For the MANY commenters saying that AA is not at fault: it was the airlines that determined Mr. Lowe was the person the police were looking for and turned over his info. The police are also at fault for not doing due diligence in making sure this was the person in the video.
@@gregknipe8772 you don’t change that much two years…all charges dropped…wrong guy…take your own advice, but I’m sure “thinking” isn’t a daily event for you. I don’t respond to posts so don’t waste your time
@@62Cristoforo It was AA that provided this particular man's identity. So, I guess you'd have to be a trained inbred to not understand the difference between a cop and AA.
Having been falsely arrested myself as a lifelong law abiding citizen, I can tell you, this man will never feel truly safe again. When you KNOW you are completely and utterly innocent and do not commit any crime at all, it is a living nightmare when it happens and you are utterly powerless. You never feel safe again.
I was falsely accused of bashing a kid. I haven't worked for 5.5 years now. Employer asks What were you fired for? Why did you bash a kid? How come you haven't worked since? No answer will do. Effectively I've been punished for a crime not committed 4 more years till retirement. Oh, that's right. I will never retire because l don't have a job. It affects everything in your life.
well most cops are straight up r*tarded so it's no real surprise that none of them caught onto the fact that the guy they arrested looked literally zero like the wanted guy in the pictures
I hope he gets a few million. That's disgusting. I also hope that his story will bring more attention to the incredibly dangerous situation anyone who ends up in jail faces.
Naaa just give him a 30000$ rider a few m if not then is can of complicated because if police shoot And armed black folks settlement just a few million sow this’s just a mistake ✋🤣🤣🤣right
No! There are men in prison that were exonerated….. and most states have limits of pay out. Men who have been in jail for 40 years, may only get 120,000. So this man does not deserve a million dollars.
@@Kelly-mi1yz Two completely different things. Here we're talking about the failure of a company which has a reputation to protect and customers to keep happy. They'll settle for an undisclosed, but large amount of money, outside of court. The last thing they want is to drag this case before a jury, and the company is rich-- a few million to them is nothing. The people you're talking about, whose cases are tragic, unfortunately only have the government to blame. The government doesn't really care and so their settlements are going to be a lot less, and if it goes to trial they may end up getting nothing at all. It sucks, but just because some inmates in the past didn't get what you think they deserve doesn't mean this guy should get less justice. We should try to learn from our mistakes as a society and not inhibit progress just because "that's the way they did thing in the past". Maybe if we normalize large payouts for this type of mistake, it will bring more attention to the people you described.
American Airline' statement isn't even accurate, the warrant was for the passenger manifest instead of doing what was asked they pointed their finger at an innocent person. Disgusting how they won't even own up to what they did.
I can understand if the manifest was this man alone. But how many people were on that plane whose name should have been reviewed. Not only is AA liable for not following the warrant for the whole manifest but the police department is as well why did they not demand the full manifest. These two men do not look a thing alike that should have been a major red flag they dropped the ball and this man suffered the consequences that is not fair.
It's all on the cops. Sorry, the company can claim whatever they want. It's the cops that execute warrants. It's the cops that should of got the manifest. That's literally their job. Instead, the cops were lazy and useless as usual.
Can we PLEASE just stop jailing innocent people?!?! I was one of those innocent people and I have PTSD as a result. It’s all about profits for the privately owned prison system. We have no justice system
@Roz Alman what are you or someone you know of giving away to people with PTSD? Some free therapy would be great! I never knew of anything free I could get because of this. (Besides night terrors, panic attacks, shaking hands, and constantly being triggered by certain situations to go into fight or flight mode).
@@DaisyPusher I was one of those innocent people to be jailed myself as well and I am still recovering from ptsd because of that. It's really sad how the justice system works. They don't do thorough investigations and are just willing to arrest and scapegoat anyone for a crime they didn't commit in order to save themselves from performing real police work. I know how you feel. It's definitely frustrating.
@@zackq8865 yep. My dog could have died if I didn’t have a roommate to feed him at the time. I saw untreated injuries w shared cells, slept on urine in overcrowded cell for days. It was over a false claim about car insurance and a court date sent to a wrong address. The case got dismissed later and the judge apologized. It’s horrible what the jail system is and who they target especially. (Unhoused, people with mental health disorders, POC, etc) I don’t hate individual people that are cops. I hate the system and what it allows. I hate how many bad apples there are..
Police asked for a passenger list and the airlines only gave one man's info. I'm really curious to hear how the defense attorney for the airline plans to justify that. Like the interviewed attorney said, the man's job was jeopardized (companies rarely show compassion for extended absences that aren't health related), not to mention any bills he couldn't pay while in jail, his car might have been towed and impounded, and he lost that vacation time.
And the trauma of being in jail for 17 days. For the average person that is going to be very traumatic. Surrounded by hard criminals that are there for many crimes, the violence and things that go on in jails. Then throw on punitive damages as well. We are talking millions here probably.
No fear, the Airline Defence Team will dig deep and find 'something'. They have to earn the big bucks retainer that the Airline is paying them .. whether the Airline was in the right or not.
@@jiminauburn5073 agree. been in jail one night. Vowed never to return. Tow my car, let my company know I'm gone 17 days, let the bills go unpaid, my utilities shut off, my house foreclosed on, and lose my entire yrs vacation. better than 17 days there.
The cops should also be sued for refusing to tell him what he was accused of and the JUDGE, of all people, who refused to tell him what he was accused of should get at least 5 years in prison in addition.
well cops likely didn't know what he was there for as it was an open warrant. here's the kicker though. The police can't just go to the airlines and demand passenger lists. they need a warrant. and warrants are rarely open ended.. so it comes down to how the warrant was requested and for what. Looking for any male passengers that boarded the flight between x time and y time? the actual thief could have ran, or walked slower... thus putting himself outside of that time.. and if the other passengers who boarded in that time were female, or such... well.. the only name the airlines giving is the only one that fits in the place.
I was wrongfully arrested once and spent a night in jail. It was the most terrifying thing because I wasn't told why and nobody would tell me anything. People still on drugs, feces all over the jail cell, gang members, drunk people, etc. That was 24 hours and it was literally he'll. If this guy went through anything like what I did and it was for that duration I hope he gets a few million. Absolutely absurd!
I am sorry that you went through that ordeal. It sounds traumatizing. The criminal justice system needs a complete overhaul. We can't keep treating people like you in this manner.
@@lorraine9242 I get that this is the american way. A good many of the guys in jail are there for nothing, for an error or false accusation or whatever.
We need to start giving people punishment based on what they do. Everyone involved screwing this up should not only have to compensate him for pain and suffering, lost wages and wrongful arrest but they should all have to spend 17 days in jail.
@@jimmygrant424 That will be the beginning of Police Accountability. After that, departments will start hiring qualified people instead of "bullies in disguise."
will not go to a jury. not really a chance. this will go to settlement/median...AA insurance will take over and settle. as, if the information in this segment is correct, they very well should. if AA was presented with a warrant for the occupants of the flight. why did not AA give all information of the flight? why just "one" person? the plaintiff's attorney can go after the county'/city also. this, is possibly "smart" going after AA. they are a private business; and have the bg $ and want to protect their reputation/PR status. a county/city not as much..and most could care less about their reputation or public standing.
AA will say it's the police fault for not doing their job. They won't take responsibility. And when the case goes against the police, the government can't be held responsible for anything it does wrong. So he'll receive no damages except maybe a paper saying sorry
My neighbor was arrested for DWI and taken to jail. Once there, a simple mistake misidentified him as another inmate and he was processed for transfer to prison. He knew at that moment, if it wasn`t cleared up, before transfer, it might never be. Luckily for him, a guard took his pleas of innocence took heart and dug deeper, clearing him before the mistake took on a life of its own...
