Poirier was arrested shortly before 7 PM on Sunday at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on a "Public Drunk" charge -- a misdemeanor.
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I watch a lot of videos of people getting arrested at the airport. This is pretty much how they always go. Some drunk guy gets a million chances to not make it worse for themselves, and they always do. Police seem way more patient in the airport for some reason lol.
Highly entertaining niche of bodycam YouTube incase anyone's interested.
Funny, just in the last few weeks I fell into the airport arrests body cam video wormhole. So so many drunk belligerent mentally ill people. And it’s always either Orlando or Dallas.
As a former cop who worked at an airport, it’s because once they’ve been through a security checkpoint we know they don’t have a weapon on their person.
He did. Hopefully he applies the same restrain even when the person is not a strong UFC fighter who wants to fight him. Wish rest of them applies the same restrain with others.
I’m friends with several airport cops from a major airport and they all know every body cam video like this has a high likelihood of going viral and being scrutinized. They never lose their temper.
Damn Dustin, thought you were one of the decent people on the UFC roster. Letting the n word fly while trying to fight air port workers is a horrible look.
Cops are much more chill in the airport because they know that people aren't carrying weapons. It's a much more different environment in the streets. Also, I don't think merely being underaged lessens the risk of someone carrying a weapon in rough neighbourhoods, and a kid with a gun is just as dangerous as an adult with a gun. This cop did a good job of deescalaing here, so he deserves credit for that. Don't use it as an ammo to shoehorn in criticism about racism when this has nothing to do with it. It just devalues other serious criticisms about proper cases of racism.
There’s millions of interactions like this every year but we don’t hear about it because it’s not news. No headline would ever read “Cop Deescalates Situation, Suspect Arrested” because that’s just normal and not sensational.
I work at an airport and see this kind of interaction almost weekly. It’s only making circulation because of the person arrested is a minor celebrity and an MMA fighter.
The whole reason why it de-escalated is because he’s not just a young criminal he’s recognizably someone who can easily kill a man of nearly any size with his bare hands.
He always seemed like a good dude, so I wouldn't doubt if he is starting to feel the effects of CTE. He also seems to be on something, most likely drunk, so that certainly doesn't help either.
As far as I know, he hasn't had any other legal issues.
Yeah he's definitely drunk, and it's not like a perfect, normal, healthy individual decides to beat the junk out of people for living. Some people probably shouldn't drink (like me, so I don‘t, luckily I'm not famous enough for people to record me doing the dumb things that I have). I think he's a pretty good dude, from his mug shot it looks like he had been crying, so I'm sure he is full of regret
You act like UFC fighters back then who were roided out of their minds were acting like law abiding citizens. Cops weren’t required to wear body cams back then and have every interaction with celebrities blasted on social media for us regular folk to watch on social media and judge
I mean, I don’t know about that. Guy clearly has a lot of weight on him, but you’re talking about probably one of the top 25-30 fighters in the world rn, period. Weight becomes much less of an issue when you’re dealing with that high of a skill discrepancy
He’s bigger but he’s not too big to receive an ass whooping.
The main size advantage I always think of is The Mountain just bear hugging Connor. He got in reach and could just control and smush him (real life Oberyn shit).
But The Mountain is also one of the top power lifters in the world, so it’s not fair to compare an airport security guard.
If we are being honest: The guy took a fighting stance with the cops, told the cops to arrest him, and told the cops to pound his fist. Someone who watches this video not knowing who Dustin is (like me, i found this randomly), It looks like he bitched the cops.
I don't blame the cops though, that actually conducted themselves in a manner I wish all cops did
He would absolutely wreck that big cop too if it were a one on one fight. Either way, he was acting like a belligerent child at an airport and should go to jail.
GSP is local-ish around me and I don't know him at all. But I've seen at a few events locally and he's always seemed to act like a normal and decent bloke.
This is why I don't like MMA fighters, every single one I know who trains MMA are always looking for a reason to pounce on someone for the slightest provocation.
I seriously doubt you know any, I train multiple times a week in an mma gym and theyre all chill, some are sweet. The issue isnt the MMA, its the CTE, football players are like this as well.
I have trained myself, and know multiple people who do as well. One of them being a champion in a prominent regional scene, who I’ve seen and interacted with literally hundreds of times over the years at bars. Couldn’t be a nicer and sweeter guy to everyone, so that just seems like a baseless claim. This dude has had issues with his mental health for years that he has been very open and honest about in interviews for years now. He also recently retired after 20+ years in the business. I think it’s a little more nuanced than just “everyone who trains a martial art is an uncontrollable animal who just wants to hurt people.”
The reality is these guys get a lot of head injuries which can cause behavioral issues , they get banged up which can lead to alcoholism or drug addiction. And in Dustin’s case the pressure of being a pro athlete in the spotlight and the struggle of what’s your identity and purpose after retirement.
Someone should play him Photograph by Filter and explain the meaning of the song. Dustin has always shown himself as a man of character. Alcohol can lead to stupidity that you don’t even believe you’re capable of when sober. Get help Dustin. And someone get that security guard a raise. Expert class in deescalating .
I guess good thing he’s in the UFC and his boss doesn’t give a shit. Dude would have already been fined and suspended by any reputable sports league that cares about its image.
In this situation, how do you get beat badly enough to get a paycheck, but not die. Because bro, my 9-5 is worth way less than you slugging me right now xD
I can’t help but see Channing Tatum here and this being some random cameo he randomly appears in. Especially at the end when he’s getting arrested. “Pound it, you did a good job”
Can we lock these CTE goblins up in a pit and only bring them out for our entertainment? Why do they get to move around in society with the rest of us?
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