Richmond TSA screener Michael Luedecke arrested for shooting his father
Nov 23, 2013, 5:27 pm
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It reads as if father and clerk son both had hair triggers, not the way typical domestic disputed end.
This short "bio" in the news story also speaks volumes:
Luedecke, a Douglas S. Freeman High School graduate who carried a nearly straight-A average and who worked the post-midnight shift as a part-time TSA employee at Richmond International Airport,...
Nov 23, 2013, 5:56 pm
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Nov 23, 2013, 7:24 pm
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Nov 23, 2013, 7:30 pm
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According to the airport's website, the checkpoint opens at 4:30am. Depending on what "the graveyard shift" means, he could've been part of the team that opens the checkpoint.
Nov 23, 2013, 7:34 pm
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Nov 23, 2013, 7:39 pm
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Seriously?
Do you honestly expect anyone else to believe that you're asserting that the employees of those vendors and concessionaires don't have to be there before the actual "opening" of the shop/concession?
Nov 23, 2013, 7:40 pm
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Nov 23, 2013, 8:14 pm
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Do you honestly believe that "open" and "extortable" are related?
Seriously?
Do you honestly expect anyone else to believe that you're asserting that the employees of those vendors and concessionaires don't have to be there before the actual "opening" of the shop/concession?
Seriously?
Do you honestly expect anyone else to believe that you're asserting that the employees of those vendors and concessionaires don't have to be there before the actual "opening" of the shop/concession?
But this whole thread has been preposterous since the first posting. Have fun, everyone ... I'm out.
Nov 23, 2013, 9:07 pm
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And they don't have to open the doors of the shop to talk to someone wandering the concourse before hours like a TSO --- especially one who, as has been pointed out here numerous times, has no authority over anything but the checkpoint (and even there, only has limited authority).
I'll bet a dollar you'll be back in this thread to add your additional two cents at some point.
Nov 23, 2013, 11:36 pm
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So many are judgemental
There are a number of comments here speaking about BDO/TSA. What article did you read that cited that it was his intent to kill his father? Its a tragedy for the family and for Michael. If you don't have all of the details of the situation, please don't comment. TSA has a number of issues. That cannot be disputed. But you cannot expect someone to notice behaviors that don't exist. They are not psychics or mind readers. If he did not intend to kill his father, there was nothing to detect.
Nov 24, 2013, 2:56 am
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There are a number of comments here speaking about BDO/TSA. What article did you read that cited that it was his intent to kill his father? Its a tragedy for the family and for Michael. If you don't have all of the details of the situation, please don't comment. TSA has a number of issues. That cannot be disputed. But you cannot expect someone to notice behaviors that don't exist. They are not psychics or mind readers. If he did not intend to kill his father, there was nothing to detect.
Nov 24, 2013, 3:04 am
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It reads as if father and clerk son both had hair triggers, not the way typical domestic disputed end.
This short "bio" in the news story also speaks volumes:
What can clerks possibly be doing on graveyard at a small-ish airport? Mopping floors and inspecting the booty from the "surrender bins"???
This short "bio" in the news story also speaks volumes:
What can clerks possibly be doing on graveyard at a small-ish airport? Mopping floors and inspecting the booty from the "surrender bins"???
I do not get that both had hair triggers, based on the most recent articles, it sounds as though a domestic situation escalated until a terrible end came about - it happens all the time, all over the world. It is terrible and none of these folks will ever be the same.
Nov 24, 2013, 6:35 am
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Soooo, based on the bio you can conclude that he was a pretty decent student that had little or no disciplinary problems while in school, and that he was working a part time job after midnight - which sounds like a pretty decent kid trying to make some money. There are a number of things that may be done on an overnight shift, I have worked them here before (intermittently for me, but we have had an overnight shift here).
I do not get that both had hair triggers, based on the most recent articles, it sounds as though a domestic situation escalated until a terrible end came about - it happens all the time, all over the world. It is terrible and none of these folks will ever be the same.
I do not get that both had hair triggers, based on the most recent articles, it sounds as though a domestic situation escalated until a terrible end came about - it happens all the time, all over the world. It is terrible and none of these folks will ever be the same.
In terms of your conclusion about his personality and background, the only thing we have to go on his what the newspaper reported. All of his HS records and any juvenile court records would be sealed. And, of course, his TSA background investigation would have turned up nothing.
I do not get that both had hair triggers, based on the most recent articles, it sounds as though a domestic situation escalated until a terrible end came about - it happens all the time, all over the world.