The fact that such a small amount of due diligence can resolve this error proves that these errors shouldn't happen in the first place unless people are lazy.
@Ian Battles I keep hearing about errors (by Police and those calling Police) that could have been avoided by even the slightest bit of due diligence. There really needs to be some kind of consequence to arresting an innocent person when basic due diligence would have cleared them on the spot.
The Obama Administration terminated habius corpus ... the right of a trial instead of being thrown in the dungeon .... up until the signing of The Magna Carta.
I'm confused when did AA assume law enforcement investigative duties and responsibilities and therefore have the power to determine who should be charged?
@@lolo77222 , The point is that the police dept. should have been the entity to look at the video of "all" boarding passengers onto this flight. AA should not have been the only people responsible to give the police this info.
Patriot Act after 9/11 took our real rights away. We just think we still have them but airlines can violate many things that we consider constitutional rights.
It's breath taking that AA issued a statement that clearly shows they are doubling down, even after surely realizing what a huge mistake they made.....unreal.
yeah... totally aas fault.. not the broken justice system, which keeps people locked up for 17 days without even looking at the evidence... aa is in this story a witness - which might have made a misidentification for some reason... but its the police job to check the information given to them, before they make an arrest AND put someone away for 17 days.. how is that even possible? was there no hearing or sth?
Admitting it will remove all doubt in a jury's mind and that means a much higher damage award. So they dissemble and hope they can muddy the waters enough to confuse a jury...because that looks like where this is headed.
I'm so tired of people, like those responsible for what happened to this man, suffer no consequences for their actions. Their customers will foot the bill, not the guilty. Be sure you boycott Wells Fargo and Hertz if you want to lessen your chances of getting ripped off or jailed for theft.
and bank of america. dont forget to add them to the no no list, they were stealing peoples unemployment right out of their accts. no charges brought up in that matter either
@@meoff7602 Sadly, not only can't you boycott the police, you can't even *sue* them most of the time, thanks to a Supreme Court-invented legal doctrine called Qualified Immunity. (Talk about "judicial activism" and "legislating from the bench"!) Under the doctrine of Qualified Immunity, you can't sue the police for violating your rights unless an appellate court in a _previous case_ with _substantially identical facts_ has ruled that what the police did was illegal. Without that, you can't sue the police, no matter how egregious their conduct. They can literally _steal from you_ and be immune from a lawsuit, because no previous court has ruled that it's illegal for cops to steal from you! I kid you not! (See _Jessop v. City of Fresno)_ Qualified Immunity needs to be abolished. Contact your elected representatives!
I hope he looses. The problem is with the cops, not the airline. the cops are responsible for the arrest, the airline never claimed he did anything illegal. Why did the cops not compare him to that of the guy on the video? Why did the cops not go after him when he was identified rather than wait a year? What did this criminal do to get arrested at the July 4th party (he was arrested for two things, his actions on July 4th, AND the airport theft (a theft that had nothing to do with American Airlines. This crew up is on the cops, not the airline.
@B N Why didn't the cops do any work to get all the information? Still on the cops. They arrest a man when the company didn't give all the information asked for. Sorry, that's on rue cops. They were lazy.
@@dave8599 the assumption (with AA) is called proximate cause. The authorities can be sued also as for the other commenters. Anyone who took a law 101 course or read Wikipedia would know
I can’t imagine how enraged and confused he must have felt. He must have felt like screaming for help under water. Those two look nothing alike! My gosh!
What’s even worse is the police did not do their job they should have noticed that the two looked nothing alike and he never should have been booked into jail. So I blame the police too or whoever investigated this. The first thing I noticed was the hairline of the guy in the surveillance video he has a W hairline. This guy they pinned it on his hair Lango straight across that is one thing you cannot change in a person is their hairline.
At 81, am old enough to remember when flying with one of the major airlines was a wonderful experience -- excellent food and beverages, friendly and cheerful flight attendants, large comfortable seats, quick and easy check-ins and boardings. Compare that to today's nightmarish fllight experiences. That why I either drive or stay home. I wouldn't fly again, even for free.
Right? Me too. I had my first flight in 1970 when there was dignity and respect connected to flying. Everyone, I mean everyone, was dressed nicely. I recall my grandmother bought us all new outfits for travel from jL Hudson’s for the occasion. The Stewardesses were glamorous and the Pilots let us see the cockpit and gave us wings. FF to today’s travel, I wish I had a Xanax to get through flying every time.
@@5thdimension625 They had perfume and aftershave in little bottles in the toilets when we flew back from the middle east on one of the brand new 747s.
I’m 55 and remember when it was uncommon for a flight I was on to be completely full. I remember flying nonstop from SF to Heathrow on a 747 with about 50 passengers on board, effectively turning the entire plane into first class. Today, the airline would have claimed the flight was canceled do to mechanical issues, bumping everyone to the next flight until they could get a full plane.
His first mistake was coming to New Mexico. The cops don’t go in depth here or go for anything beyond what they see as an easy arrest. AA needs a better protocol that was beyond irresponsible and lazy.
To be fair, the cops really are supposed to be trained enough to investigate properly. They get bad information all the time, so it is incumbent upon them to do their due diligence.
the police are also to blame. They did zero investigation and relied solely on the airlines 1 person manifest. You have to remember, the police don't care if you're innocent or not. To them, everyone's a criminal.
@@meoff7602 both are. AA literally did extra steps to give them one name. They had to click on his name from a list. Why did they click on his name instead of just "printing" the list over?
Are you sure? American airports are run down, outdated and way below the standard of airports elsewhere. Even Trump said so when he visited Hamad airport in Doha. 😁
This reminds me of when my dad’s cousins husband had an warrant out. He had the same name and birthdate as my moms uncle. The police pulled over my moms uncle, ran his name and arrested him. He was so confused as to why. They told him the reason and showed some proof. That’s when he realized they made a mistake. He asked them to call my dad, who had to explain the mix up. They released him that night, but it did happen a second time with another police department and then they had to take action to ensure moms uncle doesn’t keep getting arrested for something he never did.
They didn't want to waste any more resources on hunting down the real jewelry thief. So, the Jewelry store is out of luck on getting justice. Probably.
@@dexter726 It is impossible to state a statue for something that isn’t a crime. Statues only exist for crimes. According to Cornell University Gross negligence is a lack of care that demonstrates reckless disregard for the safety or lives of others, which is so great it appears to be a conscious violation of other people's rights to safety. Gross negligence is a heightened degree of negligence representing an extreme departure from the ordinary standard of care. Falling between intent to do wrongful harm and ordinary negligence, gross negligence is defined as willful, wanton, and reckless conduct affecting the life or property or another. If the police come to your job and hand you a warrant for all of the patrons on Friday night and you hand them all the patrons for Saturday night instead, is that gross negligence? The arrest occurred based on information the police had. If the police did not question why they were only provided one persons name I think that fall primarily on the police. I doubt AA had some vendetta against him. There’s no way AA sought out the video of the petty theft that occurred at a separate company and then proceeded to compare that video to their passenger manifest. An airline definitely doesn’t care that much, especially for such a petty crime, especially when the crime didn’t even involve their company
@@dexter726 you’re trying to sound intelligent. That only works on people who don’t know what they are talking about. Fault “as I’m sure you know” can be attributed to multiple parties in a civil case. The question is what/if any fault lies with AA. I provided you with a definition of gross negligence to challenge your claim. YOU, stated that this was gross negligence on the part of AA. Thus YOU must prove your claim. I said it does not meet the standard of gross negligence, YOU are trying to make the claim that it is. Yet YOU have not provided any proof to support your claim of gross negligence. I will suppose that it is because YOU are unable to support you claim.
