SHOCKING video footage shows people brawling with police at Miami International Airport in an altercation that led to two arrests.
The fight reportedly broke out at the Florida airport on Monday when one passenger jumped onto an airport transportation cart and refused to get off.
The video posted to Twitter shows at least one man in the airport violently swinging at security as authorities attempt to wrangle him.
Mayfrer Serranopaca, 30, was arrested and charged with battery of a law enforcement officer and resisting arrest, along with several other charges.
Serranopaca reportedly jumped onto a cart being driven by airline employees and asked them to give him information about a delayed flight.
When they could not give him answers, he refused to get off.
Airport security was called to intervene and tried to calm the suspect.
That’s when Serranopaca allegedly started yelling into a crowd and began physically going after the police officers.
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At one point, other members of the crowd became involved, which led to another man’s arrest.
According to CBS4Miami, Serranpaca bit one of the officers on the head during the encounter.
Steadman Stahl, president of the South Florida PBA, told the outlet that several members of the crowd also hit the officer.
“The police were called out there to deal with customer service problems that they did not create and the crowd ends up attacking the officer while they’re trying to make an arrest,” he said.
After the crowd dispersed, Alberto Yanez Suarez, 32, was also arrested for battery on an officer and resisting arrest for his role in the fight.
Police said that Suarez attempted to pull police off Serranopaca while they were trying to place him under arrest.
Serranopaca is being held on a $29,500 bond, while Yanez Suarez was later freed on a $15,000 bond.
