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A passenger aboard a Spirit Airlines flight from New Jersey to Puerto Rico was tased for being involved in a wild brawl that erupted when the plane landed in San Juan.
via: Complex
Video captured by passengers onboard the Spirit flight shows Nyasy Veronique Payne throwing punches in a plane parked outside Luis Munoz Marin airport in San Juan. According to reports from passengers on the plane, she was part of a group of four that refused to follow airline protocols and wear their masks while on the flight.
Caught on Camera: A fight over whether or not to wear a mask onboard a Spirit Airlines plane that had just arrived in Puerto Rico led to a woman – who police say was the aggressor – being tased by police who are considering filing charges.
pic.twitter.com/2iJeNl12Pn— David Begnaud (@DavidBegnaud) October 27, 2020
The police who entered the plane and tased Payne had been called by the crew prior to landing, to respond to the passengers who refused to heed the demands of the flight crew. However, the fight was seemingly unrelated. CBS reporter David Begnaud cited a passenger named Alfredo who claims another passenger began calling the three women in the group homophobic and racist slurs. Alfredo told Begnaud that a man threw a punch at Payne just before the video started, causing the reaction seen in the clip.
To be clear: the woman who threw the first punch is allegedly the same person who refused to wear a mask who then ended up being tased by police because of her belligerent behavior which is seen on video here.
— David Begnaud (@DavidBegnaud) October 27, 2020
One on the ground, Alfredo says 3 men began yelling homophobic & racial slurs at the 3 women who are black. 1 man, Alfredo says, hit one of the women, who then started punching. That’s the woman who’s seen on video throwing punches when the police make their way into the plane.
— David Begnaud (@DavidBegnaud) October 27, 2020
Begnaud added that the woman has been arrested in San Juan and is expected to spend a night in jail. There’s no word on whether the unnamed man who allegedly provoked the fight has been arrested.
Dormirá en prisión la turista que agredió a un civil y varios agentes de la policía en medio de una trifulca en avión de Spirit cuando llegaba a la Isla. La joven de 24 años se le fijó una fianza de 150 mil dólares la cual no prestó. @TelenoticiasPR pic.twitter.com/ZOKRaRe7Gl
— Marjorie Ramírez (@marjramirez) October 27, 2020
Moral of the story? Wear a mask and you get what you pay for.
