I'm obviously missing something here. The CEO has apologised and said it was wrong and won't happen again. The CofC don't seem to give an airline the authority to deplane after boarding. The LEO may not even have had jurisdiction.
And plenty of people here saying the guy should have meekly complied to a request which appears to have been unlawful. Sure he could have complied. But don't we remember and celebrate those that have made a stand as a matter of principle. Like sitting in the front of a bus, or standing in front of a tank in Tiananmen Square.
Has US now become the land of the fearful and the home of the downtrodden?