Better yet, do a Silly Walk ala John Cleese. The security tapes would be worth a fortune.

:D

Or the one where Palin (?) 'climbs' the city street on his belly.

I don't think Bravo would really work since everyone would just think it is a test.

So what do they yell if they really do find a a real threat?

No one knows because TSA has never actually found a real threat before.

Having never seen this and instantly seeing it as another piece of genius inanity on the part of our security "experts", and reading up on it a little bit more, I've come to the following conclusion:

1.) If I ever encounter this nonsense while inside the checkpoint, and am forced to stand there for no good reason for 10 minutes or more while these morons run around acting tough, I won't risk leaving the checkpoint and letting them pin that on me (which is a legitimate offense), but I'll probably get arrested for disturbing the peace for loudly protesting the whole thing as it goes on. This is especially likely if I'm running late to make a flight home (which, as we all know, happens to business travelers frequently, compared to Ma and Pa who can get to the airport 3 hours in advance for their annual trip to Tulsa...)

2.) If I encounter this nonsense while outside of the checkpoint and am expected to be acquiescent for no other reason except for the sake of being acquiescent, I'll treat it like Mr. MD did and relish the opportunity for an altercation with a bunch of TSA bullies going batty because I won't respect their authoritah (which is really 99% of my problem with the agency in general...). If a LEO eventually eventually tells me to comply, I will, but otherwise I will ignore the plastic badges with enthusiasm.

(FWIW - I view TSA gate checks in much the same way, as nothing but a show of force, but have never been selected and had the opportunity to protest them...)

So I can see good and bad here.

"Duck!"

I would think that if they ever found a real bomb at or near the checkpoint, most of the screeners would run away like scared chickens covering their heads.

I don’t see many of them acting like hero’s considering the low wages they pay them by risking their lives.

Mr. Elliott

Make sure you get the name of the LEO and various TSA agents involved. File complaints against all of them. Make sure you file a civil rights violation complaint against the cop. Even if it eventually doesn't stick, it will still create a problem and a pain for him/her while going through the process of getting rid of it.

The only way those people learn is if we all fight back. Make their lives miserable - on the job, and away from it.

And put your head between your legs and kiss your a$$ goodbye*

Now I'm wondering what would happen if "BRAVO" was yelled and TSO's were yelling at everyone to freeze and a pax drops dead from a heart attack......

*For those that remember the poster from the 70's ;)

Remember? Heck I still have one. What's it worth on ebay? :D

"Bravo" is appropriate after the fat lady has sung.

(Does not apply to blue-shirted fat ladies)

Given the nature of society you can expect a lawsuit in the 7-9 figures range before the body is cold. This list of names on that suit would be everything from TSA down to the blue shirts on shift that day. Definitely a way to ruin someone for life for there stupidity and negligence. Some might say that ble shirts don't havemuch but that doesn't mean much as if you have a judgement against you personal assests and bank accounts to satisfy a judgement;)

I think it has been posted here before that all federal employees are protected against personal lawsuits as long as they are following approved procedures, so suing them personally would not be an option, I think it is called sovereign immunity

Now against the TSA or DHS, that could be another story, especially since they did not give any warning that it was a test, and the person thought it was a real event and as a result had a heart attack, even if it was not fatal, caused by the stress.

Who knows which way the courts will rule on this, any guesses from our resident lawyers on this forum.

Mr. Elliott

That may be but they would still have to defend themselves in court to get excluded. The "doing ones job or following orders" doesn't really work as a defense as most judges don't like that at all.

Not correct. They do not need to defend themselves, their employer will do it for them. And judges like this rule, because it is related to the one that says judges can't be sued as long as they are doing their job.