All he had to do was comply and wait an hour or so for his next flight but his ego was too big for that and decided he should be a loving starfish towards the airport authorities instead. I can bet my ten cents he probably provoked them too. Every normal human being would've complied.
Also people are taking this way out of proportion. A white straigt male punching something that isnt white? Facist! Unacceptable! But when a muslim terrorist kills a few people in stockholm you barely hear or see anything from it. You suddenly need to be tolerant because muh refugees.
This is exactly the same as "he dindu nuffin" only with an asian instead of a black.