Posted on 08/17/2018 8:03:22 AM PDT by Simon Green
An unruly passenger was arrested Thursday morning at Orlando International Airport and the incident was caught on camera.
Jeffrey Epstein is charged with battery on a law enforcement officer, resisting arrest, trespassing after a warning and disorderly conduct, according to an arrest affidavit from the Orlando Police Department.
Police said they were called to investigate reports of an unruly passenger at the American Airlines ticket counter just before 6 a.m.
Police said that Epstein began to yell when he saw the officers arrive.
After talking with police, Epstein began to calm down, but became agitated when he learned the airline was not going to allow him to fly because of his behavior.
Police said Epstein took off his backpack, put his hands in the air and asked officers to arrest him.
Video of the incident shows Epstein and police exchange a few words before he is taken into custody.
According to the affidavit, Epstein then pulled his arms under his chest and remained tense preventing officers from handcuffing him.
During the struggle, one of the officers used pepper spray on Epstein.
After he was arrested, police said Epstein began complaining of chest pains. He was taken to a hospital and while en route he told an officer that “he created a very big disturbance and I did it on purpose,” the affidavit said.
Epstein, a doctor in Lakeland, spoke with WESH 2 News after being released from jail.
He said he was trying to make a point about police use of force. He said the disruption was done to "prove a point."
"If you're going to do this to a white doctor, who's 59-years-old, for doing nothing, then why would black people trust you?," Epstein said.
While speaking with WESH 2 News outside of the jail, Epstein began speaking about his political views.
"I’m a conservative Republican, I’m a Trump guy. But until the police fix this problem, I don’t blame black people for being upset when they get arrested."
Epstein also said he was trying to teach airlines a lesson about customer service.
"I was no danger. I was being loud because I wanted everyone to see. I wanted everything to be out in the open. Big companies have to take care of their customers, and when they call the cops in, they got to deescalate, not escalate," Epstein said.
>>”I’m a conservative Republican, I’m a Trump guy. But until the police fix this problem, I don’t blame black people for being upset when they get arrested.”<<
Liar.
False flag op.
I’m a conservative Republican, I’m a Trump guy.
Trump guy my fat @ss!
Stupid is, as stupid does.
Guy sounds like he has SEVERAL screws loose.
“Epstein then pulled his arms under his chest”
Seems like quite a feat...
Jeffrey Epstein...
Isn’t that the name of the billionaire guy who ran “Air Lolita” for the Clintons?
Epstein also said he was trying to teach airlines a lesson about customer service.
...
And now he’s going to be taught a lesson about the justice system.
American Airlines will now put him on their “Do Not Fly List.”
Ditto.
Any flight you take has the potential to become an airborne psych ward, Reason #254 I no longer fly.
Another article says he was frothing at the mouth and possessed pot.
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. If cops will arrest an unruly, 59 year-old, white doctor why would that make black people trust them any less? If anything, it shows their willingness to treat disruptive people in a secure area equally.
“Guy sounds like he has SEVERAL screws loose.”
He’s a doctor? Psychiatrist?
Whatever Jeffrey was trying to accomplish, by the way, didn’t work. Maybe it was the point he was trying to make for another demographic that despises him. Maybe his head was swimming too much in some hippie myths from the 1960s.
That happens to people of all colors, genders and religions.
And it's effective.
I believe Dr. Epstein is going to find himself on a no-fly list, and it's his own fault. If you mess with the system, the system has a way of fighting back.
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