United Flight Attendant Charged With Battery Over Airport Shoulder Touch

For me the most surprising aspect is that the police show up for such a minor incident. When my mother was knocked to the ground and had her purse stolen in a British city in the middle of the afternoon the police didn't want to know.

The law is ridiculous, given that one of the ways people *get other people's attention* is by tapping them on the shoulder. So, now, if someone taps someone else and says "excuse me," that's battery? Come on.

Mr. 'Black Lives Matter' found out the hard way (as most do) that they will have the race card used against them at the drop of a hat.
Also, this article appears to have been (poorly) written by AI. Enough already.

@ Sevenster Ditorama -- I've never used AI to write a story, but if you think this is written by AI, maybe I should? What prompt do you think I put in to get this post?

You cannot touch anybody, tapping them or otherwise, because you don't like their behavior. End of story. Now, is this battery? I'm not sure, seems a little harsh. But then how does it work in other states?

You said the key words 'in a British city'... And that's exactly why Europe is going down the drain

People are ignorant when using mobile phones.

Why is he masticating like a cow chewing the cud? It gives a negative impression.

I have an extreme aversion to people who make lots of noise, whether it's talking loudly on an overamplified speakerphone, or listening to videos at high volume, or even just using their phones or tablets with the audible touch enabled at a high volume. My immediate reflex is to (want to) forcefully make the noise stop. I realize that is not acceptable, so I don't physically exert control over what others are doing. But I do feel that these people are assaulting me with their obnoxious lack of self-awareness and excessive noise pollution.

Please get serious Ben, this old news is nothing short of click-bait and degrading your website reputation, yes?

Quiet, you!

Talk about the epitome of undescended testicles!

Choose a loud song on your phone and play it next to them on speakerphone.

Hi, other 1990, I'd've gone with 'Quiet Piggy' but at least you tried.

Thanks for flagging this, I did not know that touching somebody once on a shoulder could be a criminal offense in Florida.Florian

Ridiculous

This is really petty. Feels like false accusation of a crime, and if so, apparently defamatory, and if actually prosecuted, likely a malicious prosecution. Touching someone on the shoulder is not battery, under nearly all circumstances, and if it is in Florida, that's a bad law, and maybe incidents like these will bring about enough attention to push for appropriate changes.

You can shoot someone and kill them but that’s OK because that’s “standing your ground” but a light touch on the shoulder….. straight to jail.

I saw the video. I have doubts about this woman's claim. Let's just say anyone rude enough to scream into a cell phone without regards to others isn't someone I'd trust.

Besides the frivolous allegation of AI-use, the real issue you brought up is the excessive use of force by police, their apparent attempts to 'escalate' and 'coerce' peaceful protestors. Officers are supposed to de-escalate, but, clearly, during BLM and other protests, such as the recent anti-ICE ones, some officers are trying to provoke a response so they can brutalize those they disagree with, perhaps, ideologically. This is why hiring a bunch of pro-Trump goons with limited training (other than their apparent loyalty to the Dear Leader) is a bad idea. Para-militaries should not be a thing in the US. (Yet, here we are.)

Jd, that's Putin-propaganda you're spreading. Europe (including the UK) is doing just fine. Everywhere has its issues, and nowhere is perfect, but it is not a dystopian hellscape. The undertone of your comment about 'going down the drain' is just thinly-veiled bigotry. Call it out when you see it, folks.

Talk about a run on sentence.

Every one is getting too sensitive these days. I honestly don’t see the problem if that is all that happened.

Now if the united airlines flight attendant reall did use a racial slur, now that is a whole different thing in my mind

Lord she's lovey-dovey!

You seem obsessed with undescended testicles.

Why are you obsessed with undescended testicles?

And this was on the ground mind you. I wonder what's going to happen when multiple pax at 30,000 feet start screaming into their devices. Without a no calls policy, flying will become intolerable.

I’m not. It came up as a metaphor relevant to the context of the discussion, so I addressed it.

