Southwest Airlines passengers get stuck in the Nashville airport on Christmas — then threatened with arrest for ‘trespassing’

• A police officer at the Nashville International Airport threatened to arrest stranded Southwest Airlines passengers. 
• The incident was captured in viral videos shared to TikTok that have been viewed nearly 1.5 million times. 
• In a statement, the airport said Southwest Airlines contacted them “asking that a police officer be dispatched to … escort passengers to the pre-security ticketing counters.” 

Just when yet another stranded group of Southwest Airlines passengers thought things couldn’t get worse, a police officer threatened to arrest them. 

In two viral TikTok videos shared Wednesday by Amani Robinson, a police officer is seen on ordering travelers at the Nashville International Airport to “leave nearly 1.5 million times.