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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsChris Christie's niece booted off plane after accusing Latino family of being 'drug mules'
https://www.rawstory.com/chris-chrstie-niece-arrested/The Times-Picayune reports that Christie's niece, 25-year-old Shannon Epstein, confronted the family after boarding her flight going from New Orleans to New Jersey on Thanksgiving Day.
According to law enforcement officials, Epstein asked the family if they were "smuggling cocaine" and then became increasingly irate to the point where airline workers asked her to leave the plane.
ZonkerHarris
(25,577 posts)"In the scuffle, she injured six deputies, biting one of the arm and breaking the skin, and kicking another in the groin," the newspaper writes. "Seven deputies were needed to handcuff Epstein to a wheelchair, so that she could be moved to the airport security office... She continued to shout vulgarities and try to bite deputies."
She seems nice.
Demovictory9
(37,113 posts)Epstein was subsequently arrested and charged with six counts of battery on a police officer, three counts of disturbing the peace, one count of resisting arrest by force, and one of remaining on an airplane after being ordered to depart.
Cha
(319,089 posts)Laxman
(2,431 posts)that she is mentally ill. I mean legitimately, on meds, mentally ill and has been a behavioral problem since she was in high school. (the same high school my kids went to). Last I had heard of her, she was sleeping on a park bench in Morristown, NJ and her family retrieved her and put her in treatment. Far be it for me to defend the Christie family, (actually the extended family is not nearly as obnoxious as the former governor) but she should not be out on her own.
Cha
(319,089 posts)you from when the Bridge Crisis happened.
Could you tell us why her last name is Epstein? Is she married?
Laxman
(2,431 posts)Her mom is Chris Christies sister. Thats her first husbands last name. (Shes since remarried). Shes actually a pretty decent person who obviously loves her brother despite his faults .
Cha
(319,089 posts)SouthBayDem
(33,284 posts)Wonder why THAT could be.
brooklynite
(96,882 posts)machoneman
(4,128 posts)brooklynite
(96,882 posts)uponit7771
(93,532 posts)brooklynite
(96,882 posts)uponit7771
(93,532 posts)whathehell
(30,470 posts)They would have all been killed first.
uponit7771
(93,532 posts)H2O Man
(79,056 posts)Grokenstein
(6,357 posts)H2O Man
(79,056 posts)She mistook the police for a giant Snickers bar, a dream come true.
Hekate
(100,133 posts)rubbersole
(11,223 posts)Meth withdrawal.
Hekate
(100,133 posts)brush
(61,033 posts)to go after the family and them seven LEOs to restrain her crazy, drugged out ass. Under the jail pls.
uponit7771
(93,532 posts)Trenzalore
(2,575 posts)Cha
(319,089 posts)crazy on plane because Latinos!
A HERETIC I AM
(24,876 posts)Those Hurricanes will sneak up onya.
What a dumbass.
moniss
(9,056 posts)nice family.
Ocelot II
(130,538 posts)In the scuffle, she injured six deputies, biting one of the arm and breaking the skin, and kicking another in the groin, Rivarde said. They were treated there by paramedics.
All the while, Epstein shouted that the deputies were going to lose their jobs or end up in jail, boasting that she was related to powerful people and that her uncle is a friend of former President Donald Trump, Rivarde said. Chris Christie did not return messages left Friday at two telephone numbers associated with him.
Seven deputies were needed to handcuff Epstein to a wheelchair, so that she could be moved to the airport security office, Rivarde said. She continued to shout vulgarities and try to bite deputies, he added.
Either a lot of alcohol was involved or she's just a batshit crazy, entitled cow. Or both.
NBachers
(19,439 posts)KS Toronado
(23,727 posts)Grokenstein
(6,357 posts)Cha
(319,089 posts)Maybe she was high on Cocaine?
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liberal N proud
(61,194 posts)Yavin4
(37,182 posts)Just try acting like that with law enforcement when you're a POC.
whathehell
(30,470 posts)Solomon
(12,644 posts)NYC Liberal
(20,453 posts)Go on YouTube and search airplane freakout. Nobody gets shot, they just inconvenience a whole ton of people and all end essentially how this one did.
Hermit-The-Prog
(36,631 posts)whathehell
(30,470 posts)To attribute every aspect of behavior to their race (OR gender OR religion OR ethnicity) is to deny the fact of individual personality.
Everyone, regardless of anything, is endowed with an individual personality.
whathehell
(30,470 posts)You are correct.
whathehell
(30,470 posts)I'm sorry, but everything isn't about race, anymore than it is about gender, religion or ethnicity -- Some people are just JERKS!
Solomon
(12,644 posts)Ok. If you say so. It was power thing. Right!
Nobody said everything is about race, nice straw man you put up there.
whathehell
(30,470 posts)Men in positions of physical authority tend to go a bit easier on women.
"Strawman"?...Not likely..The FIRST thing you attributed her behavior to was her race..If that's not stereotyping, I don't know what is.
That's fine, though, the next time a man behaves badly, we'll just simplify it all and attribute it to "Male Privilege".
uponit7771
(93,532 posts)... on a black woman's car cause he could.
Policing in America needs to be more professional, it's hard to give benefit of the doubt
uponit7771
(93,532 posts)jeffreyi
(2,571 posts)SoCalDavidS
(10,599 posts)Ocelot II
(130,538 posts)BlueWaveNeverEnd
(14,260 posts)republianmushroom
(22,326 posts)dweller
(28,411 posts)I mean like is she in solitary confinement
✌🏻
rubbersole
(11,223 posts)Samrob
(4,298 posts)get her next fix?
AllaN01Bear
(29,498 posts)IronLionZion
(51,272 posts)she sounds like she might be high or in need of some drugs.
ShazzieB
(22,593 posts)Anyone capable of behaving like that completely sober is scary as hell!
IronLionZion
(51,272 posts)magicarpet
(18,519 posts).... KKKaren ?
NoMoreRepugs
(12,076 posts)whathehell
(30,470 posts)a "big mouthed" black girl?
UTUSN
(77,795 posts)By the bye is he declared a candidate - should be off the air
barbtries
(31,308 posts)plus racism = ugly, ugly, ugly.
lpbk2713
(43,273 posts)OMFG.
Lock her up. Lock her up.
Ilsa
(64,377 posts)who had been drunk and fighting, etc. But when she kicked a Deputy, the judge sent her to prison.
It worked out well, though. She actually got the help she needed in the pen.
JustABozoOnThisBus
(24,681 posts)... or a kick in the groin, I'll have to think about my preference.
VWolf
(3,944 posts)aggiesal
(10,806 posts)KS Toronado
(23,727 posts)Cha
(319,089 posts)with that name.
I need pics!
KS Toronado
(23,727 posts)Just spent the last hour looking for her picture, came up empty handed.
dalton99a
(94,140 posts)
Cha
(319,089 posts)if she were married to an Epstein, either.
That other Epstein kept coming up even though I searched Shannon.
Maybe more will come out later.. a really strange case!
KS Toronado
(23,727 posts)Discovered the state of Louisiana doesn't allow any mug shots released to public or media.
Cha
(319,089 posts)for looking!
KS Toronado
(23,727 posts)at 406 W Broad St Apt 201 Richmond VA and/or at 15 Brockden Dr; Mendham, NJ 07945-3010
Relatives...
Daniel Epstein
Dawn Clarke
Matthew Epstein
Megan Epstein
Shannon Epstein
Andrea Christie
Christopher Christie......This the uncle?
Morton Epstein
Phillip Epstein
Very good possibility this "might" be her picture. ![]()
https://tuckahoesports.org/instructors/shannon-epstein/

