A PASSENGER BIT AND KICKED COPS AFTER BEING FORCED OFF A SOUTHWEST FLIGHT IN A VIRAL TIKTOK — AND USERS ARE CALLING FOR AN ALCOHOL BAN AT AIRPORTS

• A woman bit and kicked cops after being forced off a Southwest flight, NOLA reported.
• Kamaryn Gibson bit a deputy and kicked two others, forcing cops to restrain her in a wheelchair. 
• "Airports probably should stop serving alcohol or set like a 2 drink limit," one TikToker said.

An intoxicated passenger was said to have bitten and kicked cops after being forced off a Southwest Airlines flight — and now TikTok users are calling for alcohol restrictions at airports. 

In a viral TikTok posted by Johnathan Fancher on May 30, a woman was shown being handcuffed by police on a Southwest flight departing New Orleans. The woman has been identified as 25-year-old Kamaryn Gibson from Olathe, Kansas, according to local newspaper The New Orleans Advocate.

"I paid for my flight!" Gibson was heard saying in the TikTok, as deputies from the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office yanked her out of her seat and pulled her down the plane's aisle. The cops were then shown handcuffing Gibson.

"They asked her nicely to get off the flight, but she refused numerous times, so they called in for assistance. The police did try to remove her without force prior to the video, but she wasn't having any of it," wrote Fancher, who posted the video. It has since garnered over 2.4 million views as of June 10.

 

According to NOLA, the Southwest flight was forced to return to the Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport gate thanks to Gibson's unruly behavior on board. According to the report, Gibson was said to have kicked another passenger in the head while putting her feet up on the seat in front of her.

"She refused to exit the plane multiple times," James Rivarde, a spokesperson for the Sheriff's Office, told NOLA. Rivarde added that deputies were forced to restrain Gibson in a wheelchair after she bit one of them on the thigh and kicked two others.

Gibson was charged with three counts of battery of a police officer, among other crimes, per NOLA. She was released on a $6,000 bond on May 30.

Some TikTok users called for restrictions on alcohol at airports after several intoxicated passengers were forced off flights for their unruly behavior.

"Airports probably should stop serving alcohol or set like a 2 drink limit lol," @katiecakes43 commented on the video. 

Another user, @travelforalivin, wrote: "yet people argue with me when I say stop the alcohol in the airport."

"What gets me, is that the bars in the terminals just keep serving inebriated people and the Gate Attendants let them board," @ladigambler commented.

Restricting passengers from drinking alcohol isn't a novel idea. In 2021, Southwest banned in-flight alcohol after a passenger punched a flight attendant in the face and knocked two of her teeth out. That same year, several US lawmakers also discussed barring airport bars from selling alcoholic drinks to passengers. 

Southwest, the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office, and Gibson did not immediately respond to Insider's requests for comment.

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