Video has gone viral of a passenger takedown at New York LaGuardia American Airlines check-in. The video opens with Port Authority Police in the midst of the intervention. Two uniformed officers are controlling the woman at the counter, and at the 12 second mark the officers move to take her down. She winds up on the floor being restrained.
The clip doesn’t show what precipitated this, but it’s being circulated under titles like “Crazy Karen Attacks Woman at the Airport.” This would have happened while the passengers were waiting in line at the American counter.
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For me, this video is a reminder of just how much law enforcement exists on-property at an airport. And LaGuardia isn’t going to have as significant a presence for some of the agencies on-site that you’ll find at New York JFK and Newark, because it lacks a customs facility so immigration issues aren’t handled for commercial passengers there.
You’ve still got police, airport security, drug enforcement, FBI and others. It’s one of the worst possible places to cause a disturbance of any kind. This is the result.
And we see it over and over, when passengers jump the counter when they’re not allowed to board without shoes, attack a gate agent who demands the passenger check her bag, or demand to see the manager.
I realize some give the Port Authority a hard time, but I’m still a fan. *salute*
Our justice system takes none of the seriously. She (and others that have been far worst) will get let out on no bail, no time served, not put on a No Fly List. One day one of these morons are going to cause a serious air accident and we will wonder why did we let the loss of life happen.
New York woman
Two thoughts: 1) Who the **** are these people who think going just short of “postal” will end up working out for them? 2) In all my years of flying (50+ years), I cannot recall witnessing a single incident similar to this…then again, I don’t fly Spirit or Frontier. (Yes, I realize *this* incident was with American, and I can well accept they rank third on the list…unless passengers’ frustrations with Southwest push it higher…)
Port Authority Police are about the last people I’d want to F with. They don’t got time to play with people. (and they bill the airlines for “tours of duty”)
@Mantis — Probably a tourist… real New Yorkers would know better.
A flight returning the woman to Florida most likely.
The real problem is that whether it’s assholes trying to bring guns on planes, drunk idiots misbehaving, or Chads and Karens acting out, there really don’t tend to be notable repercussions. If people knew that they’d be on a 10 year no-fly list for starting a fight or trying to carry a gun on a plane then there would be a lot fewer incidents. It’s not just a coincidence that this stuff doesn’t happen nearly as often in any other country. That’s because they impose sufficient penalties to dissuade bad behavior.
@George Romey – what justice system???
We have the biggest moron (already a convicted criminal and obstructing the justice system to avoid charges of child molestation) causing worldwide serious air, ground, maritime “accidents” killing hundreds of people and nothing is done to stop him.
And your beef with our justice system is with an airport karen throwing a tantrum…
There is not a designated immigration office .. that’s correct. A 2 second search of the internet will show you that both ICE and HSI are at LaGuardia constantly so “no immigration presence,” is just a silly thing to say
@john – that is not what i wrote
Maybe all those different “enforcement” groups you mentioned could pitch in and help out TSA.
Of course “SadStateofOurNation” had to blame President Trump!!!!!
A female causing an incident at LaGuardia resulting in a possible arrest is somehow his fault, it’s the only response a person with severe TDS would make.
Your accusations are baseless.
As a retired Port Authority Police Sergeant, I salute the officers serving and thank them for their service.