A man pushed his way past security officers at Los Angeles International Airport and ran into a terminal Wednesday but was subdued by police with a Taser.
The unidentified man was at a Terminal 6 security checkpoint at about 11 a.m. and was being uncooperative with Transportation Security Administration officers, according to Los Angeles Airport Police Sgt. Belinda Joseph.
“The man refused to cooperate and pushed past the (TSA) officer,” Joseph said. “Airport police followed the man and detained him at Gate 66.”
Joseph said officers used a Taser on the man inside the terminal. Cell phone video taken by people in the terminal showed the man being hit with the Taser and lying prone on the ground, with an officer standing over him with a gun drawn.
The man, who was unarmed, was taken to a hospital to be checked out. His name was being withheld until he is booked.
— City News Service