Cha
(319,089 posts)& Dawn Clark is Christie's sister.
Maybe one of those Epstein's is Shannon's husband.. not sure how else she could get that name.
Yep that's her.. I just found this.. you inspired me to look further..

Who is Shannon Epstein? 'Racist' Niece of Chris Christie Accuses Latino Family of Being Drug Mule; Bites, Threatens Cops
https://www.ibtimes.sg/who-shannon-epstein-racist-niece-chris-christie-accuses-latino-family-being-drug-mule-bites-67995
Hekate
(100,133 posts)Its America. Marriage happens.
DFW
(60,189 posts)Maybe he has a sister who married someone named Epstein.
nolabear
(43,850 posts)Everybody is the show.
SoBlueInFL
(191 posts)had a bad reaction to a prescription drug or some other nonsense and the case will quietly go away. We can't let connected, white, rich girls go to jail can we?
whathehell
(30,470 posts)Why not wait and see before we start calling "bias"?
SoBlueInFL
(191 posts)whathehell
(30,470 posts)that EVERY aspect of life and behavior is not race -based?
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whathehell
(30,470 posts)Hotler
(13,747 posts)Ocelot II
(130,538 posts)We don't know much about her otherwise, or how close to Christie she really is. I have relatives I couldn't pick out of a lineup.
ratchiweenie
(8,215 posts)area51
(12,693 posts)Sounds like that cop may need rabies shots now.
TheBlackAdder
(29,981 posts).

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