Originally Posted by bocastephen
The lawyer was too much of a chicken-sh$$ to sue the police, but he did sue Delta, and the issue was settled out of court.
Just speculating, but there may have been some procedural issues barring the suit against the police in the situation you described. It's a lot easier to sue a corporate entity than it is to sue a government entity (yes, I went to law school). Not to say that the lawyer wasn't also cowardly, I mean, I wasn't part of this situation so I can't say.
Originally Posted by bocastephen
I call upon the ACLU to begin gathering data on this activity and prepare the appropriate legal challenges, and I would also like to ask Joe Sharkey to begin looking into this for a potential report in the NYT.
My understanding is that the ACLU is already working on this issue (along with the pat-down search issues that others have raised), so you don't have to worry about calling on them to take action. As for the NYT, I don't know if they're working on a story or not. I have no connections in the media.