome may surprise you