@@dexter726 if I am an attorney for AA and you are an attorney for the detained individual, then YOU need to explain to the court how AA acted with reckless disregard. YOU need to explain these things. I am perfectly in my right to defend AA with a simple statement of “this fails to reach the gross negligence threshold”. YOU as the plaintiffs attorney need to prove otherwise.
@@dexter726 but as a defendant the burden of proof isn’t on me. I don’t have to provide anything. You made the claim that AA has responsibility. You have done nothing to support that. You made a claim with no evidence. 😂
American Airline did it again! I'm so glad I don't fly that crappy airline. Those 2 guys looked nothing alike, hope the victim wins a hundred million dollars.
@@lostone9700 when you're brought up right, that was one of the things you learned. it doesn't take much to turn your head around and there's a lot available today to see and read
One also has to question the police handling the case. Definitely the best are hired by that department. They go after one of the names provided by the airline, which happened to be the only one and also happened to look totally different than the actual perpetrator.
You go for the airline because they have deeper pockets compared to the average individual. Also, the person's who provided only his name as the suspect were employees and agents working under the airline.
This is getting scary, being arrested for something you didn't do and it can be proven but they keep you in jail and abd don't look into it. Its almost unbelievable that a airline would give information like this out that is so wrong and causing something like this to happen to a paying customer that innocent
Airlines have already set their rates to maximize profits just like every other business. If they raise them further, they lose business and have less profit.
Sounds like you've got a solid case there. I don't often say that for what people want to do, but, they'll be tapping their liability insurance on this one.
I'm not so sure I think it's the police who screwed up. we're probably happen is that the police gave American airlines a description they went inside the airplane look for someone who looked like the burglar and had it over his name. had American refused they could have been charged with obstructing criminal investigation. I thought American airlines was holding him in a jail cell at the airport it was the police.
I don't think most people realize just how bad jail has gotten since we've mostly gotten rid of insane asylums and mental health services. Our jails basically double as an insane asylum and full of crazy people, in addition to regular criminals. The police and court system are also responsible. My 5 year old could tell the man was not the same person from the images. Everyone involved should pay up, and pay big. Several layers of protection were completely ignored.
I fired AA many years ago, having been an Exec Plat but watching as over and over again they disrupted my travel with breakdowns, crew shortages and excuses. When I went to Delta my issues essentially stopped. Stories like this one just confirm for me even more that I'll never do business with AA again.
I'm glad you've had good experiences with Delta because I had issues with their flight delays almost causing me to miss a flight connection. My return trip was miserable because we sat at our gate without AC for 20- minutes. Everyone was misserable.
"when police sought records for it's passengers for the flight, the airline turned over only a single passenger record" - for the wrong individual. 1) they didn't comply with the police request, which was to turn over all records, but elected themselves to do the forensic work of identifying who was on the videotape. they should be prosecuted for failing to comply with the police request as well as sued to the hilt for defamation and the wrongful arrest that followed.
This is what happens when you take short cuts and not do good investigation before ,making a legal arrest. It happens more than you think because everyone wants to just get it done soon as possible wether the person is guilty or not
@@DaneReidVoiceOver I believe most government entities have sovereign immunity with the exception of personal injury…. So not sure how that works in this matter
As a rule, i'm not a big fan of civil lawsuits. It seems like most of them, the truth gets 'bent' big time. In this case, it seems to be 100% negligence on the part of the airline and/or airport police. To let someone sit in jail for 17 days when he's 100% innocent is wrong on so many levels. This would seem to be a 'slam dunk' win in court. I can't help but believe that this will be settled out of court.
Dont just fault the airline. Fault whoever conducted the original investigation and issued a warrant. How can your order someone's arrest without proper due diligence?
Yes, and demand what you asked for, a list of all the passengers on the flight. One person is not a list. Someone at AA made an independent decision and did not provide what was asked for. The one asking accepted the "list" as adequate, as if only one passenger was on an airline flight that day. Every day now for a quarter of a century I have become more and more disillusioned with the United States of America. They told be my country was great in every way. It is not. It is a big ugly lie.
This can happen to anyone. It looks like 100% incompetence by AA, and the police. This whole thing could have been avoided. What happened to this case??? Did Michael Lowe win his suit or settle?
You can look at the video for 5 seconds and look at the pic of Lowe when he was arrested and can tell IMMEDIATELY, its not the same guy. Very poor judgement on everyone involved.
Typical American Airlines. Poor service, terrible staff and now this! I hope he sues them for millions! Then they discover the individual at American Airlines and they get fined and jail time!
@@smorris281 The airline handed this innocent man over. The police did not "search" for anything. But seeing as the airline handed him over instead of handing over the manifest... I'm going to assume the answer to my question is, yes. 🤷🏽♂️
Apologies, I tried to look this up but was unable to find a clear answer. Based on what I've found it seems the answer would be yes. It would be illegal if he didn't give prior written consent for his information to be turned over, or if the police didn't procure a search warrant. Wish they'd use easier to understand terminology, or that I was smarter. 😅
I spent 9 days in an open dorm pod once.. they don’t take it easy on short timers. Luckily I wasn’t messed with too much other than being interrogated by the Inmates. Longest 9 days of my life and I know what he was going through.
Very good job fellows!! Congratulations on this successful news story. I hope he gets a few million. That's disgusting. I also hope that his story will bring more attention to the incredibly dangerous situation anyone who ends up in jail faces.
This can happen to anyone, I hope he wins his lawsuit and sends a message to the Airlines and Police that they need to be sure to correctly identify suspects before they go and ruin an innocent persons life. Someone in the Airlines and/or Police was either negligent and/or failed to do their diligence to properly identify an individual. The airlines should have provided the entire passenger list for police to review, not just one passenger. So most of the fault falls upon the Airline staff that decided this one individual was their one suspect and not send the entire list to police whom would have probably done a better job and more qualified to identify suspects than Airline staff to make that determination. Airline at fault in my opinion and should be liable for making this callous mistake or error on their part. By the way, when they put these stories out, I wish they would put out links to follow up to see the outcome of these cases and investigations.
Incompetent on both American Airlines and the police. All it took was a little more effort before you ruined someone’s life. Now everyone will pay for your mistakes. If AA gets sued, tickets will increase, if police is sued, taxpayers will pay. That’s the ripple effects of consequences.
This is literally a giant corporation and the police teaming up to wrongfully put an innocent man in jail. That should be scary to everyone watching this video. There should have been much more of an investigation done and I hope this man gets millions from them.
Why did AA only send one picture of a man and not of all the men on the flight? I can't imagine what he went through being locked up, thinking someone was coming to get him, but no one came. Too many cases of "Gross-Negligance like this are happening at this time. It seems like no one cares. We're living in sad times, and it's not getting better.
@sharkie1630 no it’s not. But a day filled with fear and trauma is worth that. I should be given compensatory damages and AA should also pay punitive damages.
He is only sueing American Airlines because it is hard to sue the police and the courts. It seems the problem was the police, who should have quickly realized they had the wrong person, and the courts, who by law, should have reviewed the case after 48 hours and released him. I do not see the problem with American Airlines.
cops ask, who is this guy boarding the plane. the airline responds truthfully, he did indeed board the plane. The problem is with the cops. why did the cops not examine the video closely to confirm he is that person or not? Sue the cops, airport security, or the jail. one of them screwed up, not the airline.
If American Airlines did monit responsibility then they shouldn’t have given the police a single name when they were asked for the entire passenger list.
