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Demovictory9

(37,113 posts)
Sat Dec 3, 2022, 11:06 PM Dec 2022

Chris 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.

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Chris Christie's niece booted off plane after accusing Latino family of being 'drug mules' (Original Post) Demovictory9 Dec 2022 OP
"In the scuffle, she injured six deputies, biting one of the arm and breaking the skin, and kicking ZonkerHarris Dec 2022 #1
Epstein was subsequently arrested and charged with six counts of battery on a police officer, three Demovictory9 Dec 2022 #2
WTH is her problem?! TY nt Cha Dec 2022 #14
Her Problem Is.... Laxman Dec 2022 #92
TY for that, Laxman.. I remember Cha Dec 2022 #94
Sorry, I just saw this now... Laxman Dec 2022 #95
Ah, TY for replying! nt Cha Dec 2022 #96
Yet she still alive. SouthBayDem Dec 2022 #25
As are most people arrested by the police. brooklynite Dec 2022 #54
Unless they are black! Game, set, match. machoneman Dec 2022 #56
Most African American suspect aren't taken alive by the police? ReLly? brooklynite Dec 2022 #57
Blacks 3 times more than whites to be killed during police encounter uponit7771 Dec 2022 #77
And still a fractional minority of Blacks taken into police custody. brooklynite Dec 2022 #87
Discrepancy in encounters is the important part, not the amount of people taken into custody uponit7771 Dec 2022 #89
If that were true, there would be no black people in prison whathehell Dec 2022 #78
+1, uponit7771 Dec 2022 #76
She was hungry. H2O Man Dec 2022 #33
Hangry. Grokenstein Dec 2022 #48
That, too. H2O Man Dec 2022 #66
Wonder what drugs SHE was carrying Hekate Dec 2022 #42
Projection 101. rubbersole Dec 2022 #44
No kidding Hekate Dec 2022 #45
She was carrying something...already ingested... brush Dec 2022 #47
If she was a black woman chances of a deadly outcome would be increased by 3 uponit7771 Dec 2022 #81
This should help him in the primary Trenzalore Dec 2022 #3
lol.. I was thinking of that.. Niece goes Cha Dec 2022 #15
Kinda sounds like she had a bit too much Bourbon......Street. A HERETIC I AM Dec 2022 #4
Such a moniss Dec 2022 #5
She totally lost her shit. Ocelot II Dec 2022 #6
DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM? DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM?!? NBachers Dec 2022 #11
Yes, poster #11 KS Toronado Dec 2022 #34
Next week: THIS ISN'T WHO I AM!! Grokenstein Dec 2022 #49
lol.. Is her Uncle even friends w/Dt? Cha Dec 2022 #16
LoL MustLoveBeagles Dec 2022 #31
lol Cha Dec 2022 #38
😍 TheBlackAdder Dec 2022 #82
Those who live in glass houses liberal N proud Dec 2022 #7
White privilege on full display Yavin4 Dec 2022 #8
More like. "related to power privilege" on display, I'd guess whathehell Dec 2022 #17
No. Don't fool yourself. It's more like white privilege on display. Solomon Dec 2022 #39
There's tons of videos of people of all races acting insane on planes NYC Liberal Dec 2022 #40
It is time to outlaw airplanes and turn airports into dog parks. Hermit-The-Prog Dec 2022 #50
Exactly. whathehell Dec 2022 #60
Thank you.. whathehell Dec 2022 #83
Not fooling myself in the slightest... whathehell Dec 2022 #59
She got through assaulting what, 6 law enforcement officers without getting tased, shot or injured? Solomon Dec 2022 #67
Um, being female might have had something to do with it.. whathehell Dec 2022 #74
unless they're black females. Just rec'd a thread where a white police officer was throwing trash uponit7771 Dec 2022 #80
THIS !!!! ☝🏾☝🏾☝🏾 uponit7771 Dec 2022 #79
She sounds nice. jeffreyi Dec 2022 #9
He'll Make Sure All She Gets Is Probation nt SoCalDavidS Dec 2022 #10
Maybe not. This will end up in federal court. Ocelot II Dec 2022 #13
with six cops attacked? I bet she goes to jail BlueWaveNeverEnd Dec 2022 #22
and the dumb show just how dumb they are. republianmushroom Dec 2022 #12
Is she single ? 🤔 dweller Dec 2022 #18
And probably available! rubbersole Dec 2022 #46
Did they test her for drugs use? Could be she was asking them if they were so she could Samrob Dec 2022 #19
yet another self centered jerk in operation. AllaN01Bear Dec 2022 #20
I hope they drug tested her IronLionZion Dec 2022 #21
I almost hope she was high on something. ShazzieB Dec 2022 #29
Even a cocaine bear IronLionZion Dec 2022 #58
Is Shannon Epstein's middle name,... magicarpet Dec 2022 #23
Big mouthed white girl in a New Orleans jail - should go well. NoMoreRepugs Dec 2022 #24
Are you hoping she gets treated worse than whathehell Dec 2022 #61
Is he still on ABC/This Weak - Will help ratings like GMA affair. UTUSN Dec 2022 #26
entitlement barbtries Dec 2022 #27
Nothing says Happy Thanksgiving like a kick in the groin. lpbk2713 Dec 2022 #28
A Judge kept passing on prison time for a family member Ilsa Dec 2022 #37
Christmas is coming. If there's a choice between Christmas with family, ... JustABozoOnThisBus Dec 2022 #55
What's on HER laptop? n/t VWolf Dec 2022 #30
She's a keeper! n/t aggiesal Dec 2022 #32
How did she get the last name "Epstein"? KS Toronado Dec 2022 #35
I imagine she married someone Cha Dec 2022 #41
LOL Ya think? KS Toronado Dec 2022 #51
Probably one of the women in this 2021 photo: dalton99a Dec 2022 #64
So did I.. I couldn't find Cha Dec 2022 #71
I even looked at "Mug Shots" websites KS Toronado Dec 2022 #72
Too bad.. Thanks Cha Dec 2022 #73
Shannon Epstein (25) lives in Richmond Virgina KS Toronado Dec 2022 #90
TY! Wow.. good job! Yeah, that's the uncle Cha Dec 2022 #91
+1 dalton99a Dec 2022 #93
Same way Caroline Kennedy's kids got the name Schlossberg... Hekate Dec 2022 #43
It's Christie's niece, not his daughter. DFW Dec 2022 #52
Sounds like a pretty good weekend in New Orleans... nolabear Dec 2022 #36
I imagine that they'll concoct some ridiculous story of her having r/o SoBlueInFL Dec 2022 #53
You "imagine" whathehell Dec 2022 #62
Where have you been all these years to not realize that white bias exists in spades? SoBlueInFL Dec 2022 #63
Where have YOU been all these years to not realize whathehell Dec 2022 #75
Post removed Post removed Dec 2022 #85
Translation: I can't answer you whathehell Dec 2022 #88
No doubt learned her manners and morales from her parents. nt Hotler Dec 2022 #65
This was his niece, not his daughter. Ocelot II Dec 2022 #68
Sounds like PCP or something. ratchiweenie Dec 2022 #69
"... biting one of the arm and breaking the skin...." area51 Dec 2022 #70
You know when a plane starts taxiing and has to return to the gate, someone is going to . . . TheBlackAdder Dec 2022 #84
I hope she gets put on the No-Fly List for a very long time. Sky Jewels Dec 2022 #86
 

