They just asked the guy to take a later flight due to unforseen circumstances and offered him $800 and a room for the night.
The Jackass wigged out on the cops and got what you get when you wig out on the cops.
the later flight was the next day and the voucher would not pay for a roach motel.
People have schedules and jobs. The fact united screwed up their employee schedules is not the problem of those people on that flight who paid for their seats.