Everything depends on details, and i don't rely on what the media says about pretty much anything, and certainly aviation.
I would be curious what the crew wanted and intended. Based on what I have seen in the videos, I wonder if the crew was as surprised as anyone with the veracity of the response. I wonder if, in talking with ATC about the situation, that the bomb threat was mentioned, and from there the response escalated much more than was necessarily wanted or intended.
Having the authorities meet the aircraft, either to deal with a problem guest or to actually remove them, is not particularly uncommon. This seemed like a situation where a couple of LEO's would come on and remove the person, and the way the flight and cabin was being managed does not indicate they believed he was actually in possession of explosives or was an imminent threat to anyone.
So while it seemed like an over the top response in this case, I suppose it is better to be overly cautious than not cautious enough.
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