A man blew past security at LAX as airport police tried to stop him from getting into the terminal. Ted Chen reports for the NBC4 News at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, May 20, 2015.
This story was published in 2015
Los Angeles airport police used a Taser to subdue a man after he breached security Wednesday at LAX, officials said.
Airport police were notified by Transportation Security Administration officers that a man was not cooperating with security officials in the screening area at Terminal 6.
As police tried to help the TSA officers, the man refused to cooperate and pushed past an officer. They followed the man and detained him at Gate 66.
Actor Verne Troyer, best known for his role as Mini Me in the “Austin Powers” film series, was at the airport and captured the man’s interaction with police.
In Troyer’s video, which the actor posted to his YouTube channel, an officer can be seen trying to handcuff the suspect, who then raises his arms and walks away.
Another cellphone video taken by a passenger in the terminal shows an officer using the Taser on the man as he lay face down the ground. The man, who was unarmed, was taken to a hospital to be evaluated.
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No passengers in the checkpoint were injured.
