Brown-Skinned Lady Sits Next To Two Indian Men On Plane,

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http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2011/09/14/319084/brown-skinned-lady-sits-next-to-two-indian-men-on-plane-gets-strip-searched-and-detained-for-suspicious-activity/


Brown-Skinned Lady Sits Next To Two Indian Men On Plane, Gets Strip-Searched And Detained For ‘Suspicious Activity’


On the same day the country gathered together to recognize the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) launched two F-16 jets to tail a Frontier Airlines flight from Denver after the crew reported “suspicious activity on board.” That “activity”? The existence of three dark-skinned passengers.Two Indian men and one self-described “half-Arab, half-Jewish housewife” from Ohio — all unknown to each other — made the mistake of boarding a plane on Sept. 11, 2011.

After the crew reported that two people had spent “an extraordinarily long time” in the bathroom, the jets escorted the plane to its destination in Detroit, Michigan. Then, according to reports and the “half-Arab, half-Jewish housewife” Shoshana Hebshi, a SWAT team of about 10 police boarded the plane with machine guns and three dogs, approached Hebshi and the men’s aisle, handcuffed them, and escorted them off the plane:

Before I knew it, about 10 cops, some in what looked like military fatigues, were running toward the plane carrying the biggest machine guns I have ever seen–bigger than what the guards carry at French train stations.

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After interrogating and strip-searching the three passengers, the FBI determined hours later that “there was no real threat,” excusing the wildly disproportionate response by stating, “The public would rather us err on the side of caution than not.” When Hebshi asked her interrogator what sparked the concern, he replied “that someone on the plane had reported that the three of us in row 12 were conducting suspicious activity.” Hebshi noted that the “activity” was two Indian men “going to the bathroom in succession.”
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its so much fun having brown skin in america, the home of the brave

[sinkingfeeling]

1. “The public would rather us err on the side of caution than not.” I don't think so. Just the silly

ninnies who have been terrified by our so-called 'leaders'.

[Cirque du So-What]

2. Thereby providing a lesson for future hijackers

who will make certain that they aren't booked into seating adjacent to one another.

Ten years hence, the idiocy is palpable from those who purport to make us safer .

[Schema Thing]

3. Yes you stupid fucking fuckers, you GIANT stupid

FUCKING FUCKERS. The public WOULD rather you err on the side of caution than not.



But you didn't do that, did you, you STUPID FUCKING IDIOTS? You erred on the side that is the EXACT OPPOSITE of "caution".


Did I mention that you are stupid fucking idiot abusers-of-power of the lowest order?

[SammyWinstonJack]

5. +1000!

:thumbsup:

[cali]

4. this was a despicable incident, no doubt. But she is not "brown skinned"

[Cant trust em]

6. dang. I was hoping this was the beginning of a joke.

ala "A catholic, a jew, and a hindu walk into a bar"

[n2doc]

7. 10 years of insanity

[Nye Bevan]

8. Wow. Two Indian men went to the bathroom in succession?

That certainly justifies the F-16 fighter jets escort, SWAT team, machine guns, police dogs, and handcuffs.

Thanks for keeping us safe, guys.

[tblue37]

9. I have a weak bladder, so I often go to the restroom on planes, and sometimes stay awhile to make

sure I am done.

If I had the wrong look, this would probably happen tome, but since I am a freckled, red-haired white woman, it won't.

Disgusting.

[tblue37]

12. Oh, and by "often" I mean several times per flight. Highly suspicious! nt

[no_hypocrisy]

10. "There was no *real* threat".

How about there wasn't ANY threat at all?

[tblue37]

13. There was a threat--to the civil liberties of those 3 passengers! nt

[MrsBrady]

11. this is total bullsh*t n/t