‘Seasons Beatings:’ DIA’s holiday party for execs goes sideways with slap down

Dec 29, 2021

Of all the topics one should avoid during this season’s holiday parties, it turns out that discussing “police deescalation tactics” can actually escalate fairly quickly into a violent situation and become a PR nightmare.

Just ask Phil Washington, the CEO of DIA, who along with other airport bigwigs were present when their executive vice president decided to demonstrate his point on an unsuspecting airport attorney.

CBS4 has the story that involves Scott McCoy, who in addition to being a VP is the lead attorney for the airpot, and Everett Martinez, one of the lawyers on McCoy’s team.

At some point during the discussion, McCoy “jumped up and violently slapped Martinez in the face multiple times and yelled commands at him, nearly knocking Martinez out of his chair,” CBS4 reports. 

The police were not called to deescalate the situation, so we can’t report what tactics were used to break up the fight over police tactics, or who eventually won the argument over police deescalation tactics. 

Our money’s on McCoy, but neither he nor anyone else present at the party is returning media phone calls. 

 

Under the headline “Seasons Beatings,” Compass Colorado reported McCoy is a political donor to the Democrat Party and Gov. Polis.  

“As it turns out, wasting another $1.1 billion on airport renovations is not the most embarrassing headline associated with DIA this year,” said Compass Colorado Executive Director Kyle Kohli.

 

“The fact McCoy violently smacked a subordinate without repercussions shows once again there is a severe lack of accountability at DIA.”

There’s certainly a lack of any common sense among the top brass, or manners.

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