{"id":381016,"date":"2026-10-23T19:16:55","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T19:16:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/381016\/"},"modified":"2026-10-23T19:16:55","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T19:16:55","slug":"brooklyn-man-shouts-n-word-amid-escort-off-delta-plane-at-jfk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/381016\/","title":{"rendered":"Brooklyn man shouts n-word amid escort off Delta plane at JFK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Brooklyn man <a href=\"https:\/\/abc7ny.com\/post\/brooklyn-man-pulled-off-delta-flight-arrested-jfk-airport-causing-disturbance\/19972600\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">was arrested<\/a> after he went off on a racist, expletive-laden rant while being escorted off a Delta airlines plane just prior to its takeoff from John F. Kennedy Airport in New York City, video shows.<\/p>\n<p>Port Authority police at JFK responded on Thursday to reports of an unruly passenger \u2014 who was also apparently intoxicated at the time \u2014 causing a disturbance aboard Delta Flight 2342 as it prepared to depart for Atlanta. The passenger, identified as 60-year-old Jerome Anixter, was subsequently removed from the plane around 2 p.m., and charged with assault, disorderly conduct, resisting arrest and obstructing governmental administration, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>The flight, which had 160 passengers and six crew members onboard, took off some 45 minutes behind schedule.<\/p>\n<p>Video circulating online shows the moment a passenger is booted from a Delta plane. While it has not yet been confirmed that the man in the clip is Anixter, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/10\/22\/delta-passenger-uses-racial-slur-while-being-removed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">details of the incident appear to line up.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>At one point, he pretends to shoot other passengers, shouting out \u201cPow, pow, pow,\u201d as he uses his imaginary gun.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCan you believe these mother f\u2014kers?!\u201d he shouts <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/thenewsjunkie\/status\/2113399326823117147?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E2113399326823117147%7Ctwgr%5E7f995a44939ed63555b18a42d3c8cb05ce42ea55%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ibtimes.co.uk%2Fbrooklyn-man-arrested-delta-flight-racist-outburst-jfk-1827425\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">as he is being escorted<\/a> from the aircraft by Port Authority police officers.<\/p>\n<p>The man, who is all smiles in the moment, can also be heard saying the \u201cN-word\u201d at least twice in the clip, which ends with other passengers applauding his removal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDelta has zero tolerance for disruptive behavior, and we thank law enforcement for their assistance in removing this unruly customer,\u201d a spokesperson for the airline said in a statement to the Daily News.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe apologize to the customers on Delta flight DL2342 for this experience and any delay in their travels.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Brooklyn man was arrested after he went off on a racist, expletive-laden rant while being escorted off&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":381017,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,85,9,24,63,2632],"class_list":["post-381016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-latest-headlines","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-snyde"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381016","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=381016"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381016\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/381017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=381016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=381016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=381016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}