DC Metro to begin random searches
The DC Metro railway system is planning on beginning random bag searches on passengers according to the Washington Examiner;
Metro Police Chief Michael Taborn said the coordinated effort with the Transportation Security Administration was not in response to a specific threat but was part of a continuing effort to keep the system safe from explosives. Boston, New York and New Jersey transit officials do similar searches, according to the agency.
Ya know I’d support Metro on this, if they’d shown the slightest interest in security of the transportation system in the last nine years. The only place I saw transportation cops was when they were driving around town in their SUVs. I can count on one hand the times I saw cops on the platforms or on the trains even though I rode the trains almost every day until last year. That includes on 9-11 when a half million people were trying to get out of town that fateful day.
Up to this point, the only thing that Metro did after 9-11 was remove the trash bins and the newspaper vending machines on the platforms. Now they want to give the illusion of security by harassing passengers. If they were truly interested in security, they’d sell off their SUVs and make their patrol officers patrol the actual places they want to secure.
I think the American traveling public is fed up with the theater and harassment that has become the hallmark of American security. How about actually making us secure for a change. It’s only their job.
Category: Shitbags, Terror War
I have a hard time believing that this will secure anything. Consider the fact that the Foggy Bottom escalators have been out of service in one way or another almost every day during the past 6 months. If Metro can’t fix an escalator how can they fix security?
Let’s not forget that Metro has killed more DC area people than terrorism in the past couple of years.
Security Kabuki theater, nothing more.
I’m flying to Vegas in a couple of months for a long weekend of debauchery. I’m seriously considering getting one of these and wearing it to the airport:
http://cargocollective.com/4thamendment/filter/Men%27s#802869/Metallic-Ink-Printed-T-Shirt
(provided they ever get it back in stock, of course.)
Sparky; you will at least get a head start on the debauchery part, when you get to the airport 😛
Be prepared to be disappointed. When I flew twice last month I was ready to opt out and voice my disapproval of the new procedures. To my dismay, in Hartsfield they weren’t even using the machines and in Louis Armstrong I didn’t get selected.
Anyone want to take a crack over how this does not violate the 4th Amendment?
Dogs do a better job than searches for finding explosives….
#3 NHS
Now THAT’S what I’ve been talking about since this TSA theatre started.
Do they have any other designs?
Not sure–check their website. What I liked that was so cool about those shirts is that they were metallic paint and that it would show up on the scanners, as evidenced by the X-Ray. Wear it under a sweatshirt or dress shirt and watch their friggin heads explode.