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Dad zapped with Taser SEVEN times after challenging airport to fight 'during row'

A dad was Tasered seven times when he allegedly became violent after a row with his wife.

Ryan Austin Martin, 34, is accused of trying to punch down a door at an airport and challenging other bystanders to a fight as he swaggered about the airport.

His alleged actions were caught on camera and police later said he also fought with his wife and pushed his six-year-old daughter.

A clip, posted on YouTube by Jessica Smith, shows Martin challenging others to a fight at Orlando International Airport in Florida, US.

Martin seemed angered by others filming his behaviour, and said: "You want to see a show? I'm gonna f***ing put on a show."

He then hammered a door with his fists before bellowing: "Who wants to fight? Let's go!"

To someone off-screen, he warned: "Yo, pal. Don't even think of coming over here. You're going to end up dead."

A woman in the background could be heard trying to reassure children, while other people moved their own kids away from the chaos.

Groups of passengers in the airport began leaving as he became more abusive.

Martin was then Tasered by an Orlando police officer, to which he simply said "ow", with the action not knocking him off his feet.

Ryan Austin Martin was tasered seven times (Jessica Smith/YouTube)
Martin allegedly became violent after a row with his wife (Jessica Smith/YouTube)

The cop screamed at him: "Get on the ground! Get on the ground!", but Martin stayed upright and withstood seven zaps.

The crackling from a Taser could be heard on the video until police eventually dragged him onto the floor.

Martin was later heard saying: "Listen, man, I just had too much to drink."

In the short piece of video footage, titled "Man freaks out at Orlando International Airport! He should be ashamed of himself", he is last seen being taken away in a wheelchair by the arresting officers.

Martin is last seen being taken away in a wheelchair by the arresting officers (Jessica Smith/YouTube)
He was booked on one count each of child abuse, battery involving domestic violence, battery, resisting an officer with violence, and disorderly intoxication (Orange County Sheriff's Office)

Martin was booked on one count each of child abuse, battery involving domestic violence, battery, resisting an officer with violence, and disorderly intoxication, Mail Online reports.

Sheriff James Gannon, of Morris County, said: "He was very aggressive towards that uniformed officer, who did a phenomenal job.

"There was a Taser deployment and then we went to the ground and I assisted in handcuffing the individual."

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