A 280lb, 6ft, drunken New York man got into a tussle with police at Orlando International Airport Thursday, in an encounter where he was Tasered seven times and still refused to go down.
The altercation served as the climax of a chaotic meltdown by 34-year-old Ryan Austin Martin, who police said got into a physical fight with his wife and daughter, 6, at the airport prior to the encounter, and had been separated from them by security.
Orlando police said the man also attacked an airline employee before he was Tased.
The chaotic incident was recorded in full by a bystander.
‘You want to see a show?’ a looming Martin asks a group of people awaiting flights in the footage, many with their phones trained on him. ‘I’m gonna f***ing put on a show,’ he asserts, taking an aggressive stance as sirens blare.
‘Who wants to fight? Let’s go!’ the man shouts in the nail-biting footage, egging on scared-stiff staffers.
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Massive Yonkers man Ryan Austin Martin, 34, was arrested Thursday after going on a curse-laden tirade at Orlando International Airport that resulted in him being Tasered seven times
‘You want to see a show?’ a looming Martin asks a group of people awaiting flights in the footage, many with their phones trained on him. ‘I’m gonna f***ing put on a show!’
According to a arrest affidavit, the incident began when Martin, who hails from Yonkers, grew agitated at his wife and attacked her while waiting for a flight to New Jersey.
The redacted report revealed that during the struggle, Martin also pushed his six-year-old daughter and tried to pull the neck of someone else in his group and gab someone by the hair.
During that time, he left twice and returned with drinks, the report, filed by the Orlando police department, says.
The footage shows a belligerent Martin daring staffers to fight upon being separated him from his family, after a fellow flyer reported the alleged abuse.
‘Why am I being arrested?’ Martin shouts to a female staffer at the start of the clip, after being told to walk away from the locked jet bridge door separating the man from his family. ‘For doing nothing.’
Martin shouted at scared-stiff staffers and fellow fliers before the encounter with police. Cops said he also attacked an airline employee, which was not captured in the recording
‘Why am I being arrested?’ Martin repeats, before laying into a curse-laden tirade.
‘F**k you!’ F**k you!” the New Yorker shouts, standing in the center of the gate’s waiting area, progressively raising his voice and moving into an aggressive stance. ‘F***ing a**hole!’ he yells at an unseen staffer.
‘Don’t touch me! Nobody touch me!’ he then declares, while still daring staffers to act.
‘Hurry up motherf***ers. I’m gonna put on a motherf***ing show!’ Marin screams at the top of his lungs, striking a fighting pose.
He then concedes, ‘I had a couple drinks before the go**amn flight.’
The footage shows Martin repeatedly banging and punching the door in a vain effort to bring it down, screaming at staffers on the other side.
‘[Shut the] f**k up! motherf***er. You couldn’t let me in? F***ing wanna come out now?’ Martin can be heard saying as he attempts to break down the locked door.
The footage then shows Martin threatening an unidentified person that they would ‘end up dead’ if they came near him.
‘Yo pal! Don’t even think of coming over here,’ Martin warns his off-screen adversary. ‘You’re going to end up dead.’
Staffers can be seen ignoring the man and frantically making phone calls to report the mayhem to airport officers.
As Martin continues to lean against the door, he issues another threat to an unseen staffer. ‘I’m gonna kill you,’ he asserts, slurring his words as he shouts. ‘I’ll never want to fly on this f***ing plane!’
Martin’s meltdown grew agitated at his wife and attacked her and their six-year-old daughter while waiting for a flight to New Jersey, spurring staffers to separate the family. Martin can be seen here attempting to force open the jetway door where they were being held for their safety
The footage shows Martin repeatedly banging and punching the door in a vain effort to bring it down, screaming at staffers on the other side
Crouched awaiting the confrontation, Martin warns an Orlando officer before the altercation, ‘What, are you f***ing dumb? Get the f**k away! Get the f**k away!’