AA was grotesquely negligent in this case. They were asked for a manifest for that flight. That would have given the authorities the names of all passengers, one of whom was the suspect. Instead, AA only gave the authorities the name of one passenger, and it was the wrong man. AA is clearly responsible for what happened.
That's awfully sloppy work from the detectives. I'd of demanded the full roster and not just a profile of one passenger. Makes me think this is an inside job of an airline employee and/or relative.
How would you know that there was anything to demand? How would you know there was more than one person on the flight, if AA told you there was only one person?
The same thing happened to a woman. I think she was mistaken for a wanted fugitive that has the same name as her. Without looking at the photo ID they straight up put her in jail for days. The worse part was that her grandmother was so stress of her arrest that she died from a stroke. ua-cam.com/video/ShtIZyZg5IA/v-deo.html
For the MANY commenters saying that AA is not at fault: it was the airlines that determined Mr. Lowe was the person the police were looking for and turned over his info. The police are also at fault for not doing due diligence in making sure this was the person in the video.
anyone who thinks the airline isnt at fault here, is plain stupid
Yup
And the judge who issued a warrant without probable cause.
ACAB
@@JacobBaron Yes! Another example of our failing "justice" system.
Dude doesn't even look anything like the guy in the airport surveillance video for crying out loud.
two years later, you look different too. think before you post.
That's because cops are stupid.
@@gregknipe8772 you don’t change that much two years…all charges dropped…wrong guy…take your own advice, but I’m sure “thinking” isn’t a daily event for you. I don’t respond to posts so don’t waste your time
@@gregknipe8772Not that much different
@@gregknipe8772 so his hairline magically came back after 2 years? I think you’re the last person who should be telling others to think.
Go sit in the same jail for 17 days.Then decide how much it is worth.
How blind do you have to be to see that he looks nothing like the guy they’re looking for
You have to be a trained cop to make such an obvious mistake
I am almost blind and I can tell the difference between the innocent person and the burglar.
It's amazing how blind qualified immunity makes police. That sh!t has to GO.
@@62Cristoforo 👍👍👍
@@62Cristoforo It was AA that provided this particular man's identity. So, I guess you'd have to be a trained inbred to not understand the difference between a cop and AA.
Those responsible for this injustice need to spend 17 days in jail.
Just 17 days? How about a year. After all this man when through!!!!!!!!!!
You mean the police?
He deserved everything he got!
@Up Urz So are you.
@@62Cristoforo He should mean the police, but sadly no. He's talking about the underpaid staff at the airport.
If found liable, the folks who reported him should have to spend 17 days in the same holding cell before paying up.
if only old-school parenting could be applied to adults when they mess up.
I'm sick and tired of seeing innocent people go to jail while the responsible parties escape without any consequences.
Bull, they should spend a longer time in jail I say 20 years for false imprisonment then sue the people that put him there in the first place.
@@joeylee9809Will you pay the 2 million dollar bill for that?
No, they should pay him before going to jail
Yeah they need to not only publicly apologize but pay up. This is ridiculous. Poor guy 😮
Apologize for what exactly? What did they do that would require them to pay up?
@@stuwest5862 the man was arrested and stayed locked up for 17 days…and he is innocent…😳😳😳
@@stuwest5862 did you even bothered watch the video?
@@there_is_nothing_here Of course I did. Are you going to answer my question?
@@stuwest5862 gave the cops the wrong information which resulted in him being arrested and detained for 17 days.
Having been falsely arrested myself as a lifelong law abiding citizen, I can tell you, this man will never feel truly safe again. When you KNOW you are completely and utterly innocent and do not commit any crime at all, it is a living nightmare when it happens and you are utterly powerless. You never feel safe again.
I know exactly how you feel. I don't know about you, but I'm scared of the police now. I wouldn't wish what I went through on my worst enemy.
It is mind boggling how many people think "this could never happen to *me"* ...UNTIL IT DOES.
I personally know 3 people that have been falsely accused.
100%
I was falsely accused of bashing a kid. I haven't worked for 5.5 years now.
Employer asks
What were you fired for?
Why did you bash a kid?
How come you haven't worked since? No answer will do. Effectively I've been punished for a crime not committed
4 more years till retirement. Oh, that's right. I will never retire because l don't have a job. It affects everything in your life.
It's truly frightening how many people in law enforcement were incapable of realizing after a few hours that they had the wrong man in custody.
Cops are not hired for their intelligence; they are hired for their willingness to commit violence against people they perceive to be "bad guys".
well most cops are straight up r*tarded so it's no real surprise that none of them caught onto the fact that the guy they arrested looked literally zero like the wanted guy in the pictures
But everyone knows they won't admit it in court and will want qualified immunity from prosecution.
They don't care. That's up the up judge/jury. All they care about is locking you up and collecting nice benefits.
They dont care. They make money by him being in jail
I hope he gets a few million. That's disgusting. I also hope that his story will bring more attention to the incredibly dangerous situation anyone who ends up in jail faces.
Naaa just give him a 30000$ rider a few m if not then is can of complicated because if police shoot And armed black folks settlement just a few million sow this’s just a mistake ✋🤣🤣🤣right
It will be a mid five figure settlement.
No! There are men in prison that were exonerated….. and most states have limits of pay out. Men who have been in jail for 40 years, may only get 120,000. So this man does not deserve a million dollars.
@@Kelly-mi1yz Two completely different things. Here we're talking about the failure of a company which has a reputation to protect and customers to keep happy. They'll settle for an undisclosed, but large amount of money, outside of court. The last thing they want is to drag this case before a jury, and the company is rich-- a few million to them is nothing.
The people you're talking about, whose cases are tragic, unfortunately only have the government to blame. The government doesn't really care and so their settlements are going to be a lot less, and if it goes to trial they may end up getting nothing at all.
It sucks, but just because some inmates in the past didn't get what you think they deserve doesn't mean this guy should get less justice. We should try to learn from our mistakes as a society and not inhibit progress just because "that's the way they did thing in the past". Maybe if we normalize large payouts for this type of mistake, it will bring more attention to the people you described.
@@lolokbr no. Money is money. And pay out is a pay out.
American Airline' statement isn't even accurate, the warrant was for the passenger manifest instead of doing what was asked they pointed their finger at an innocent person. Disgusting how they won't even own up to what they did.
I can understand if the manifest was this man alone. But how many people were on that plane whose name should have been reviewed. Not only is AA liable for not following the warrant for the whole manifest but the police department is as well why did they not demand the full manifest. These two men do not look a thing alike that should have been a major red flag they dropped the ball and this man suffered the consequences that is not fair.
It's all on the cops. Sorry, the company can claim whatever they want. It's the cops that execute warrants. It's the cops that should of got the manifest. That's literally their job. Instead, the cops were lazy and useless as usual.
@@FairyChild_For_Freedom-Justice Agree -- the police should be held liable, too.
@@Milesco The problem is the police are usually protected from being sued so the man can't do anything to them even if they were in the wrong.
@@nanoflower1 Unfortunately that's true. 😥
It’s time for all the accusers in this world to be accountable for “mistakes “
Can we PLEASE just stop jailing innocent people?!?! I was one of those innocent people and I have PTSD as a result. It’s all about profits for the privately owned prison system. We have no justice system
@Roz Alman what are you or someone you know of giving away to people with PTSD? Some free therapy would be great! I never knew of anything free I could get because of this. (Besides night terrors, panic attacks, shaking hands, and constantly being triggered by certain situations to go into fight or flight mode).
