Civil Liberties

The police at DFW did not do their job of reviewing the surveillance footage and completing due diligence to convince a judge that the the person they sought was the very likely the person in the surveillance footage. Second, since the positive ID is required to buy a ticket and to pass tsa and board a flight, his information and address were available. Police should have contacted him at home to resolve the matter.

I think jail is almost never appropriate for a non-violent crime. I hope the theft involved something like a panerai watch and not a bag of chips.

Cops, prosecutors and a judge probably didn't do enough nor pay enough attention.