I always thought Air Marshall must be a horribly boring job. I guess when the mind wanders…
“What? Oh… I thought you wanted me to be a Hair Marshall.”
Snukes[sup]*[/sup], specifically.
[sup]*[/sup]C’mon, surely I’m not the first one to think of that “South Park” episode.
Thanks to both of you for your contribution.
While in no way trying to defend the air marshal, how is the other guy not charged? It doesn’t state he was a cop but isn’t he commiting theft & assault by forcibly taking the phone away from Mr. Pervy.
Sorry, I don’t think he’s a hero but a jackass. Had he *just *reported it to flight staff/PD then my answer would be different.
*“Honestly, I was just checking for another underwear bomber.”
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Citizen’s arrest, most likely. The AM was committing a crime.
It also prevents the AM from erasing the evidence.
Acting in the defense of others is a defense to an assault charge.
Who was he defending as no one was in danger from a physical standpoint? Since I presume air marshal was in an aisle seat, that means Mr. Vigilante was in window or middle seat. He could just as easily said, “Excuse me, I neet to go to the bathroom.” Walked fore or aft & told a member of the flight crew to contact PD while out of earshot. Mr. Pervy would have been none the wiser until a uniform was in front of him. This is classic two wrongs don’t make a right vigilante justice in my book.
Aye, and I would think that taking away the artifact used in commission of a crime could hardly be called “theft”. Is it “theft” to disarm a robber?
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So the airplanes that you’ve been on only have 1 aisle seat per row?
Well yeah http://www.biplanefun.com
Who said anything about physical danger? That is not an element of the defense.
If you want to argue that his defense should fail due to his defense of the woman was disproportionate, go right ahead. I expect that you would loose, but that’s just IMHO.
The vigilante saw him taking photos while boarding the plane. I’m thinking the marshal was seated and after a lady passed, and were possibly stopped near him, he stuck the phone under her skirt and the guy saw him. He obviously wasn’t trying to steal the phone, no need to charge him with theft.
The law in its current form is clearly sexist and demeaning; no mention of man-boobs
How do we protect middle-aged men from this sort of titillating exploitation?