Unruly passenger tased, removed from American Airlines flight

Police arrested an American Airlines passenger in Miami after he allegedly touched a female passenger without her permission Sunday.

Officers reportedly used a Taser on the passenger, identified as Jacob Garcia of Chicago, several times before forcibly removing him from the aircraft

A video posted on Twitter taken by another passenger appears to show three Miami-Dade police officers holding down Garcia and shooting him with a Taser multiple times. Garcia repeatedly asked why he was getting arrested, and an officer responded, "You just assaulted a lady."

Garcia was originally asked to deplane from Chicago-bound Flight 2446 but he refused. American Airlines then began to deplane the entire aircraft. "During that process, a physical altercation between the same two passengers took place," according to a statement from American Airlines.

"Once law enforcement was on the aircraft, the passenger then became combative with the officers from the Miami-Dade Police Department. The same passenger was subsequently arrested."

The flight remained at the gate of Miami International Airport for more than an hour due to the disruption.
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