First of all, they weren't cops in the usual sense of what that word means. They were security officers. Second, dragging a human being like that is far removed from any procedure and law except in the most dire circumstances. Those security officers had all the advantages over a senior citizen who, although resisting removal (not arrest, but removal), was zero threat to anyone. There were three of them, but they still couldn't calmly and orderly restrain the man and walk him down the aisle? Come on...would you so easily given in to totalitarian impulses?
“There were three of them, but they still couldn’t calmly and orderly restrain the man and walk him down the aisle? “
I agree. You’ve put your finger on the problem.