They had no business running his name for warrants to begin with. It sounds like he was a probable witness to a crime not an involved party.

I know it hurts their investigations to deny ID, but seriously, why did they run warrants on this guy? Maybe he would have been arrested later on the bogus charge, but at least he would have been in trouble for something else first.

Talk about your failure to do your due diligence LEOs and American Airlines. You don't want to get as bad as Hertz Airlines.

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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.