leave her alone don't try to kidnap us alright alright we deserve this bro don't touch me bro don't touch me don't touch me don't touch me don't touch me don't touch me hey stop stop hey stop stop oh my God you guys are lying June 27th,2023 Orlando International Airport Florida Spirit Airlines passengers were denied refunds after repeated flight cancellations the confrontation that followed resulted in felony charges and raises four distinct areas of law worth examining closely yes we deserve this we're not gonna help you if you're gonna ma'am if if we continue this on what's gonna happen is they'll refund your money you'll be trespassed from the airport we're not gonna play this game where we scream at people I understand listen stop stop stop OK I'm done being yelled at this whole time and so are they listen I got it on camera OK good good for you and in a few minutes they'll refund your money and we'll trespass you from the airport if that's what you want we will do that we are not gonna play this game all night OK OK you understand this we're not gonna do the screaming all night long so if it keeps going on they will refund you and we will trespass you from the airport so is that what you like it wasn't weather what is gonna happen right so you guys put our lives in danger not due to US security breach why I will not help I'm not gonna help can you find somebody else that can help are you able to help us I can help are you sure but what I'm saying is you guys put everybody on that flight in danger they're letting poor people without cause I know when I got on that plane I had to stand correct what so what's the outcome you're looking for right now I need we need because now he's hearing it I keep that okay because there's no way that you think that I'm gonna be staying at the airport when you guys lied to us first you're telling me that it was weather now you're telling me that so you were there well I can't you were there four people went on that plane without us no no who's knowledge if I'm talking loud it's because my ears are plugged too and and that's uncontrollable well whose responsibility is that no so I told I'm gonna have Lance come over and I've already told everybody I'm like that's people that keep doing stuff there's to start trespassing people out of here or moving them out because they're like pushing on the flexing I know they're upset but they're like pushing on flexing glass this big guy right here is like in this lady's face like this I'm like we're not gonna sit here and play this game for an hour if you guys can't control yourselves one at a time to be trespassed from the airport well they're they're trying but these people are like I mean they're screaming at me telling me all kinds of crazy stuff back there too so yes but and they're trying to rebook them but the only option is the these people the only flight that's going out is not tomorrow it's the next day so they're upset understandably so but the only solution that spirit can give them is the the manager saying we can only rebook you we can't we can't refund you can't do whatever like maybe you can do corporate alright this is what I understand the flight is canceled they're supposed to rebook the people I can see I yeah I understand the frustration but the man there's like three managers back there and they're like listen all we're doing is we can rebook your flight but people are like I want my money I want this on top of that right I understand that listen for the counters the counters are closed for right now okay the counters are closed now the counters are closed for now oh I'm glad they're closed now my man listen listen why are we why are we why are we on this stuff right now you are a whole ass liar listen you touch me hey touch him listen listen everybody's everybody can't act right right now we're we're closed now for temporary we're not doing anything at the moment and I'll be on my way bro don't touch me bro don't touch me bro don't touch me hey stop don't I got it on camera don't I got it on camera hey stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop fucking choke me out choke me out stop hey you choke me out hey get this dude off me man you just caught that big Bobby boy get this dude off of me man now you got a place to stay tonight be secure oh my God oh my God oh my God oh my God oh my God oh my God no no no no no this is not no oh my God hey stop hey stop oh my God I'm not fighting y'all now I got a place to stay my kids is right here stand up stand up stand up my leg is broken my leg is broken I'm walking outside my leg is broken what's wrong with you guys my leg is broken stand up I'mma stand up my leg broken stand up broke my fucking leg stand up my leg is broken stand up how the fuck I'm gonna stand up my leg broke everybody here's what it looks like no no that's a lie are you a black boy out here doing this wow you are black men out here doing this hold that lion man OK call him again call him again mom do they got him do they got him but I'll get off of him mom but I'll get off my husband please mom come over here I'm right here what is wrong with you I have to report you you're hurting me I'm not doing it they got a record you recorded baby record it yeah I'm I'm I'm suing don't my legs up I'm suing I have a disability and she she choked me my nephew got in the chair she choked me and she grabbed me and I screamed I had a disability five six seven times get off of me I need to be out of here that's your heart in my arm my bones are weak I know well stop resisting quit pulling back quit pulling back quit pulling back my kids you don't let me get my kids quit pulling back I gotta get my kid I don't wanna leave my son I don't wanna leave my son I don't wanna leave my son I don't wanna leave my son I don't wanna leave my son