Originally Posted by rickair7777

Tool Edward was feeling enabled by the wave of public sentiment in Dr. Dao's favor, probably hoping to be the next social media phenom by calling out the pilot on video (sticking a phone in somebody's personal space might constitute assault though).

But word to the wise, this sort of situation can *usually* be diffused by the crew member before it gets to this point. Didn't see what led up to it, so no way to know in this case.