You just know how she wouldve been talking on the phone, and what a surprise that she pulls out the racism card.

Also, US laws are totally broken if tapping someone on the shoulder is assault, lol

Quite Thomas, what the numpty normally tells others is: “Quiet piggy”.

What a brilliant numpty you are 1990, a real jobs worth, like the rest of your creatures.

Oh, goodie, in addition to the rise of neo-Nazis, gotta deal with grammar Nazis, too…

Which ‘1990,’ (me) the O.G., or the guy behind @Penile, who is imitating me and a few others on here recently? I mean, he’s gotten it right more than a few times, so, kudos to him for that. This one was close, but I wasn’t gonna bash you for your comment above, because this is indeed a nonsense story.

The video of the arrest, not of the preceding incident; so, we’d need the witnesses to verify what actually happened. Seems like the UA FA was upset by loud French phone call of the Caymen FA. Not deserving of touching, but, also, don’t be rude on shared transportation. Both parties here are not-cool. Main takeaway.

*taps you on the shoulder*

no, it is not, unless you were aware that the touch was unwanted. the FA here was aware and did it in spite (or because) of that fact.

trespass generally works the same way.

If the female FA accurately reported the incident, that was more than a tap.

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You seem to have a long, storied history with testicles. You should talk with someone about it.

I’m afraid Gray, that one will need to put the naughty monkey 1990, back in its box. It’s been dancing to the organ grinders tune for far too long now and needs to be reminded of what it parrots to others:

“Quiet piggy”, you silly nut stuffer, yes?

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Yes, thanks for sharing another example where the metaphor worked. It's funny how you excluded the context behind it.

Blame the Brits, because that definition is straight out of British common law.

Do you honestly expect an overprivileged, overentitled, ambassador of audacity seppo like him to ''get serious''? They all have main character syndrome that cannot be stopped, doing literally ANYTHING for attention.

Only in that dump of a land, USA, would this happen.

Other outlets have also stated that the Cayman employee accused the United employee of being a racist for asking her to quit making a speakerphone call in a public place. If this is true, it immediately identifies her as having a monumentally gargantuan chip on her shoulder, and that special type of psychopath who’ll gladly press police charges about a tap on the shoulder just to make someone else’s life a misery. I hope this goes to trial, and the United employee’s attorney ruthlessly humiliates her in front of the entire court.

Watch out for Florida’s “stand your ground” laws!

hope he gets off as this women is toooo touchy

He’s wrong

I doubt this is a criminal offense in Florida the cayman FA is tooo sensitive

She played the race card straight off the mark, so you can assume that everything she says is a total lie. She’s a POS.

TIL A British city=Europe

His white privilege card was declined that day.

"the FA here was aware and"

And you know that how?

The cops didn't charge him merely because he touched her shoulder. They charged him because he touched her in the context of a hostile argument. He could have tried to touch her and missed and still pulled an assault charge.

Touching someone when you're already in an a argument with them, especially in the confines of an enclosed space the victim can not leave, absolutely is and should be a battery.

The key word is unwanted. We're not talking touching someone on the shoulder to get past them when it's your stop to get off the bus.

This is someone in an argument with someone else who then reaches into their space. On a bus that no one can leave.

This is and should be a battery. Even if he didn't touch her at all an assault charge might be appropriate.

If we're going to arrest people for touching/tapping someone's shoulder then we should also have a law that will charge people with felony battery for using their speakerphones on public transport or out in public. My ears do not want to be assaulted by a conversation I have no part in.

The country is screwed up if you have laws like that. It is absolutely disrespectful to be so loud on the phone and she admitted it. It doesnt matter to whom she was talking. Inconsiderate. To charge the guy for a shoulder tap? Really? Amd obviously, the first thing she does is call him a racist. Always pulling that card out when cannot come up with a real argument. Would NEVER live in such a country.

You touch me without my permission: I'm going to break your arm. You would still get arrested, and I wouldn't be.