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An hose rider who was videotaped Monday growling similar a dog and screaming astatine a formation attendant has been identified by authorities arsenic Timothy Armstrong, 61, of Las Vegas.
Salt Lake City constabulary said Armstrong was issued a transgression citation for nationalist intoxication and disorderly behaviour pursuing his removal from an American Airlines formation from Los Angeles to Salt Lake City Monday afternoon.
Attempts to scope Armstrong by telephone for remark Wednesday were not successful.
Video of the outburst was recorded and posted connected Facebook by chap rider Dennis Busch of Salt Lake City. The video shows a chap passenger, identified by constabulary arsenic Armstrong, growling arsenic helium repeatedly placed his disguise implicit his look and nose. Another video clip posted by Busch shows Armstrong screaming astatine an American formation attendant, saying, “You can’t clasp us!”
Armstrong past yelled a drawstring of expletives astatine the attendant. It appears connected the video that Armstrong does not recognize the level is inactive successful the aerial arsenic helium demands to beryllium fto disconnected the aircraft.
The antheral besides was videotaped yelling, “Joe Biden! Really?”
Busch wrote connected his Facebook leafage that the occurrence started erstwhile the unruly rider yelled astatine an Asian pistillate to beryllium down.
“After asking him to calm down, the antheral went into a implicit meltdown of racist, sexist and belligerent comments,” Busch wrote.
Salt Lake City constabulary said successful a property merchandise that Armstrong was taken to a adjacent infirmary upon being removed from the aircraft.
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