UNM football player busted on airplane, sparks debate over airline authority

From Capitol Report New Mexico.com - For some people, DeShon Marman got what was coming to him. For others, they think US Airways flight attendants went too far.The 20-year-old who plays on the New Mexico Lobos football team was arrested Wednesday (June 15) at the San Francisco International Airport. His crime? Baggy pants. According to SF police, during boarding for the flight from San Francisco to Phoenix, three airline employess told him to pull up his pants because they were exposing his underwear. After being asked a second time, police say that Marman responded by saying that he didn’t have to because he had purchased a ticket.
A spokeswoman for US Airways said the incident began with Marman’s attire but escalated when “he repeatedly ignored crewmember instructions.” Police say the crew alerted the airliner’s captain to the disruption and police were called in to assist. Here’s more from CNN:
The captain made a citizens arrest of Marman for trespassing when he refused to leave the plane, according to Rodriguez. The captain decided to deplane the other passengers when Marman would not immediately leave the aircraft, [SF Police Sgt. Michael] Rodriguez said.
After leaving the plane, Marman resisted being handcuffed in the jetway, Rodriguez said, injuring an officer in the scuffle. One comment on the http://www.cnn.com/ site read: “Since when does a citizen, in the land of the free and the home of the brave, have to obey the orders of some security person who doesn’t like his clothes, and then submit to handcuffs for his ‘resistance.’ This is stupid. No one on any airline is going to tell me how to dress.” Either way, this is most national publicity the 1-11 Lobos have had in a long time. Read whole story here

UNM football player busted on airplane, sparks debate over airline authority