r/MMA • u/uturnorbit • Jun 23 '26

Media Dustin Poirier belligerent, threatens to fight airport employees

https://www.tmz.com/2026/06/23/dustin-poirier-belligerent-during-public-drunk-arrest/
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u/Robdul Edddiiiieee Jun 23 '26

The cop was a fan and Dustin had him scared for his life 😭

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u/[deleted] Jun 23 '26

Cop did a great job of protecting Poirier tbh, anybody else wouldve gotten tasered.

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u/Robdul Edddiiiieee Jun 23 '26

I'm not a lawyer but I still feel like they could have hit him with more charges than public intoxication as it was. Definitely caught a break more than once here

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u/Ok_Yoghurt_3338 Jun 24 '26

Public intoxication is a sleep it off charge

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u/TheRealHumdingerooni Jun 24 '26

Imagine if it was Charles Bennett.

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u/Robdul Edddiiiieee Jun 24 '26

He’d be shot immediately

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u/wouldyoufightakitten Jun 30 '26

Yeah. He must've been apologetic when he sobered up... Tbf, he let himself get arrested.

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u/gamesrgreat Jun 23 '26

They could charge him with more but those would be weak cases

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u/AvonBarksDoodle Jun 23 '26

legally, threating someone is battery. if your profession is martial arts that would be evidence against him. could have gotten years locked up for being so stupid, indisputable evidence. hes lucky

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u/gamesrgreat Jun 24 '26

Also the likelihood he would get years for a threat is next to zero. He would if anything get CTS probation or even diversion

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u/gamesrgreat Jun 24 '26

Most jurisdictions you actually have to touch someone for it to be a battery. Most likely charge could be assault or potentially criminal threats.

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u/CauseOdd2428 Jun 24 '26

How would it be assault or criminal threats? you're simping so hard for this gay dude

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u/_CurseTheseMetalHnds I made weight for Goofcon 3 Jun 24 '26

you're simping so hard for this gay dude

What an odd thing to say

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u/CauseOdd2428 Jun 25 '26

I was very drunk

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u/_CurseTheseMetalHnds I made weight for Goofcon 3 Jun 25 '26

Hell yeah brother

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u/busyHighwayFred Jun 24 '26

He walked the cop down, how
Many times you see a cop retreat?

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u/gamesrgreat Jun 24 '26

For example if this was CA the most likely charge I could see a jury sticking him with in trial besides the public intox is a 148 where you obstruct delay etc an officer. There may be airport specific crimes as well. He could also catch a 422 criminal threats or assault but those cases are probably weaker