In the footage, a father can be heard trying to calm his child amid the commotion. ‘It’s OK, it’s OK,’ the concerned parent says. ‘Stay calm,’ the child’s mother then adds. ‘Police are coming.’
Other fliers can be seen moving away from the massive man. ‘Stay behind me,’ a mother can be heard saying again to her kid in the clip, as Martin continues his rampage.
Eventually, one Orlando police officer arrives on the scene.
Crouched awaiting the confrontation, Martin says to the officer, ‘What, are you f***ing dumb? Get the f**k away! Get the f**k away!’
‘If you’re f**king smart, get the f**k away.’
Martin then turns back to the door and punches it repeatedly, before someone on the other side seemingly unlocks it and lets him in.
The footage shows Martin hurling insults and threats at staffers and fliers alike, with the man threatening an unidentified person them they would ‘end up dead’ if they came near him
‘Don’t touch me! Nobody touch me!’ he yelled, daring staffers and the responding officer to act
Martin enters the other room for about a minute, during which point two staffers attempt to follow him in the room, which again sets the man off.
‘Back the f**k up,’ he says, ordering the staffers to exit the room. ‘I don’t want to hurt you.’
Martin’s family is then escorted outside of the room, where at which point Martin attempts to follow them.
The officer then sneaks up behind Martin with a Taser and pulls the trigger.
The Orlando Officer and an off-duty New Jersey sheriff are pictured restraining Martin, after the Orlando cop Tasered him several times and stuck him behind the head
‘Ow!’ Martin can be heard saying in the recording, which spans about eight minutes, reacting to the 50,000 Volts coursing through his veins. He managed to stay on his feet for more than minute after several charges from the Taser, until the officer brought him down with a punch
‘Ow!’ Martin can be heard saying in the recording, which spans about eight minutes, reacting to the 50,000 Volts coursing through his veins.
Still Tasering him , the officer commands a still-standing Martin to get on the ground.
‘Get on the ground! Get on the ground!’ the officer yells at the man, who seems only slightly discomforted by the voltage.
The officer then sends another charge into Martin after the first pulse is up, who then proceeds to approach the officer, who responds by issuing a third burst.
Seemingly unaffected by the electrical onslaught, Martin then turns away from the officer, spurring the cop to wing a full-force punch at the back of Martin’s head to finally bring him down.
With the Taser still going, the officer attempts to restrain a still resisting Martin, ordering him to cooperate.
‘Put your hands behind your back,’ the officer says as he cuffs, Martin, Tasering him repeatedly, five, six, and eventually seven times, as an off-duty sheriff from New Jersey who happened to be at gate assisted with the arrest.
A child thought to be Martin’s six-year-old daughter is escorted with another unidentified child away from Martin as the commotion commences
Martin was booked on one count each of child abuse, battery involving domestic violence, battery, resisting an officer with violence, and disorderly intoxication. It took four officers to hoist the behemoth man to his feet.
At that point, more officers arrive one the scene and successfully detain Martin.
‘Listen man,’ Martin can be heard pleading with officers while on the ground. ‘I just had too much to drink.’
It then takes four officers to hoist the behemoth man to his feet.
Martin was then booked on one count each of child abuse, battery involving domestic violence, battery, resisting an officer with violence, and disorderly intoxication.
He was admitted to Orange County Jail and released Friday night on a $2,950 bond, police said.
He was admitted to Orange County Jail and released Friday night on a $2,950 bond, police said
‘He was very aggressive towards that uniformed officer, who did a phenomenal job,’ the off-duty sheriff who assisted with the arrest, James Gannon of Morris County, said of the incident
‘He was very aggressive towards that uniformed officer, who did a phenomenal job,’ the off-duty sheriff who assisted with the arrest, James Gannon of Morris County, said Saturday of the incident.
‘There was a taser deployment and then we went to the ground and I assisted in handcuffing the individual.’
According to the arrest report, the altercation occurred just before noon the morning of February 24.
The clip of the altercation has since garnered more than a quarter-million views on YouTube.
