Looks like she is indeed getting help with her illness.
I sense from the air marshal's affidavit that the hope was she would be taken care of by her crew on return to CLT. Unfortunately, running past the immigration officer screaming was something that could not be overlooked in a public venue with a holiday terror alert in effect. Once he took her into custody he had to document her behavior in the legal realm to show that his actions were justified.
Those of us who sign for the plane wonder where the pilot in command was in this decision process.
Flight attendant accused of attacks appears in court
Published Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2015 | 5:52 p.m.
Updated 2 hours, 1 minute ago
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — An American Airlines flight attendant accused of attacking fellow crew members and two U.S. air marshals during a trans-Atlantic flight made her first court appearance Tuesday, where attorneys argued over whether she should be held in custody or released to her family.
Joanne Snow wore a black shirt, black slacks and shackles as she entered a federal courtroom in uptown Charlotte. She was flanked on her right by federal defender Elizabeth Blackwood.
Snow appeared agitated, often speaking above a whisper to Blackwood to try to understand questions from U.S. Magistrate Judge David S. Cayer in the small courtroom. She occasionally spoke over Cayer as he explained the charges against her.
Asked if she had retained an attorney, Snow responded, "Do you really want to know?"
Snow said she had hired an attorney whom she identified as a lead prosecutor in New Hampshire, also telling the judge he was a Republican.
U.S. Assistant Attorney Michael Savage argued that Snow exhibited a danger to the community, adding that in addition to her alleged attacks on the plane, she disarmed a door as the aircraft was taxiing.
"Given her current state, she's a danger to herself and to others," Savage said.
Blackwood asked that Snow be released to see her two sons in New Hampshire.
"I want to go home to see my sons more than you know," Snow told the judge.
No one responded to a message left Tuesday at one of two telephone numbers listed for Snow. No one answered a second number, and it was not possible to leave a voice message.
It was also revealed in court that Snow was involuntarily committed to Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte before she was voluntarily committed to nearby Cabarrus Medical Center. Savage said she is currently being held in the Mecklenburg County jail, but no record of her could be found online Tuesday.
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