> A teen traveling solo for the first time from Gainesville, Florida to Charlotte was taken to a security room by American Airlines. There he was interrogated – and forced to buy a new ticket – according to the boy’s father.
What is your definition of "detained"?
They probably intimidated him into coming with them and he agreed / complied.
> according to the boy’s father
Who wasn’t present.
The airline may have asked nicely and the son complied and never tried or asked to leave. That’s not being detained. We will probably only know the details if this goes to court and it comes out or if video of the interaction is released.
If I am going about my business, but you request that I stop what I'm doing to follow you to have a chat, you are detaining me. period. you pussyfooting around this like it's not is just disingenuous at best
Was this the government police doing this? Or a private company?
> If I am going about my business, but you request that I stop what I'm doing to follow you to have a chat, you are detaining me. period. you pussyfooting around this like it's not is just disingenuous at best
So all of those “on-the-street” YouTubers asking questions are detaining people? Even if those people don’t stop?
maybe you'd prefer the word accosted?
www.law.cornell.edu/wex/detain
> In criminal law, to detain an individual is to hold them in custody
> Custody is the state of physically holding or controlling a person
If a person positions to block my way (especially in an official capacity), this is detainment, brief as it may be and as hard as it may be to prove in a trial.
Its detaining someone in either case, though the difference you point to makes a difference in whether it is illegal (or, at least, in which law controls whether it is.)
As a civilian, I can ask a lost child what their guardian was wearing to help locate them without breaking laws surrounding interrogation. Similarly, I can ask a child if they intend to fly to New York or if they intend to get off in North Carolina.