On March 15, 2026 an Australian man confronted a TSA officer in the terminal 6-7 connector at LAX, accusing him of taking the passenger’s backpack and passport, allegedly grabbing their uniform, ripping off the TSA lanyard, pulled their hair, and shoving him into a glass wall.
The TSA officer reportedly wrestled the man to the ground and held him there until backup arrived. The man’s carry-on and passport were found at a restaurant in Terminal 7 that he had visited earlier.
He did at least have the courtesy to follow the agent out of the restroom before this attack, rather than doing this there.
Airport police arrested him at the scene. He was released, and then re-arrested the next day at the airport before boarding a flight to the U.K. He pled not guilty on Thursday, April 16, and has a tentative trial date set for May 12.
Passenger attacks aren’t common, but far from unheard of. A man used a woman’s boarding pass at a Las Vegas TSA checkpoint, flipped an officer and tried to stab police with a pen. An American Airlines employee was charged after threatening to kill a TSA document checker. And here’s a Miami airport ambush of TSA agents.
There are some bizarre incidents with TSA screeners, but also screeners engage in misconduct, too.
Said passenger was probably drunk and definitely low IQ.
Another “national enquirer” article. Nice going “thought leader”! I’m sure OMAAT, TPG etc will I’ll be right behind you post inf this one
This Australian guy was lucky it didn’t happen in the bathroom so people can save him. When it comes to racist, Australians will always be #1.
@Retired Gambler gets it. 100%.
@George Romey — The “low-IQ” trope isn’t working. You can keep trying it like overuse of “woke” or “TDS” but it does nothing. Makes you look tired, lazy.
So then the TSA guy didn’t steal anything. Come on dude.
You think he’d be released if the attacker was black, and the TSA agent was white?
“When it comes to racist, Australians will always be #1.” Ive spent the equivalent of multiple years in Australia this century. I disagree.
@This comes to mind – You’re correct. The most racist people on earth by far are Han Chinese Mainlanders. It’s not even remotely a close call.
@Mike – you need to die the most gruesome death, and the date of your death made a national holiday in all East Asian countries.
@Manhattan West (EWR) — @Un, @Unintimidated, @Penile is so back!
@1990 – Hell yeah!
@Manhattan West (EWR) — You didn’t do the DDoS over at DoC, right?
@Manhattan West (EWR) – I admire the consistency. I see you’ve got a direct fiber line to Beijing. Hey, a few more paragraphs and you’ll earn those frequent flyer miles to visit Zhongnanhai.
Also, please spare us the tired, transparent attempt to blur your regime into “all of East Asia.” It’s dishonest, it’s lazy, and it fools absolutely no one. Those are not the same thing, no matter how badly you need them to be to suit your narrative. We don’t see the Japanese government conducting mass arbitrary detention, torture, severe religious repression, family separation, forced labor, intrusive surveillance, restrictions on movement, and efforts to suppress minority languages and cultures. That’s all your team, bub.
@Mike Hunt, @Manhattan West (EWR) — Have been wondering… as a Westerner, would either of you visit Hong Kong these days (even mere connection via CX)? How about mainland? Like, Gary’s post about basically having to hand over all data didn’t seem ‘great.’
When they say that Australians are racist.
Not guilty? Gary has it on his blog. It’s pretty public so why deny it?