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Passengers pounce on man who made threats aboard L.A.-bound flight
LA Times ^
| Jan. 8, 2008
Posted on 01/08/2009 1:48:16 PM PST by PROCON
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posted on
01/08/2009 1:48:16 PM PST
by
PROCON
To: PROCON
“”We all jumped him,” the guitarist said. “He was struggling hardcore. I was holding down his arm. Somebody had a foot on his head. Everyone was holding down a different body part. He was going nuts. I was telling him to chill because he’s not going anyplace.”
At that point, the plane was on the ground and a flight attendant had retrieved a restraining kit. From the ground the suspect asked, “What am I being charged with?”
Someone answered, “Assaulting a flight attendant.”
“He flipped out over that,” Llewellyn said. “Then they rolled him over and put the cuffs on him.”
The band was flying to Los Angeles to perform on Carson Daly’s late-night TV show.
Johnson is now being held pending psychological evaluation.”
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posted on
01/08/2009 1:51:53 PM PST
by
BGHater
(Tyranny is always better organised than freedom)
To: PROCON
no air marshal on this flight
Good job!
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posted on
01/08/2009 1:52:29 PM PST
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... Godspeed.)
To: PROCON
Do we have a name yet for the perp? I noticed on news last night they avoided naming or even describing the perp.
To: PROCON
This is a good example of why we will never suffer another 9/11 style attack using airliners.
Everybody that flies understands what to do, and the consequences of doing nothing.
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posted on
01/08/2009 1:54:22 PM PST
by
Badeye
(There are no 'great moments' in Moderate Political History. Only losses.)
To: La Enchiladita
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posted on
01/08/2009 1:55:05 PM PST
by
mnehring
To: La Enchiladita
The perp is the guy in the front-
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posted on
01/08/2009 1:55:40 PM PST
by
mnehring
To: BGHater
God gave Rock and Roll to you, put it in the soul of everyone......
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posted on
01/08/2009 1:56:07 PM PST
by
Troll_House_Cookies
(Ironically, Chancellor Obama's first re-education camp will be in Alaska.)
To: La Enchiladita
The posted material's link says:
The Los Angeles Police Department identified the man as Lawrence Johnson, 45, of Kentucky. He was booked by airport police on suspicion of making a false bomb threat.
As per previous posts in this area: "sure sounds Amish (or Muslim?) to me" !
To: BohDaThone
To: La Enchiladita
Probably drunk, a mental case, or both.
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posted on
01/08/2009 2:02:36 PM PST
by
mnehring
To: PROCON
I was thinking, 'I'm not going to go down with the plane,'
9/11 showed us you don't have to be a hero, you just have to want to live. And the faster you get in motion to more likely that is. The new 'fear response' is not to sit like a rabbit anymore.
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posted on
01/08/2009 2:03:35 PM PST
by
TalonDJ
To: TalonDJ
..and every case like this happens makes those who wish to do us harm think twice about boarding a plane.
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01/08/2009 2:07:21 PM PST
by
mnehring
To: PROCON
Most Americans learned far too much from 9/11 to let the old “I have a bomb” line worry them. Most of the passengers taking part in wrestling with this nut were probably thinking where they would stick that bomb.
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01/08/2009 2:09:32 PM PST
by
Oldpuppymax
(AGENDA OF THE LEFT EXPOSED)
To: mnehrling
“Probably drunk, a mental case, or both.”
I say lock his sorry ass up for a minimum of 10 years, bread and water, hard labor, as an example to others.
(Not really expecting such logic to work with drunks or mental cases, however)
To: truth_seeker
Or send him to Gitmo. Actually, never mind, prison would be worse..
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posted on
01/08/2009 2:14:39 PM PST
by
mnehring
To: PROCON
He said the suspect then asked, "What am I being charged with?" and someone answered, "Assaulting a flight attendant."What about "Terroristic Threat?" He said he had a bomb.
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posted on
01/08/2009 2:14:53 PM PST
by
al_c
(Avoid the consequences of erudite vernacular utilized irrespective of necessity)
To: mnehrling
..and every case like this happens makes those who wish to do us harm think twice about boarding a plane.
It must really upset them too. I mean it use to be that shouting 'I have a bomb' got you fear, respect, and a nice buffer zone as people ran from you. Now they just push you down and kick you in the head.
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01/08/2009 2:18:42 PM PST
by
TalonDJ
To: PROCON
I would hope that the ones that stopped the perp would see to it that the only way he could ever eat an apple again is with dentures.
To: PROCON
It's highly unlikely that the suspect could have opened the emergency exit door. Because of cabin pressure, aviation experts have said it's impossible for someone to open an emergency exit when a plane is at high altitudes. But the Delta flight was almost on the ground, and one aviation expert said it may have been possible -- though unlikely -- for someone to have gotten the door open. At a low altitude, though, opening the door would not necessarily imperil passengers, the expert said. What??? Passengers left their seats during landing? I hope all of them at least left their seat backs in the full upright position.
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