I don't wanna leave my son I don't wanna leave my son I don't wanna leave my son I don't wanna leave my son I don't wanna leave my son man y'all got it on record thank you please text it to me I have a disability she's called on me I hope y'all got that on camera she choked me I choked her head yes she did yes she did don't have no camera thank you she dragged me in the house everybody get it on record I have a disability I asked you to let me go several times if she won't I told him I can't be in these cuffs I'm going straight to the doctor I have a lawyer baby I got bread this is the wrong way you might think I'm not I make 250,000 more than you and I'm a motherfucking get a lawyer on your ass are you awesome you are so fat cause you're prejudice probably you are if you have to say probably you are I have a heart condition too you dragging me I can't walk that fast you're hurting me and I hope you break a bone cause I'm going soon you ready to lose your little 50,000 dollar job huh I need I need that to be representation I don't trust being in a dark boat with these people I'm from Ohio we spent $5,000 here in freaking five days why should we then have to go pay for some expensive crazy hotel in Orlando sleep tonight and they're saying that they can't fly us out till freaking Thursday I saw a young lady who were freaking she was laughing at us and she works there she was laughing at everybody and lying well we're gonna charge that attempted murder too I've attempted murder you attacked me bro you made me pass out you choked me out you're a liar you made me pass out you're a liar you suck ass you attacked me more than one time you got the worst of the two Federal Passenger rights dot 14 CFR Section 250 when an airline cancels a flight federal law requires a full cash refund upon the passenger's request not a voucher not a rebooking Spirit Airlines on site refusal to issue refunds was not a policy limitation it was a violation of federal consumer Protection regulations lesson passengers who accept vouchers under these circumstances are waiving a federally enforceable legal right disorderly Conduct Florida Statute Section 877.03 the statute prohibits conduct that materially disrupts public peace or outrages the sense of public decency in a public space Florida courts in DG vostaté šase Sute šaizitch she UNO so doid shop the z h she chinch FLA 3 d DCA1995 confirmed that sustained aggressive confrontation in a crowded commercial area satisfies this threshold lesson a legally valid grievance does not immunize the manner in which that grievance is expressed protected frustration can become a criminal act in seconds use of force standard Graham v Conner 490 US 3 8 6 1 9 8 9 reasonableness of force is evaluated from the perspective of a reasonable officer at the moment of the decision not with hindsight three factors apply here active physical resistance a confined and crowded public space and an agitated surrounding crowd each factor independently supports escalation on the force continuum deploying multiple officers to restrain one resisting subject is a force reduction strategy not an escalation no less lethal options were deployed a fact favorable to the officers under any gram analysis custodial medical duty Estelle versus Gamble 429 US 9 7 1 9 7 6 when a person in custody makes repeated and consistent claims of injury officers incur a constitutional duty of care under the Eighth Amendment deliberate indifference to a serious medical need constitutes a constitutional violation issuing commands to stand to a subject claiming a broken leg without any medical assessment is legally insufficient lesson transporting the subject to an evaluation center as officers did here is the correct and legally required response First Amendment limits city of Houston v Hill 482 US 4 5 1 1 9 8 7 verbal criticism of law enforcement including profanity racial accusations and allegations of misconduct is protected expression under the First Amendment officers cannot lawfully arrest a person solely for these statements the constitutional line is crossed at physical interference not verbal protest lesson you may verbally challenge an unlawful arrest you may not physically resist one escalating criminal exposure Florida Statutes Sections 843.02 and 843.01 physically inserting oneself into an active lawful arrest is obstruction without violence a first degree misdemeanor the moment that obstruction becomes physical force it elevates to resisting with violence a third degree felony carrying up to five years imprisonment battery on a law enforcement officer under section 784.07 adds a separate third degree felony count lesson each act of physical resistance during an arrest is a distinct criminal charge they stack charging decisions and civil liability 42 USC section 1,983 the initial attempted murder charge was later dropped by prosecutors this correction is significant an overreaching charge may support a malicious prosecution claim under section 1,983 if plaintiffs can show the charge lacked probable cause and was filed with improper motive for an excessive force claim under section 1,983 to succeed plaintiffs must prove force was objectively unreasonable under Graham versus Conner a difficult standard to meet where sustained physical resistance is on camera key takeaways 1 federal law grants you the right to a cash refund on a cancelled flight assert it in writing do not accept a voucher under pressure 2 verbal protest of police conduct is constitutionally protected physical resistance is not and each act of resistance is a separate charge 3 medical claims during custody trigger officer obligations under Astell document them clearly and immediately 4 overreaching charges can become the basis of a civil rights claim under section 1,983 even when other charges stand