ZonkerHarris

(25,577 posts)
1. "In the scuffle, she injured six deputies, biting one of the arm and breaking the skin, and kicking
Sat Dec 3, 2022, 11:08 PM
Dec 2022

"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)
2. Epstein was subsequently arrested and charged with six counts of battery on a police officer, three
Sat Dec 3, 2022, 11:09 PM
Dec 2022

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.

Laxman

(2,431 posts)
92. Her Problem Is....
Mon Dec 5, 2022, 09:01 AM
Dec 2022

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)
94. TY for that, Laxman.. I remember
Mon Dec 5, 2022, 02:56 PM
Dec 2022

you from when the Bridge Crisis happened.

Could you tell us why her last name is Epstein? Is she married?

Laxman

(2,431 posts)
95. Sorry, I just saw this now...
Thu Dec 22, 2022, 02:21 PM
Dec 2022

Her mom is Chris Christie’s sister. That’s her first husband’s last name. (She’s since remarried). She’s actually a pretty decent person who obviously loves her brother despite his faults .

uponit7771

(93,532 posts)
89. Discrepancy in encounters is the important part, not the amount of people taken into custody
Mon Dec 5, 2022, 01:38 AM
Dec 2022

whathehell

(30,470 posts)
78. If that were true, there would be no black people in prison
Sun Dec 4, 2022, 08:17 PM
Dec 2022

They would have all been killed first.

 

brush

(61,033 posts)
47. She was carrying something...already ingested...
Sun Dec 4, 2022, 02:06 AM
Dec 2022

to go after the family and them seven LEOs to restrain her crazy, drugged out ass. Under the jail pls.

A HERETIC I AM

(24,876 posts)
4. Kinda sounds like she had a bit too much Bourbon......Street.
Sat Dec 3, 2022, 11:11 PM
Dec 2022

Those Hurricanes will sneak up onya.


What a dumbass.

