New York City subway searches

[elsol]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8660152/

*sigh*

Oh yeah, anyone wanna put money on random being random.

Sincerely,
ElSol

 

[SeaCat]

*snicker*

Random indeed. I live in Southern Florida and I dress as is shown in my AV. Boots, jeans, shirt and hat. When we have things like the Fourth of July Celebrations and other celebrations downtown they cordon off the entire area with a large chainlink fence. They randomly search people entering the area for weapons and liquor. For the past five years that random search has included myself every time. It's gotten to the point where I don't even carry a pocket knife. (They have confiscated them from me on several occasions even though I have two concealed carry permits, one federal.) However if I happen to point out someone else who is obviously packing they shrug it off and accuse me of profiling to get attention. It's at the point where I'm going to have to decide if I want to either avoid these celebrations, or challenge them in court. (Anyone have a wad of cash I can use to pay the lawyers?)

Cat

 

[Dar~]

I look too white bread vanilla. i never get searched. I also notice very few people with kids get searched. Answer me this: If a person is willing to kill a bunch of innocent kids why wouldn't they hide a bomb in a diaper bag?

 

[elsol]

Of course, no one has mentioned that you're basically clumping people and making a nice target for things to go *BOOM*.


Sincerely,
ElSol

 

[scheherazade_79]

A couple of years ago when I was at the airport in Amsterdam, I got taken aside by a male Arabic security worker in his mid 20s and subjected to an extra baggage search. I asked him why. He told me it was because I looked suspicious - at which point I nearly wet myself laughing.