Off-Duty Cop Takes Down Suspect At Airport

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Our media partner KITV has this report. Excerpt:

An off duty cop from California comes to the rescue.   

It happened at the airport when someone tried to enter a restricted area and it was all caught on tape.

This security video shows a Transportation Security Administration employee guarding a restricted area at the Honolulu International Airport last Saturday.

But around 12:53 p.m., a normal day became anything but that.

“The woman was smoking a cigarette.  Security said to put it out.  She became agitated and came across a TSA worker and started assaulting her,” said Toni Schwartz, a spokesperson for the Hawaii Department of Public Safety. …

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