ACLU Official Acts Like a Idiot: Sues Claiming Racial Profiling…..
Interesting stuff from Stop The ACLU
Sphere: Related ContentHere are the facts. He refuses to give ID after leaving and re-entering the terminal, then he’s asked to leave the airport, again he refuses. That’s the basis of his suit. In reality he’s trying to stop the government from using racial profiling to stop terrorists from hijacking airplanes. The ACLU (again) fighting for the right to have terrorists attack us. Such a noble cause….
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The top official in charge of fighting racial profiling for the American Civil Liberties Union says he was the victim of profiling at the Boston airport, and he has gone to federal court to challenge a screening technique that relies on suspicious behavior to identify potential terrorists.
King Downing said he was stopped and questioned by state police in October 2003 (4 years ago?-ed) after arriving on a flight to attend a meeting on racial profiling.
Downing sued the Massachusetts Port Authority, which operates the airport, and Massachusetts State Police, alleging they violated his constitutional right against unreasonable search. A trial in the case began Monday in U.S. District Court.
Downing, who is black and wears a short beard, said in his lawsuit that he was stopped by a state trooper and asked to show identification after he left the gate area and made a phone call in the terminal. (sounds like standard procedure to me- ed.)
When he declined, Downing said, he was told to leave the airport, but was then stopped again. He was surrounded by four state troopers and told that he was under arrest for failing to produce identification (how is this profiling? Sounds like he’s an a-hole to me- ed.)
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