I saw it AJ, Lauer was a putz, even dared to ask Mrs. Faulkner if she ever had doiubts, kept referring to SOOO MANY people believe he’s innocent, as though that is proof that there must be some doubt, instead of what it is mass dem delusion…

As he left the airport, the four officers stopped him and demanded he produce identification or risk arrest. At this point he produced an ID, which checked out, and they let him move on.

That’s it. That’s the complaint. Whatever happened to the idea that if an officer asks you to do something, you do it (except for illegal/immoral/unsafe acts, of course). He was baiting the cops, looking for a fight. What a dufus.

Mr. Downing faced what we all face when pulled over by troopers or police(I know I have gotten a speeding ticket…or two). They ask questions like where are you headed or in his case what is your business at the airport. Where is the fine line? When are these officers of the law simply doing their jobs?

You have the right to be offended when your behavior warrants further investigation and you are pulled over. Thank the officer for a job well done and move on with your life.

That is if you don’t have an agenda…

“Shoot first, ask later never.”

Fixed it for ya.

I’ll freely admit, I admire the hell out of the Israelis. Their country has PROSPERED under the continual threat of terrorism. I think a lot of Americans could learn a thing or two from our Jewish friends.

Take a look at El Al, and any other Israeli national carriers. It may not be politically correct, but they racially and behaviorally profile people getting on their flights. If you look or act suspicious, you are pulled aside and given exrta attention. If everything checks out, you get on your flight, no harm no foul. Anyone want to take a guess as to the number of aircraft hijacked or destroyed by terrorists since this policy was instituted?

Of course, the other half of the equation is the hiring and training of competent individuals with the proper mindset. Unfortunately, too many TSA employees wouldn’t be able to get a job as a mall ninja, but they’re screening people that board our airlines. Don’t get me wrong, there are some TSA screeners that take their job seriously and are very good at it. But they are far outnumbered by the individuals who seem to have been hired under the “Today’s inmates, tomorrow’s TSA screeners” program.

I hate flying.

Profiling saves lives.

RE: Political correctness is the handmaiden of terrorism.

Well put Michelle. I also think it is a cover for criminal activity as is profilingophobe. The ACLU has become a sub-culture hate group and should so be treated.

Lord knows no one has EVER questioned ANYONE who has done something like reported people for doing even one of those things. After all, it isn’t as if a group of Muslims could ever possibly do all of those things. That would be insane. I mean, only people either trying to hijack a plane or feel an airline out for thier hijackability would do something like that. And then, that might actually lead to calls of racial profiling by the likes of this person who says actions should dictate such things.

Man, I think I just made myself dizzy from the spin. How the hell do they do it, spinning around all the time? I can’t get through it at all.

By the way, last week in Wilmington, NC I watched TSA agents make an elderly man get up from his wheel chair so they could wave the wand over him while his elderly wife helped him stand.

Monday, I was brought to tears as TSA agents humiliated an adult man with Down’s Syndrome. They made him lift his shirt up while his wheelchair-bound attendant helped him remove his belt. He was obviously distressed by revealing his big belly, and heaven only knows what else they did to him.

It was outrageous.