Again, Oscar Munoz would not have gone on the public record saying Dao was totally innocent of wrongdoing if Dao had been belligerent. Munoz specifically noted that Dao was seated in his assigned place, and had every right to be there.
Sure he would. DAMAGE CONTROL. People lie in press conferences all the time. What Dao did was a belligerent act, it was the most basic of all belligerent acts: failure to comply. And nothing you or Munoz says will change that simple fact as well documented in the dictionary.