Blondie
As you're working on opinion as you've nothing other than media reports and a few seconds of tape that's not complete to establish your perspective, my position as someone who's initiated the removal is as valid if not more so than yours. Having done the Vegas to LA shuttle hundreds of times, I've talked with with the LEOs on a number of occasions. The discussion doesn't start or end with "drag his ass off my plane". It's an explanation that he/she can't remain on the aircraft for whatever reason. We've asked that they leave the aircraft and they have refused. How the LEO deals with it from there is nothing I have any say in. Can't say as I've had anyone dragged out as of yet, but others have and to my knowledge have never had any legal actions taken against the company.