Remember when the TSA extensively questioned (and harrassed) a guy back in April for having substantial sums of money on him, while he recorded the whole interaction? Yeah, we’ll he’s now suing the TSA.
I hope he gets ’em big time (I doubt he will, but I can dream, right?)!
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I hope this man wins the case against the TSA. They are rude, vulgar and demeaning to people. Sorry but freedom shouldn't come at the price of treating citizens like animals.I fly very often and on more than one occasion I have been selected and harrassed by the TSA. It was happening almost every time i flew for a few months and they always said it was random. Finally one time I made a scene at the Dallas airport and threw a fit and really laid into the TSA guy about why I was constantly being questioned. He immediately apolgized and let me go without searching my stuff.
Yes, the point is that the TSA is not responsible for anything but flight safety. Carrying cash shouldn't be an invitation to stop and question someone and is not reasonable suspicion that someone has committed a crime. We still live in the united states and still have the remnants of a constitution. Kudos to the guy for standing up for himself. All those who say "if he had just answered the question nothing would have happened and he would have been out of there quickly', well, that is just what the government WANTS you to think. That way, they can justify their unconstitutional overreaching into your private affairs. The next step is government officials walking down the street and asking for your papers. After all, if you haven't done anything wrong, what do you have to worry about?.......
I think the point is the that the TSA is not a law enforcement agency, they are there to protect flight safety. I cannot think of any way in which a cash box with about $5000 dollars in it puts a plane or passengers at risk, so it is none of the TSA's business.
I'm with you Sherri. The TSA people were just doing their jobs. If this guy had just cooperated in the fist place he would have been out of there in a few minutes. But instead, he chose to be a smart ass. So yah, he's going to get what he gives out. Next time don't be such a dumb ass and maybe you won't miss your flight. The reason that this guy was held is because drug traffickers are having people carry large sums of money on planes and know that they won't get caught because it is legal to have large sums of money on you when you fly in the USA (not outside the USA). If he would have stated his reason for carrying the money (campaign contributions) they would have said something like "oh, ok you are free to go." And that would have been the end of it. I hope he loses his court battle and has to pay fines and attorney fees! What a prick!
If the guy would have answered "where did the money come from" in the first place, none of the rest of it would have happened. Did he inform them that he was recording them? Probably not. I would assume that it is not admissable anyway. So that, plus his cute little copy of the Constitution, leads me to believe this guy is a d-bag with a chip on his shoulder. Get over it, ACLU, he was asking for it.
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