Stun gun used on unruly passenger

Chaos delayed an American Airlines flight from Miami to Chicago Sunday night when police had to repeatedly use a stun gun while forcibly removing a man who was harassing fellow passengers and being combative, police said.

Jacob A. Garcia, 28, was booked into Miami-Dade’s jail shortly before 1:30 a.m. Monday on charges that include battery, disorderly conduct, and resisting arrest, records show.

The incident happened prior to the scheduled 9:30 p.m. Sunday departure of Flight 2446, WPLG-Ch. 10 first reported.

A Miami-Dade police report says the flight crew told officers they tried to move Garcia, who lives in Chicago, to another seat, but he continued to be unruly, screaming and insulting a couple.

Police then asked Garcia to leave the aircraft, but he refused.

In cellphone video posted on Twitter by a passenger, Garcia can be heard saying “What is the reason why you are removing me from this plane,” as he struggled with MiamiDade police officers.

A passenger on the flight, Adisak Pochanayon, told WPLG that Garcia was being rude to a couple on the flight and then began using racial slurs after a security guard was brought onto the plane.

In a social media posting, Pochanayon later complimented the American Airlines flight crew — saying the employees “were very professional and acted calmly and as well as one could expect. The passenger removed was completely in the wrong,’ he wrote.