Sociology professor arrested for smoking on a plane

[snooper2]

claims lighting up was a planned protest against 'US global military domination'


See, some of you on DU are doing it wrong- THIS is how you get attention to your cause LOL

Published on Mar 16, 2015
VISITI http://www.wormedia.com/ A Pennsylvania woman was arrested at Miami International Airport for allegedly being disorderly on a flight and not complying with the flight crew, according to a police report.

Karen Halnon, 52, was on an American Airlines flight headed from Managua, Nicaragua to Miami on Saturday. 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' Actor Arrested in Florida

Officials and passengers said Halnon, a Penn State University professor, started ranting about halfway through her two and a half hour flight.

"The United States has declared war on Venezuela! The United States has declared war on Venezuela!" the woman repeatedly said, according to iPhone footage shot by a fellow passenger. "Venezuela has been declared an international security threat!" Orlando Man Shoots Self After Robbery, Flags Cops

The video also showed the woman lighting up a cigarette and trying to blame another passenger.

Reached by phone Monday night, Halnon told NBC 6 she was "protesting U.S. military global domination, U.S. imperialism." VideoMiami Teacher Attacked Girl To See Her Cry: Police

Halnon, who described herself as a revolutionary, said she didn't mean any harm and said the cigarette was a joke.

"That was more in jest, every good revolutionary smokes," she said. "You have to have a sense of humor when you're in this kind of situation.

[NaturalHigh]

1. I wonder what she was smoking before this.

[joeybee12]

2. Idiot...

I'm sure she won over lots of people by holding up their flight.

[arcane1]

3. She was allegedly treated pretty terribly by law enforcement, too.

[snooper2]

5. she had a sad

Police said when the plane landed and an officer approached her, she was asked to stop yelling but refused. She was asked to exit the plane but replied, &quot Expletive) you. This is not a democracy."


Halnon reportedly refused to calm down and was escorted off the plane where she was later arrested for disorderly conduct.
She was taken to Miami's Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center. Halnon said she was questioned by the FBI and was mistreated.
"They made the room extremely, extremely cold, they chained me to what you might call a bed but it was just a metal, flat thing, and would not allow me to go to the bathroom," she said.

http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/Unruly-Passenger-Taken-Off-Plane-at-Miami-International-Airport-296462071.html

[B2G]

9. Poor baby. nt

[Blue_Tires]

14. She brought that shit on her own head

She'll be lucky if she isn't banned from AA...

[Nye Bevan]

4. What's her DU username, I wonder? (nt)

[msanthrope]

11. Damn! Beat me to it! nt

[SidDithers]

13. Hannah Bell...nt

Sid

[Comrade Grumpy]

6. This sounds like some sort of mental disturbance.

[snooper2]

7. well, like she said, all good revolutionaries smoke, and....

[LeftinOH]

8. Penn State again? What is in the water there?

[Freddie]

10. She teaches at the PSU Abington campus (near Philly)

Where my son is a senior. She was on spring break last week and is probably on permanent spring break now.

[Nye Bevan]

12. Did your son take Raving Semi-Coherently about US Plots to Overthrow Foreign Governmemts 101? (nt)

[onenote]

15. For the win!!