A shocking video shows a woman making racist comments to Southwest Airlines employees during a meltdown at the check-in counter.
Whitney Kayla Wyatt, 30, was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct and resisting law enforcement over the incident at Indianapolis International Airport on Sunday.
The footage showed Wyatt with her children and dog in tow approaching airline crews around 10:30 a.m.
Southwest Airlines employees said the altercation began when they informed Wyatt that her bag was five pounds over the weight limit and that she should remove the old tags on it, according to the airport police report obtained by DailyMail.com.
Wyatt threw racial slurs at workers after she allegedly refused to take something out of her bag and demanded they do it for her.
“Go ahead and reject*****gc**t. Stupid, a** f*****gn****ra*sb***h. I have to get on my flight,” she said.
Wearing a knit hat with the NFL’s Las Vegas Raiders logo, a black jacket, tortoiseshell glasses and a green crossbody bag, the woman was shot aggressively. speak to the employees.
‘I work at a law firm, don’t come at me like that, don’t say ‘first of all’. I’m going completely crazy now. Look, I have two little kids, I have a dog,” Wyatt said.
Footage posted online Sunday showed the tattooed woman approaching workers at Indianapolis International Airport with her children and dog in tow
Whitney Kayla Wyatt, 30, was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct and resisting law enforcement over the incident
Southwest Airlines employees said the altercation began when they told Wyatt her bag was five pounds over the weight limit
“Look ma’am, I have two small children and a dog, my child came here for a very important operation that he couldn’t undergo, I really need help.”
Police said they gave her several verbal warnings to stop, which she refused to do. She then resisted arrest, according to the police report.
“Wyatt continued to pull her arms away and began dropping her weight, attempting to fall to the ground as officers attempted to place her arms behind her back,” the report said.
“Wyatt continuously yelled obscenities at officers and yelled loudly throughout the entire encounter.”
Penny Thomson, the woman who shared the video, captioned the video: “Wow! This is how some people act when they don’t get their way. So impressed with the Southwest staff. They kept it professional. The sad thing is that her children saw this and it didn’t even fascinate them.’
Thomson told DailyMail.com: ‘(Wyatt) went crazy and called them names. The police were called and we could hear her screaming as they ‘escorted’ the property.
Commenters were stunned to see that the woman would behave this way in front of her children.
‘In front of the children?!?!?!? I feel sorry for them and the poor dog,” said one.
When the employees refused to work with her, the woman started cursing and making racist comments to the employees
Police said they gave her several verbal warnings to stop, which she refused to do, after which she resisted arrest
Wyatt wore a knit hat with the NFL’s Las Vegas Raiders logo, a black jacket, tortoiseshell glasses and a green crossbody bag
‘I feel so sorry for the children. They will grow up thinking that what their mother said is okay,” said another.
Others were shocked by the way she treated the employees and impressed by their ability to remain calm while the woman berated them.
‘I was just shocked out loud! No one deserves to be treated this way,” one person said.
“I was like, OK, she’s just really stressed about the surgery and then whoops,” a second person said.
‘I gasped once… and he immediately gasped again on the next sentence!!! These southwestern ladies deserve recognition for keeping their cool because I’m not sure I could have done that,” said another person.
“I’ve been frustrated and upset, but I’ve never sworn at anyone and certainly not made racist comments,” a fourth person said.
‘That’s something she’s used to saying and something she feels very comfortable with. Disgusting human being.’
Another person said, “I understand she’s having a hard time and panicking but she lost all sympathy when she started getting rude especially with the n-word, now no one’s going to help you lady.”
DailyMail.com contacted Wyatt for comment. Southwest Airlines declined to comment on the incident.