"He went into my pocket and took out my passport and my iPod. All the other passengers were looking concerned." Eventually, cabin crew explained that the captain had run a security check on Mr Stein after being alerted by the policeman and that this had cleared him. The passenger had been asked to go back to his seat before he had restrained Mr Stein.

Does this mean "Officer Wilk" assaulted Mr. Stein AFTER the captain told him that the security check had cleared Mr. Stein?

Truth unfolds in time through a communal process.