Posted on 05/21/2015 9:13:31 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Los Angeles airport police used a Taser to subdue a Danville man after he breached security Wednesday at LAX, officials said.
Airport police were notified by Transportation Security Administration officers that a man, later identified as 21-year-old Christian James Heinz, was not cooperating with security officials in the screening area at Terminal 6.
As police tried to help the TSA officers, Heinz refused to cooperate and pushed past an officer. They followed Heinz and detained him at Gate 66.
Actor Verne Troyer, best known for his role as Mini Me in the "Austin Powers" film series, was at the airport and captured the Heinz’s interaction with police.
In Troyer’s video, which the actor posted to his YouTube channel, an officer can be seen trying to handcuff Heinz, who then raises his arms and walks away.
Another cellphone video taken by a passenger in the terminal shows an officer deploying the Taser on Heinz as he lay face down the ground. Heinz, who was unarmed, was taken to a hospital to be evaluated.
Heinz's father said he and his wife are stunned over the incident. He says his son, who is studying business administration at UC Berkeley, was traveling home from Panama where he was taking part in a university-sponsored program aimed at providing financial guidance to low-income people.
"He came back from a mission, that was a good thing," said Heinz's father. "Why he did what he did, I don't know."
Heinz was booked for trespassing and resisting arrest, said airport police spokeswoman Alicia Hernandez.
No passengers in the checkpoint were injured.
He goes to UC Berkeley. So, I say boo hoo. He probably thinks he’s entitled.
With that said, I hate the TSA.
“The white zone is for immediate loading and unloading of passengers only. No parking.”
Here is the video however there is more footage of the Airport floor tiles so Verne should have pause it or cut it short and then continue recording when he got there.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8vJsKWj8SM
“Actor Verne Troyer, best known for his role as Mini Me in the “Austin Powers” film series, was at the airport and captured the Heinz’s interaction with police.”
I always think of Lindsey Graham anymore when I think of Mini Me.
Since he was only TAZED into submission, can we conclude that he was a caucasian?
Anyone left in the formerly free United States of America who sees anything wrong with this sentence?
Panama must have some powerful mind altering pot.
I can imagine the video. It is a wonder he did not stand on his head and bark like a dog.
The yahoo is definitely on drugs. He was demonic revealing a most pathological grin which they said he had throughout the ordeal. This is the type of person who would wear a bomb vest and take out some people.
Not at all. He deserved it, and a baton-shampoo.
A "baton shampoo"? By that do you mean he deserved to be anally raped with a weapon by a police officer?
Is always nice to hear from the thug contingent. Thanks for playing, your personal collapse into barbarism is noted. I suggest you join ISIS, they're looking for people just like you.
Shampoos are for the head, genius. And I suppose it’s just a big-city thing . . . I suppose out in the land-of-folks-with-no-teeth people like you expect to get away with such antics.
Oh, sorry. So instead of anal rape, you think he should have his skull crushed by a police officer using a baton weapon on him while he's handcuffed on the ground, an act you find appropriately referenced by the fun word "shampoo."
My mistake. Wouldn't want to miss your nuance or anything.
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