[bjhooper82]

Originally Posted by cajun bill

Sorry, can't agree with you. The passenger refused to comply with law enforcement, (whether LE was right or wrong can later be determined), and then resisted physically. The only way they could control the situation was to forcibly pull him off the plane, which in and of itself, was dangerous to his fellow passengers by his flailing around, etc.

Now, was United blameless?, Hell No!, this situation should never have escalated to that level, but that could have been addressed civilly after the fact (as it apparently was), but Dao caused it to escalate to a criminal action.

Just my $0.02 worth.

Thank you! I agree 100%