@Be Intelligent I wish so badly that was true 😫
@@DaisyPusher I was one of those innocent people to be jailed myself as well and I am still recovering from ptsd because of that. It's really sad how the justice system works. They don't do thorough investigations and are just willing to arrest and scapegoat anyone for a crime they didn't commit in order to save themselves from performing real police work. I know how you feel. It's definitely frustrating.
@@zackq8865 yep. My dog could have died if I didn’t have a roommate to feed him at the time. I saw untreated injuries w shared cells, slept on urine in overcrowded cell for days. It was over a false claim about car insurance and a court date sent to a wrong address. The case got dismissed later and the judge apologized. It’s horrible what the jail system is and who they target especially. (Unhoused, people with mental health disorders, POC, etc) I don’t hate individual people that are cops. I hate the system and what it allows. I hate how many bad apples there are..
@Be Intelligent yes. Many. For years now. Not that it’s your business but I’m willing to share…
Police asked for a passenger list and the airlines only gave one man's info. I'm really curious to hear how the defense attorney for the airline plans to justify that. Like the interviewed attorney said, the man's job was jeopardized (companies rarely show compassion for extended absences that aren't health related), not to mention any bills he couldn't pay while in jail, his car might have been towed and impounded, and he lost that vacation time.
No defense required. Police arrest people - not airlines.
And the trauma of being in jail for 17 days. For the average person that is going to be very traumatic. Surrounded by hard criminals that are there for many crimes, the violence and things that go on in jails. Then throw on punitive damages as well. We are talking millions here probably.
No fear, the Airline Defence Team will dig deep and find 'something'.
They have to earn the big bucks retainer that the Airline is paying them .. whether the Airline was in the right or not.
@@jiminauburn5073 agree. been in jail one night. Vowed never to return. Tow my car, let my company know I'm gone 17 days, let the bills go unpaid, my utilities shut off, my house foreclosed on, and lose my entire yrs vacation.
better than 17 days there.
Don't you know "ooopsie" didn't mean too is perfectly legal defense in America now?
The cops should also be sued for refusing to tell him what he was accused of and the JUDGE, of all people, who refused to tell him what he was accused of should get at least 5 years in prison in addition.
well cops likely didn't know what he was there for as it was an open warrant.
here's the kicker though. The police can't just go to the airlines and demand passenger lists. they need a warrant.
and warrants are rarely open ended.. so it comes down to how the warrant was requested and for what. Looking for any male passengers that boarded the flight between x time and y time? the actual thief could have ran, or walked slower... thus putting himself outside of that time.. and if the other passengers who boarded in that time were female, or such... well.. the only name the airlines giving is the only one that fits in the place.
I was wrongfully arrested once and spent a night in jail. It was the most terrifying thing because I wasn't told why and nobody would tell me anything. People still on drugs, feces all over the jail cell, gang members, drunk people, etc. That was 24 hours and it was literally he'll. If this guy went through anything like what I did and it was for that duration I hope he gets a few million. Absolutely absurd!
Did you sue?
I am sorry that you went through that ordeal. It sounds traumatizing. The criminal justice system needs a complete overhaul. We can't keep treating people like you in this manner.
@@lorraine9242 I get that this is the american way. A good many of the guys in jail are there for nothing, for an error or false accusation or whatever.
Now just imagine you were in a penitentiary and not the local county lock up.
@@Eckh4rt naw he's lion
We need to start giving people punishment based on what they do. Everyone involved screwing this up should not only have to compensate him for pain and suffering, lost wages and wrongful arrest but they should all have to spend 17 days in jail.
They should be fired. Period.
So murdering millions of Indigenous People?
-COMANCHE NATION
Take away qualified immunity
That's an incredibly good idea!!
@@jimmygrant424 That will be the beginning of Police Accountability. After that, departments will start hiring qualified people instead of "bullies in disguise."
How can such a mistake happened? The airline needs to be held accountable.
They should definitely take this to a jury.
will not go to a jury. not really a chance. this will go to settlement/median...AA insurance will take over and settle. as, if the information in this segment is correct, they very well should.
if AA was presented with a warrant for the occupants of the flight. why did not AA give all information of the flight? why just "one" person?
the plaintiff's attorney can go after the county'/city also. this, is possibly "smart" going after AA. they are a private business; and have the bg $ and want to protect their reputation/PR status.
a county/city not as much..and most could care less about their reputation or public standing.
AA will say it's the police fault for not doing their job. They won't take responsibility. And when the case goes against the police, the government can't be held responsible for anything it does wrong. So he'll receive no damages except maybe a paper saying sorry
@@cstuartdc the prison system can't make money out of bracelets and will lose out on another low wage worker
@@Rachel_M_ you get it.
@@neilsiebenthal9254 indeed. They just needed a body. Male, about the same age.. Ish.. Close enough!
Christmas orders to fulfil 💷
My neighbor was arrested for DWI and taken to jail. Once there, a simple mistake misidentified him as another inmate and he was processed for transfer to prison. He knew at that moment, if it wasn`t cleared up, before transfer, it might never be. Luckily for him, a guard took his pleas of innocence took heart and dug deeper, clearing him before the mistake took on a life of its own...
Errors can aboslutely ruin a person's life.
The fact that such a small amount of due diligence can resolve this error proves that these errors shouldn't happen in the first place unless people are lazy.
@Ian Battles I keep hearing about errors (by Police and those calling Police) that could have been avoided by even the slightest bit of due diligence. There really needs to be some kind of consequence to arresting an innocent person when basic due diligence would have cleared them on the spot.
Explain it to me like I'm 5 years old - How/why did he spend 17 days in jail *if law enforcement had video proof that he WASN'T the thief???*
@@ClunFunDunNo they do not. They can be used as slaves still.
What else can you expect from a third world country like the US?
@@jepulis6674prisoners don't count as citizens...
@@jepulis6674 You are an example of that.
The Obama Administration terminated habius corpus ... the right of a trial instead of being thrown in the dungeon .... up until the signing of The Magna Carta.
I'm confused when did AA assume law enforcement investigative duties and responsibilities and therefore have the power to determine who should be charged?
They (AA) gave police wrong info
@@lolo77222 , The point is that the police dept. should have been the entity to look at the video of "all" boarding passengers onto this flight. AA should not have been the only people responsible to give the police this info.
Patriot Act after 9/11 took our real rights away. We just think we still have them but airlines can violate many things that we consider constitutional rights.
@@johnowens5342 there's no way the actions of AA are going to stand up in court.
@@lolo77222 hence why they (AA) will lose. And stupid police who didn't do their job as well.
It's breath taking that AA issued a statement that clearly shows they are doubling down, even after surely realizing what a huge mistake they made.....unreal.
They can try doubling down but they still have to explain why they selected Lowe.
You never admit fault or say sorry ,if you do it shows you admitting wrong doing and you auto lose in court
AA always doubles down on their f-ups.
yeah... totally aas fault.. not the broken justice system, which keeps people locked up for 17 days without even looking at the evidence... aa is in this story a witness - which might have made a misidentification for some reason... but its the police job to check the information given to them, before they make an arrest AND put someone away for 17 days.. how is that even possible? was there no hearing or sth?
Admitting it will remove all doubt in a jury's mind and that means a much higher damage award. So they dissemble and hope they can muddy the waters enough to confuse a jury...because that looks like where this is headed.
Sue for $17 million, 1 million for each day. He looks NOTHING like the Duty Free guy!
Million an Hour....
He needs to sue the district attorney's office for wrongful imprisonment not American Airlines.
I'm so tired of people, like those responsible for what happened to this man, suffer no consequences for their actions. Their customers will foot the bill, not the guilty. Be sure you boycott Wells Fargo and Hertz if you want to lessen your chances of getting ripped off or jailed for theft.
