ATN
Can't understand what place police have in such an incident, unless a crime has been committed
Not sure about American rules but for info in the UK this incident could be deemed a passenger "sit in" ( passenger refusing to disembark when asked/told )and if it is not resolved after all reasonable avenues have been explored by the crew the authories, including the police, have to be informed and will get involved......
(For clarity: I'm not defending what happened in the video, just answering your question)
bluesafari
surely as the aircraft commander he should have put a stop to this incident,
I've been involved in arguing this elsewhere with some who seem to have some interesting views about Commanders powers.
The captain's authority on the ground, doors open, is often far from clear cut....the realpolitik is that in most countries in the world once you get law enforcement involved they consider they have primacy, it is their "show" and anyone preventing them from carrying out their duties will at the very least be threatened with arrest.