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Aug 20, 2014 | 5:00 pm

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Originally Posted by FliesWay2Much

Actually, I laughed when I read this in the same article. It's illegal to impersonate a law enforcement officer. It's not illegal to impersonate a security guard or, in this case, a TSA clerk. Kip Hawley dressed up TSA clerks to look like real Law enforcement officers, but, they simply look like LEOs as in your Halloween example.

Rubbish.

And, you can't have even read the quoted language from federal law in this thread. The crime, is "impersonating a federal officer or employee." Take a look at 18 USC Section 912.

And just for kickers, this was not a TSA clerk,but rather a TSO as in "Officer".

Don't think that there aren't people who read FT who aren't stupid enough to follow what they read and run out and impersonate a TSO and wind up in handcuffs because there are a dozen testifying witnesses.

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