Probably not criminal consequences, but it looks like AA is going to have to pay this guy a bundle!
@@charliezien
No, their customers will! Nothing will happen to AA.
and bank of america. dont forget to add them to the no no list, they were stealing peoples unemployment right out of their accts. no charges brought up in that matter either
How do I boycott the police? You know the ones that actually arrest people and keep them in jail.
@@meoff7602 Sadly, not only can't you boycott the police, you can't even *sue* them most of the time, thanks to a Supreme Court-invented legal doctrine called Qualified Immunity. (Talk about "judicial activism" and "legislating from the bench"!)
Under the doctrine of Qualified Immunity, you can't sue the police for violating your rights unless an appellate court in a _previous case_ with _substantially identical facts_ has ruled that what the police did was illegal. Without that, you can't sue the police, no matter how egregious their conduct. They can literally _steal from you_ and be immune from a lawsuit, because no previous court has ruled that it's illegal for cops to steal from you! I kid you not! (See _Jessop v. City of Fresno)_
Qualified Immunity needs to be abolished. Contact your elected representatives!
I hope he wins his case. Insane!!!
I hope he looses. The problem is with the cops, not the airline. the cops are responsible for the arrest, the airline never claimed he did anything illegal. Why did the cops not compare him to that of the guy on the video? Why did the cops not go after him when he was identified rather than wait a year?
What did this criminal do to get arrested at the July 4th party (he was arrested for two things, his actions on July 4th, AND the airport theft (a theft that had nothing to do with American Airlines.
This crew up is on the cops, not the airline.
@B N Why didn't the cops do any work to get all the information? Still on the cops. They arrest a man when the company didn't give all the information asked for. Sorry, that's on rue cops. They were lazy.
@@dave8599 the assumption (with AA) is called proximate cause. The authorities can be sued also as for the other commenters. Anyone who took a law 101 course or read Wikipedia would know
Wrong. AA is responsible. They didn’t hand over every person on the flights info, just one. They chose to do that.
If they are smart American Airlines will settle out of court.
If I'm on the jury it would cost the airline tens of millions.
The duty free store said guy stole! Blame them!
@@Barbara-u5hSomeone DID steal, then got on that flight.
Zero blame on the duty feed store, or the airport security.
Well you have to blame the system because the legal system caused this to happen
This is what punitive damages are made for
So over a million a day? Ridiculous. If most of the country would gladly spend that time in jail for 1% of that, you're probably overcharging. Think.
I can’t imagine how enraged and confused he must have felt. He must have felt like screaming for help under water.
Those two look nothing alike! My gosh!
What’s even worse is the police did not do their job they should have noticed that the two looked nothing alike and he never should have been booked into jail. So I blame the police too or whoever investigated this. The first thing I noticed was the hairline of the guy in the surveillance video he has a W hairline. This guy they pinned it on his hair Lango straight across that is one thing you cannot change in a person is their hairline.
Careless corporate tyranny as well as poor investigation by law enforcement they both need to be sued
They need to go to jail
This story makes absolutely no sense!
There's more to this than what's being reported
At 81, am old enough to remember when flying with one of the major airlines was a wonderful experience -- excellent food and beverages, friendly and cheerful flight attendants, large comfortable seats, quick and easy check-ins and boardings. Compare that to today's nightmarish fllight experiences. That why I either drive or stay home. I wouldn't fly again, even for free.
I remember being made to wear nice clothes when flying.
Not sweats or pajamas.
Right? Me too. I had my first flight in 1970 when there was dignity and respect connected to flying. Everyone, I mean everyone, was dressed nicely. I recall my grandmother bought us all new outfits for travel from jL Hudson’s for the occasion. The Stewardesses were glamorous and the Pilots let us see the cockpit and gave us wings. FF to today’s travel, I wish I had a Xanax to get through flying every time.
@@5thdimension625 They had perfume and aftershave in little bottles in the toilets when we flew back from the middle east on one of the brand new 747s.
@@patmcbride9853 all masked up 😂
I’m 55 and remember when it was uncommon for a flight I was on to be completely full. I remember flying nonstop from SF to Heathrow on a 747 with about 50 passengers on board, effectively turning the entire plane into first class. Today, the airline would have claimed the flight was canceled do to mechanical issues, bumping everyone to the next flight until they could get a full plane.
What a traumatic situation for an innocent man to be subjected to!
I hope they pay him generously for the careless trauma they put him through!
17 days in jail is gonna make this man RICH, RICH, RICH !!!!
Um the suspect there looking for is a BALD MAN not this guy he got more hair than that suspect how blind are they?!
Police are blind to justice. The bad kind.
His first mistake was coming to New Mexico. The cops don’t go in depth here or go for anything beyond what they see as an easy arrest. AA needs a better protocol that was beyond irresponsible and lazy.
New Mexico...The Land Of Enchantment?
More like "The Land Of Inprisonment"
Ahhhh, the land of entrapment.
Arguably, the first mistake was flying American Airlines.
The police in New Mexico didn't screw up. Different police in a different state put in the warrant.
🤣🤣
Ok guys its 2 years later what actually happened here
I hope he wins this case. The airline should have given all info of every person on the flight….not just one person’s info. The airline is to blame.
Nope, the cops are to blame. It's their job to get the information from them.
Time realize cops are not on your side.
@@meoff7602 Everybody is to blame here -- both the cops _and_ American Airlines.
To be fair, the cops really are supposed to be trained enough to investigate properly. They get bad information all the time, so it is incumbent upon them to do their due diligence.
the police are also to blame. They did zero investigation and relied solely on the airlines 1 person manifest. You have to remember, the police don't care if you're innocent or not. To them, everyone's a criminal.
@@meoff7602 both are. AA literally did extra steps to give them one name. They had to click on his name from a list. Why did they click on his name instead of just "printing" the list over?
You'd think they would have way more advanced cameras in Airports out of all places in this day and age
Are you sure? American airports are run down, outdated and way below the standard of airports elsewhere. Even Trump said so when he visited Hamad airport in Doha. 😁
1:09
They do, but cameras aren't to blame.
Lazy people are.
This reminds me of when my dad’s cousins husband had an warrant out. He had the same name and birthdate as my moms uncle. The police pulled over my moms uncle, ran his name and arrested him. He was so confused as to why. They told him the reason and showed some proof. That’s when he realized they made a mistake. He asked them to call my dad, who had to explain the mix up. They released him that night, but it did happen a second time with another police department and then they had to take action to ensure moms uncle doesn’t keep getting arrested for something he never did.
Did the police ever apprehend the correct suspect?
They didn't want to waste any more resources on hunting down the real jewelry thief. So, the Jewelry store is out of luck on getting justice.
Probably.
Nobody cares about who really did it.
If companies want rights like people, they better be held to at least the same minimal responsibilities as people.
Unless you willingly and intentionally provide false information to the police you won’t be charged nor can you be sued…
@@dexter726 It is impossible to state a statue for something that isn’t a crime. Statues only exist for crimes.
According to Cornell University
Gross negligence is a lack of care that demonstrates reckless disregard for the safety or lives of others, which is so great it appears to be a conscious violation of other people's rights to safety. Gross negligence is a heightened degree of negligence representing an extreme departure from the ordinary standard of care. Falling between intent to do wrongful harm and ordinary negligence, gross negligence is defined as willful, wanton, and reckless conduct affecting the life or property or another.
If the police come to your job and hand you a warrant for all of the patrons on Friday night and you hand them all the patrons for Saturday night instead, is that gross negligence?
