The City Council is looking for answers about the embarrassing video that has been seen around the world. At the top of the list of questions is whether the airport officers even had the legal authority to board the plane, said Alderman Michael Zalewski, who leads the council's aviation committee.
"They are allowed in the terminal and baggage area, but my understanding is they may not be allowed on a plane," he said. Zalewski also said that he is not sure if the officers have the authority to make arrests or if they are authorized only to write tickets.
After a crisis does seem a strange time to be asking questions about limits of jurisdiction and authority.
So we have damning video substantiated by an objective list of personal injuries sustained
The airline CEO has said the pax was not to blame
There is some legal opinion that the CofC did not allow involuntary deplaning
And now the City Council is wondering whether the officers had jurisdiction and authority
I bet whoever threatened LEO didn't realise the ice they were standing on was this thin.