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Appalling moment United passenger punches gate agent and knocks him out
Daily Mail UK ^ | St Patrick's Day 2025 | James Gordon

Posted on 03/17/2025 10:02:32 PM PDT by Morgana

A disgruntled United Airlines passenger punched a gate agent in the face which knocked the airport staffer to the ground, leaving him unconscious.

The violent outburst happened last Thursday evening at 5:30pm at Virginia's Dulles International Airport by gate D12 when Christopher Stuart Crittenden, a 54-year-old man from Frederick, Maryland, suddenly lost control and lashed out.

Video footage, which has since gone viral, captures the moment as Crittenden strides toward the gate agent and without warning swings his fist striking the unsuspecting employee squarely in the face.

The force of the impact was so severe the agent instantly fell to floor.

As the short four second clip suddenly ended bystanders were heard gasping in horror.

Officers from the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority quickly arrested Crittenden and charged him with assault and disorderly conduct.

The injured gate agent was left badly shaken and taken to a local hospital, where he received treatment for his injuries.

Officials have not explained was triggered Crittenden's outburst but other passengers who witnessed what happened say it all began with a canceled flight.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


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There has been a lot of stories like these lately on DM and youtube. What is going on? Are the airlines being difficult or people just being karens?
1 posted on 03/17/2025 10:02:32 PM PDT by Morgana
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To: Morgana

Could be both. But gate folks aren’t really in charge of very much that goes wrong.


2 posted on 03/17/2025 10:10:33 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Morgana

At one time when you flew one was a valued customer.

Now they treat you as cattle.


3 posted on 03/17/2025 10:12:58 PM PDT by riverrunner
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To: Morgana
He looks nice enough...

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4 posted on 03/17/2025 10:21:51 PM PDT by Nervous Tick (Hope, as a righteous product of properly aligned Faith, IS in fact a strategy.)
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To: Morgana

People like this guy think
#1. The Airlines halfway expect wild and crazy confrontation from their customers a few times a month.
#2. Since “everybody’s acting out these days” they will probably get away with it, and Go Viral on the Internet too!


5 posted on 03/17/2025 10:36:29 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: Nervous Tick

This fellow was described as a Firefighter Captain.
I don’t know if he is still a Captain after this conduct most unbecoming.


6 posted on 03/17/2025 10:38:18 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: Morgana

No-fly list, at least one night in jail, probably a lawsuit coming up.


7 posted on 03/17/2025 10:42:21 PM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: lee martell

>> Since “everybody’s acting out these days” they will probably get away with it, and Go Viral on the Internet too!

I know that’s been MY lifelong goal, ever since I was a puppy. Yours too, right? ROFL!


8 posted on 03/17/2025 10:44:48 PM PDT by Nervous Tick (Hope, as a righteous product of properly aligned Faith, IS in fact a strategy.)
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To: AnotherUnixGeek

>> at least one night in jail

To start with!

>> probably a lawsuit coming up.

AFTER the criminal trial... and a few more “nights in jail”...

This is criminal behavior. In a just society, it needs to be dealt with forthrightly.


9 posted on 03/17/2025 10:47:28 PM PDT by Nervous Tick (Hope, as a righteous product of properly aligned Faith, IS in fact a strategy.)
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To: Morgana

Who knows what the gate clown said andtried to stop the guy for.

Have had my monets with unreasonabqal gate types.

Tried to board with a barely filled fanny pack and shoulder bag.

Was told only one of them allowed.

An overstuffed wallet A-OK?
I do not like crap in my pockets

WTF??


10 posted on 03/17/2025 11:01:27 PM PDT by doorgunner69 (Your oath of enlistment has no expiration date)
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This is criminal behavior...

Looked like a typical “fight or flight” response.

11 posted on 03/17/2025 11:05:50 PM PDT by gundog (The ends justify the mean tweets. )
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To: Morgana

Wow, it didn’t look like he hit him that hard, but he dropped the guy.


12 posted on 03/17/2025 11:22:13 PM PDT by ponygirl (Stay gold.)
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To: Morgana

13 posted on 03/17/2025 11:42:41 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: Morgana
Are the airlines being difficult [...]

An airline employee "being difficult" does NOT warrant decking him.

Regards,

14 posted on 03/18/2025 12:28:50 AM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: Nervous Tick

That sweet disposition must be aging. He looks about 75.


15 posted on 03/18/2025 1:04:45 AM PDT by definitelynotaliberal (I believe it! He's alive! Sweet Jesus!)
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To: Morgana

Probably the same type person who thinks he’s so special that the firelane in front of the grocery store is his reserved parking space.


16 posted on 03/18/2025 1:52:09 AM PDT by fso301
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To: Morgana

Just wait until May 7th when the TSA will require Real_ID and dozens or maybe hundreds of travelers are failing their ID checks.


17 posted on 03/18/2025 1:56:51 AM PDT by reg45 (Barack 0bama: Gone but not forgiven.)
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To: reg45

𝘑𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘔𝘢𝘺 7𝘵𝘩 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘚𝘈 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘭_𝘐𝘋 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘰𝘻𝘦𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 𝘩𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘐𝘋 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘤𝘬𝘴.

I’m sure we’ll get airport brawling video gold from those people who are for some reason never described in news stories.


18 posted on 03/18/2025 2:23:53 AM PDT by Antihero101607
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To: AnotherUnixGeek

It’s assault and battery.


19 posted on 03/18/2025 3:13:17 AM PDT by stanne (Because they were mesmerized by Obama, the man for whom this was named, whose name they left out of )
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To: Nervous Tick
This is criminal behavior. In a just society, it needs to be dealt with forthrightly.

Sure, but in the society we actually live in, assuming he has no prior history with the law, I doubt he sees a single day in prison. He'll probably be given some slap on the wrist. His main penalties will be the civil suit he'll probably face and the no-fly list. I hope I'm proven wrong.
20 posted on 03/18/2025 5:43:44 AM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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