The arrest occurred based on information the police had. If the police did not question why they were only provided one persons name I think that fall primarily on the police.
I doubt AA had some vendetta against him. There’s no way AA sought out the video of the petty theft that occurred at a separate company and then proceeded to compare that video to their passenger manifest. An airline definitely doesn’t care that much, especially for such a petty crime, especially when the crime didn’t even involve their company
@@dexter726 you’re trying to sound intelligent. That only works on people who don’t know what they are talking about.
Fault “as I’m sure you know” can be attributed to multiple parties in a civil case. The question is what/if any fault lies with AA. I provided you with a definition of gross negligence to challenge your claim.
YOU, stated that this was gross negligence on the part of AA. Thus YOU must prove your claim. I said it does not meet the standard of gross negligence, YOU are trying to make the claim that it is. Yet YOU have not provided any proof to support your claim of gross negligence.
I will suppose that it is because YOU are unable to support you claim.
@@dexter726 if I am an attorney for AA and you are an attorney for the detained individual, then YOU need to explain to the court how AA acted with reckless disregard. YOU need to explain these things. I am perfectly in my right to defend AA with a simple statement of “this fails to reach the gross negligence threshold”. YOU as the plaintiffs attorney need to prove otherwise.
@@dexter726 but as a defendant the burden of proof isn’t on me. I don’t have to provide anything.
You made the claim that AA has responsibility. You have done nothing to support that. You made a claim with no evidence. 😂
Gotta love these stories with no closure or update ever.
American Airline did it again!
I'm so glad I don't fly that crappy airline.
Those 2 guys looked nothing alike, hope the victim wins a hundred million dollars.
the airline did not accuse him of a crime. it was the cops who did a horrible investigation that are the ones to blame.
sue the cops, not the airline.
Things like this destroy the confidence that people once had in the police.
Lol what confidence.
@@lostone9700exactly my immediate thought...
@@lostone9700 when you're brought up right, that was one of the things you learned. it doesn't take much to turn your head around and there's a lot available today to see and read
In defense of AA, they dont care.
He has a very beautiful home!
That living room👌🏻
One also has to question the police handling the case. Definitely the best are hired by that department. They go after one of the names provided by the airline, which happened to be the only one and also happened to look totally different than the actual perpetrator.
You don’t become a cop because you’re an intelligent person
The whole detective department is legally blind.
The lawyer looks a whole lot more like the guy on the video
Hopefully this puts alot into perspective for those, "well if you listen to police you won't have to worry," people.
Sue the American airlines employee personally as they only released his name.
Wrong. Never go after the pawn. You get nothing. And they will give you a pawn.
@@TheSiriusEnigma let’s just keep suing the main companies taking in millions cause that’s the only way they’ll change anything.
You go for the airline because they have deeper pockets compared to the average individual. Also, the person's who provided only his name as the suspect were employees and agents working under the airline.
@@TheSiriusEnigma you make an example of them so no other employee risks everything. If no employees the company is dead.
@@Doggiemix1 airline their insurance pays off. Employee losses everything. Future employees think twice.
This is getting scary, being arrested for something you didn't do and it can be proven but they keep you in jail and abd don't look into it. Its almost unbelievable that a airline would give information like this out that is so wrong and causing something like this to happen to a paying customer that innocent
If he sues and wins for a ridiculous amount of money, I think they'd just slightly increase their rates to recoup losses.
Yup
17 days incarceration is ridiculous amount of time in jail when you've done nothing wrong. Pay the Man pronto!!
Airlines have already set their rates to maximize profits just like every other business. If they raise them further, they lose business and have less profit.
I'll happily pay 20 cents more.
@Mot Doai your link is about fruits and seeds in Vietnam, how is that related to this POST ? It's deceptive !!
How terrible.
Police: "We need a passenger name."
AA: "Okay. Here's one."
Why American Airlines is still in business is beyond me. I vowed never to do business with them again years ago.
You, me and legions of other sane people, since the 1980s!
Right, let’s see how long that will last
The problem is that they are all bad..run by Bots and algorithms that make people working for slave wages enforce the insanity.
Love American hate united it’s like that . Honestly it was an error
@@tundrav8georgia 17 days in jail is not an error, it is a lawsuit.
Why didn’t the police do their job and investigate, before they violated this man’s rights.
Sounds like you've got a solid case there. I don't often say that for what people want to do, but, they'll be tapping their liability insurance on this one.
I'm not so sure I think it's the police who screwed up. we're probably happen is that the police gave American airlines a description they went inside the airplane look for someone who looked like the burglar and had it over his name. had American refused they could have been charged with obstructing criminal investigation.
I thought American airlines was holding him in a jail cell at the airport it was the police.
I don't think most people realize just how bad jail has gotten since we've mostly gotten rid of insane asylums and mental health services. Our jails basically double as an insane asylum and full of crazy people, in addition to regular criminals. The police and court system are also responsible. My 5 year old could tell the man was not the same person from the images. Everyone involved should pay up, and pay big. Several layers of protection were completely ignored.
The police asked for the passenger list, my understanding is that a list is more than one name so why did the AA not simply comply and provide a list?
imagine to be held like that in Guantanamo for 20 years, because someone made a confusion in 2001.
like anyone cares
I fired AA many years ago, having been an Exec Plat but watching as over and over again they disrupted my travel with breakdowns, crew shortages and excuses. When I went to Delta my issues essentially stopped. Stories like this one just confirm for me even more that I'll never do business with AA again.
I'm sure AA is all broken up about you flying with them again..lol
I'm glad you've had good experiences with Delta because I had issues with their flight delays almost causing me to miss a flight connection. My return trip was miserable because we sat at our gate without AC for 20- minutes. Everyone was misserable.
@@kevinshea5819 judging by their repeated attempts to win me back, they must have been. They don't like losing top tier fliers. No airline does.
Delta steals my luggage.
@@Bug_BaitUnited is racist and destroys my baggage
What about gdpr rule right to privacy, how are they not liable for singling him out...
"when police sought records for it's passengers for the flight, the airline turned over only a single passenger record" - for the wrong individual.
1) they didn't comply with the police request, which was to turn over all records, but elected themselves to do the forensic work of identifying who was on the videotape.
they should be prosecuted for failing to comply with the police request as well as sued to the hilt for defamation and the wrongful arrest that followed.
The cops are at fault too though.
@@Potandthekettle yes, but they have qualified immunity for their malfeasance, so good luck getting anywhere with them
@@allentough3445 duh
This is what happens when you take short cuts and not do good investigation before ,making a legal arrest. It happens more than you think because everyone wants to just get it done soon as possible wether the person is guilty or not
If they have the right guy or not as it seems like it doesn't matter anymore as all they were looking for is a warm body to put the blame on.
@@michaelb.8953 And this causes the real criminals to be free to do more crime. But conservatives don't want to talk about that.
Any updates on this?
This is an example of how simply giving your name to police can go horribly wrong.
Like the "red flag" laws they're trying to pass
This had nothing to do with him giving his name to the police.
Who wants to fly with them again if this happens again and again?
I wouldn't support them.
@@royaldomain4055I would
Eh I still fly them I haven’t had problems with them at all
The police are also culpable. They could've visually confirmed that Lowe was not their suspect but failed to do so.
Police are absolutely responsible however most police have immunity so lawyers will go after anyone they can
@@dominicm2175 but the city doesn't have immunity. You can sue the city for the actions of their officers
@@DaneReidVoiceOver I believe most government entities have sovereign immunity with the exception of personal injury…. So not sure how that works in this matter
@@dominicm2175 I'm from the most sued city in America for their officers actions NYC. It happens all the time
PUT THE PEOPLE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS IN PRISON !!
