They showed a new video on the news that showed what happened to his head. The rent-a-cops grabbed his upper body and threw him across the aisle, where his head hit hard against the armrest across the aisle, then he went down.
It makes little difference whether you beat a person with your fists, hit him with a weapon, or throw his head against a hard object. Or when a bully grabs your fist, pounds it against your head and yells “stop hitting yourself”.
The man was sitting in his chair, explaining that he did not feel he had to give his seat to someone else, when they suddenly grabbed him and smashed his head against the opposite armrest. He was trying to reason with them. He was calm and nonthreatening.
I can absolutely see myself making the same argument if they decided to “volunteer” me. I know that you should always be polite and obedient towards police officers, but if they did that to me, I would probably get into trouble. Just because it has been building up for decades. We all have airport stories. How about 14 hours sitting in a parking spot at the Athens airport, in the middle of summer. No a/c, and they would not even open the doors. All those stolen cameras. Being selected for intense screening every single time. All those nights sleeping on dirty airport floors. On top of all that, now we have to worry that they might decide to drag us off the plane if someone more important shows up at the last moment. As if it was not already stressful enough.
I do have a tip, though. In Vietnam and some other countries, they make and sell silk sleeping bags. They have a little pocket to put a coat in to serve as a pillow, and they can be wadded up smaller than a tennis ball. If you are someplace hot, it keeps you clean and free of bugs, but does not overheat you. If it is cold, it provides surprising warmth. I would never, ever travel without mine. You can buy something close at Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001DXC6BE/ref=twister_B001DXC6FA?th=1
