(Deniro in Taxi Driver)
Posted on 03/22/2010 6:40:44 PM PDT by kalee
An out-of-control mohawked man went on an airport assault in Miami early this morning, tussling with workers and police before he was finally tasered and arrested.
Michael John Jones, 43, was arrested shortly after 2 a.m. after police said he went berserk inside one of the concourses at MIA.
According to a police report, Jones attacked two men without warning inside Concourse H, approaching them with fists clenched and then throwing a metal luggage cart at them.
The cart missed, but Jones wasn't finished. He got a hold of one of the victims and started punching him in the face, the report said.
When officers arrived and confronted Jones, he wasn't going quietly. He refused to get on the ground until he was threatened with getting Tasered. He finally did lay on the ground, but then got up and advanced on the officer.
The Taser didn't work at first, but when it finally did, it didn't stop Jones initially, and he reached the officer and began pummeling him.
Backup arrived, and the officers were able to wallop Jones into submission, but not before he was Tasered twice more.
An airport source said Jones had been outside the area earlier, punching taxi cab hoods. The source said he'd heard the man was a released prisoner who came in on a plane from Costa Rica, but police haven't verified that.
Jones was arrested and charged with assault, battery and resisting arrest with violence. His arrest photo showed his scruffy face bruised and a cut below his right eye.
The Taser didn't work at first, but when it finally did, it didn't stop Jones initially, and he reached the officer and began pummeling him.
Backup arrived, and the officers were able to wallop Jones into submission, but not before he was Tasered twice more.
Why doesn’t this sort of stuff ever happen to me?
Just more impeccable quality from NBC.
The poor guy is probably just upset because he doesn’t know how he will ever afford to buy mandatory health insurance.
I think it mainly happens to people who want nothing to do with this sort of thing.
Even though he was on PCP or just whacked, when he looked around for someone to grab, you can bet there was a little voice guiding him to the easiest mark.
Incidentally, I can’t carry by gravity knife (which I always have with me) to the airport. So, for self-defense, I always have at least one Bic pen in my breast pocket. Should be enough said.
Skippy’s brother?
maybe the editor purchased the reporter a new Dictionary.....
(Deniro in Taxi Driver)
So they let prisoners wear mohawks in Costa Rica? Wow, I learn stuff on FR all the time.
“Tussle”
You nailed it...
(flame suit on)
“Tussle”
You nailed it...
(flame suit on)
He wouldn’t be another holdover from that Virgin America flight a couple of weeks back, would he?
Mamas don’t let your babies grow up to be journalists.
I just can not believe this was published.
I used to carry a 3-3/8” Al-Mar lockblade through airports(including international ones), back when the rule was 3-1/2”. That being said, I’ve been feeling kinda’ frustrated lately, and would welcome a legally-permissible beatdown of somebody.
/mark
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