Get real.
It's was bad and negligent but not criminal so why would they face prison, a large settlement seems more appropriate
AA will settle the day before the trial. The airline doesn't stand a chance before a jury.
As a rule, i'm not a big fan of civil lawsuits. It seems like most of them, the truth gets 'bent' big time. In this case, it seems to be 100% negligence on the part of the airline and/or airport police. To let someone sit in jail for 17 days when he's 100% innocent is wrong on so many levels. This would seem to be a 'slam dunk' win in court. I can't help but believe that this will be settled out of court.
This justice system is so broken. What happened to innocent until proven guilty? Sue the airlines and the department to oblivion as possible!
The security video showed it was the wrong guy. The guy they’re supposed took for was a bald guy with no beard.
I think maybe now people are starting to see “law enforcement” for what it really is.
Wow what happened in this case? Would be cool if the description was updated with a link to any follow up story.
AA is probably delaying it as long as possible
Yeah. About five hundred thousand a day. Just write the check.
Wait ……only 1 person on that flight ??
Omg so sorry for your trauma hope you are okay
He's fine. It was county jail not Supermax.
Dont just fault the airline. Fault whoever conducted the original investigation and issued a warrant. How can your order someone's arrest without proper due diligence?
Yes, and demand what you asked for, a list of all the passengers on the flight. One person is not a list. Someone at AA made an independent decision and did not provide what was asked for. The one asking accepted the "list" as adequate, as if only one passenger was on an airline flight that day. Every day now for a quarter of a century I have become more and more disillusioned with the United States of America. They told be my country was great in every way. It is not. It is a big ugly lie.
I don't fault the airline one bit. They have no power to arrest. They have control over the court system.
This is on our failed justice system.
This can happen to anyone. It looks like 100% incompetence by AA, and the police. This whole thing could have been avoided. What happened to this case??? Did Michael Lowe win his suit or settle?
It's shocking how people in this country are at risk to go to prison completely innocent!!!!!!!!! 🍌🍌💩💩👿🇺🇸🤮
Sue the Airline and the PD ...10 million minimum.
10 mil? GL getting that much, they'll prob compensate him with minimum wage pay and a free sack lunch.
The only people that make any money suing are the lawyers
@@joseole1117 wrong. He’s going to get millions. Maybe not 10, but he’ll get millions.
Sue the airline, airport, police, city and county for all they are worth.
Can’t imagine telling my employer. Hey, sorry I was out for over 2 weeks when I was in jail. It was just a big mixup. Nothing for you to worry about.
You can look at the video for 5 seconds and look at the pic of Lowe when he was arrested and can tell IMMEDIATELY, its not the same guy. Very poor judgement on everyone involved.
Typical American Airlines. Poor service, terrible staff and now this! I hope he sues them for millions! Then they discover the individual at American Airlines and they get fined and jail time!
Isn't it also illegal for them to give passenger information to police? I only ask because Amtrak got in trouble for that not too long ago.
That’s what the search warrant was for genius.
@@smorris281 The airline handed this innocent man over. The police did not "search" for anything. But seeing as the airline handed him over instead of handing over the manifest... I'm going to assume the answer to my question is, yes. 🤷🏽♂️
Apologies, I tried to look this up but was unable to find a clear answer. Based on what I've found it seems the answer would be yes. It would be illegal if he didn't give prior written consent for his information to be turned over, or if the police didn't procure a search warrant. Wish they'd use easier to understand terminology, or that I was smarter. 😅
Amazing how both of you missed so much information in such a short video. I mean geez, it's only 3 and a half minutes long!
I spent 9 days in an open dorm pod once.. they don’t take it easy on short timers. Luckily I wasn’t messed with too much other than being interrogated by the Inmates. Longest 9 days of my life and I know what he was going through.
I spent 4 days in jail stabbed my roomie cause he was black
@@dersturmerofjewery6038
Ay accidents happen
@@dersturmerofjewery6038 good nickname
Pay him, jail isn't a joke, especially for normal people unaccustomed to being in jail.
Very good job fellows!! Congratulations on this successful news story. I hope he gets a few million. That's disgusting. I also hope that his story will bring more attention to the incredibly dangerous situation anyone who ends up in jail faces.
This can happen to anyone, I hope he wins his lawsuit and sends a message to the Airlines and Police that they need to be sure to correctly identify suspects before they go and ruin an innocent persons life. Someone in the Airlines and/or Police was either negligent and/or failed to do their diligence to properly identify an individual. The airlines should have provided the entire passenger list for police to review, not just one passenger. So most of the fault falls upon the Airline staff that decided this one individual was their one suspect and not send the entire list to police whom would have probably done a better job and more qualified to identify suspects than Airline staff to make that determination. Airline at fault in my opinion and should be liable for making this callous mistake or error on their part. By the way, when they put these stories out, I wish they would put out links to follow up to see the outcome of these cases and investigations.
Incompetent on both American Airlines and the police. All it took was a little more effort before you ruined someone’s life. Now everyone will pay for your mistakes. If AA gets sued, tickets will increase, if police is sued, taxpayers will pay. That’s the ripple effects of consequences.
This is literally a giant corporation and the police teaming up to wrongfully put an innocent man in jail. That should be scary to everyone watching this video. There should have been much more of an investigation done and I hope this man gets millions from them.
Why did AA only send one picture of a man and not of all the men on the flight?
I can't imagine what he went through being locked up, thinking someone was coming to get him, but no one came. Too many cases of "Gross-Negligance like this are happening at this time. It seems like no one cares.
We're living in sad times, and it's not getting better.
So 17 days in jail with no access to a lawyer because he might have stole a Snickers?
If that happens to me…I would ask no less than $5 Million and free plane ticket to any part of the world for life!!!😮
17 million for 17 days.
@sharkie1630 no it’s not. But a day filled with fear and trauma is worth that. I should be given compensatory damages and AA should also pay punitive damages.
He is only sueing American Airlines because it is hard to sue the police and the courts. It seems the problem was the police, who should have quickly realized they had the wrong person, and the courts, who by law, should have reviewed the case after 48 hours and released him. I do not see the problem with American Airlines.
Then why did they only give his details to the police? That's why he was arrested
cops ask, who is this guy boarding the plane. the airline responds truthfully, he did indeed board the plane.
The problem is with the cops. why did the cops not examine the video closely to confirm he is that person or not?
Sue the cops, airport security, or the jail. one of them screwed up, not the airline.
If American Airlines did monit responsibility then they shouldn’t have given the police a single name when they were asked for the entire passenger list.
AA was grotesquely negligent in this case. They were asked for a manifest for that flight. That would have given the authorities the names of all passengers, one of whom was the suspect. Instead, AA only gave the authorities the name of one passenger, and it was the wrong man. AA is clearly responsible for what happened.
He should sue American Airlines and the police. A judge or jury will decide who was responsible and for what percentage or how much.
American Airlines deflects their own mistake while taking zero unaccountably is A new low.
That's awfully sloppy work from the detectives. I'd of demanded the full roster and not just a profile of one passenger. Makes me think this is an inside job of an airline employee and/or relative.
Sloppy? It’s corrupt, incompetent. They should be suspended without pay for 6 months and forced to retrain
How would you know that there was anything to demand? How would you know there was more than one person on the flight, if AA told you there was only one person?
The same thing happened to a woman. I think she was mistaken for a wanted fugitive that has the same name as her. Without looking at the photo ID they straight up put her in jail for days. The worse part was that her grandmother was so stress of her arrest that she died from a stroke. ua-cam.com/video/ShtIZyZg5IA/v-deo.html