TSA Picked on Civil Rights Activist DeRay Mckesson this Morning!
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TSA Picked on Civil Rights Activist DeRay Mckesson this Morning!
https://twitter.com/deray/status/790894724915814400
I don't know who this guy is but he's got a ton of supporters out there
@TSA, I'm at @fly2midway & one of your agents just stopped me b/c he thought I was moving to fast & said he'd call @Chicago_Police.
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https://twitter.com/deray/status/790894724915814400
I don't know who this guy is but he's got a ton of supporters out there
I don't know who this guy is but he's got a ton of supporters out there
He's the number two guy on here: http://www.joincampaignzero.org/about/
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He's a community activist concerned about police violence. TSA threatening to call the Chicago Police on him must have really set off the community.
He's the number two guy on here: http://www.joincampaignzero.org/about/
He's the number two guy on here: http://www.joincampaignzero.org/about/
Makes me wonder if he was targeted.
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I would be surprised if he was targeted at MDW based on his off-airport activism.
Moving "too fast" at an airport is "suspicious"; and moving "too slow" is "suspicious"; and "not moving" is "suspicious"? This is the kind of stuff that happens when people are inclined to be "suspicious" and make "suspects" of people for no good reason at the time.
Moving "too fast" at an airport is "suspicious"; and moving "too slow" is "suspicious"; and "not moving" is "suspicious"? This is the kind of stuff that happens when people are inclined to be "suspicious" and make "suspects" of people for no good reason at the time.
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I would be surprised if he was targeted at MDW based on his off-airport activism.
Moving "too fast" at an airport is "suspicious"; and moving "too slow" is "suspicious"; and "not moving" is "suspicious"? This is the kind of stuff that happens when people are inclined to be "suspicious" and make "suspects" of people for no good reason at the time.
Moving "too fast" at an airport is "suspicious"; and moving "too slow" is "suspicious"; and "not moving" is "suspicious"? This is the kind of stuff that happens when people are inclined to be "suspicious" and make "suspects" of people for no good reason at the time.
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"They all look the same" -- a kind of line I've heard in court from the only witness to a reported incident where the defendant was found guilty by an American judge in a non-jury trial. The upside of that kind of identification problem is the TSA employee probably has issues with identifying some kind of people whom they may have seen on TV or online.
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I would be surprised if he was targeted at MDW based on his off-airport activism.
Moving "too fast" at an airport is "suspicious"; and moving "too slow" is "suspicious"; and "not moving" is "suspicious"? This is the kind of stuff that happens when people are inclined to be "suspicious" and make "suspects" of people for no good reason at the time.
Moving "too fast" at an airport is "suspicious"; and moving "too slow" is "suspicious"; and "not moving" is "suspicious"? This is the kind of stuff that happens when people are inclined to be "suspicious" and make "suspects" of people for no good reason at the time.
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What could possibly be more suspicious at an airport than someone in a hurry?
Wasn't there a TV commercial for luggage years ago that featured OJ running and weaving through an airport?
Of course, that was pre-TSA, when people traveling were still presumed innocent unless they actually did something wrong.
Wasn't there a TV commercial for luggage years ago that featured OJ running and weaving through an airport?
Of course, that was pre-TSA, when people traveling were still presumed innocent unless they actually did something wrong.
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What could possibly be more suspicious at an airport than someone in a hurry?
Wasn't there a TV commercial for luggage years ago that featured OJ running and weaving through an airport?
Of course, that was pre-TSA, when people traveling were still presumed innocent unless they actually did something wrong.
Wasn't there a TV commercial for luggage years ago that featured OJ running and weaving through an airport?
Of course, that was pre-TSA, when people traveling were still presumed innocent unless they actually did something wrong.
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