Ocelot II

(130,538 posts)
6. She totally lost her shit.
Sat Dec 3, 2022, 11:12 PM
Dec 2022
When deputies arrived, Epstein refused to exit the jet bridge into the terminal, Rivarde said. When they tried to arrest her, she became "extremely combative," Rivarde said.

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.
https://www.nola.com/news/crime_police/chris-christies-niece-bites-officers-at-new-orleans-airport/article_592e7ee2-728d-11ed-9b91-9345a9dda9b2.html

Either a lot of alcohol was involved or she's just a batshit crazy, entitled cow. Or both.
 

Yavin4

(37,182 posts)
8. White privilege on full display
Sat Dec 3, 2022, 11:23 PM
Dec 2022

Just try acting like that with law enforcement when you're a POC.

NYC Liberal

(20,453 posts)
40. There's tons of videos of people of all races acting insane on planes
Sun Dec 4, 2022, 01:49 AM
Dec 2022

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.

whathehell

(30,470 posts)
60. Exactly.
Sun Dec 4, 2022, 10:34 AM
Dec 2022

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)
59. Not fooling myself in the slightest...
Sun Dec 4, 2022, 10:25 AM
Dec 2022

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)
67. She got through assaulting what, 6 law enforcement officers without getting tased, shot or injured?
Sun Dec 4, 2022, 12:12 PM
Dec 2022

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)
74. Um, being female might have had something to do with it..
Sun Dec 4, 2022, 08:10 PM
Dec 2022

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)
80. unless they're black females. Just rec'd a thread where a white police officer was throwing trash
Sun Dec 4, 2022, 08:20 PM
Dec 2022

... 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

Samrob

(4,298 posts)
19. Did they test her for drugs use? Could be she was asking them if they were so she could
Sun Dec 4, 2022, 12:19 AM
Dec 2022

get her next fix?

ShazzieB

(22,593 posts)
29. I almost hope she was high on something.
Sun Dec 4, 2022, 01:01 AM
Dec 2022

Anyone capable of behaving like that completely sober is scary as hell!

UTUSN

(77,795 posts)
26. Is he still on ABC/This Weak - Will help ratings like GMA affair.
Sun Dec 4, 2022, 12:51 AM
Dec 2022

By the bye is he declared a candidate - should be off the air






Ilsa

(64,377 posts)
37. A Judge kept passing on prison time for a family member
Sun Dec 4, 2022, 01:17 AM
Dec 2022

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)
55. Christmas is coming. If there's a choice between Christmas with family, ...
Sun Dec 4, 2022, 08:36 AM
Dec 2022

... or a kick in the groin, I'll have to think about my preference.

KS Toronado

(23,727 posts)
51. LOL Ya think?
Sun Dec 4, 2022, 03:21 AM
Dec 2022

Just spent the last hour looking for her picture, came up empty handed.

Cha

(319,089 posts)
71. So did I.. I couldn't find
Sun Dec 4, 2022, 02:59 PM
Dec 2022

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)
72. I even looked at "Mug Shots" websites
Sun Dec 4, 2022, 04:11 PM
Dec 2022

Discovered the state of Louisiana doesn't allow any mug shots released to public or media.

KS Toronado

(23,727 posts)
90. Shannon Epstein (25) lives in Richmond Virgina
Mon Dec 5, 2022, 02:00 AM
Dec 2022

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)
91. TY! Wow.. good job! Yeah, that's the uncle
Mon Dec 5, 2022, 02:34 AM
Dec 2022

& 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)
43. Same way Caroline Kennedy's kids got the name Schlossberg...
Sun Dec 4, 2022, 02:00 AM
Dec 2022

It’s America. Marriage happens.

DFW

(60,189 posts)
52. It's Christie's niece, not his daughter.
Sun Dec 4, 2022, 04:58 AM
Dec 2022

Maybe he has a sister who married someone named Epstein.

SoBlueInFL

(191 posts)
53. I imagine that they'll concoct some ridiculous story of her having r/o
Sun Dec 4, 2022, 05:26 AM
Dec 2022

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)
75. Where have YOU been all these years to not realize
Sun Dec 4, 2022, 08:12 PM
Dec 2022

that EVERY aspect of life and behavior is not race -based?

Response to whathehell (Reply #75)

Ocelot II

(130,538 posts)
68. This was his niece, not his daughter.
Sun Dec 4, 2022, 12:21 PM
Dec 2022

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.

area51

(12,693 posts)
70. "... biting one of the arm and breaking the skin...."
Sun Dec 4, 2022, 01:46 PM
Dec 2022

Sounds like that cop may need rabies shots now.

TheBlackAdder

(29,981 posts)
84. You know when a plane starts taxiing and has to return to the gate, someone is going to . . .
Sun Dec 4, 2022, 08:34 PM
Dec 2022

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