Thursday, September 09, 2010

New Jersey Police State

TSA started screening train commuter passengers. If TSA is about security and explosive devices, why are they interested in a crack pipe? Why do Americans allow TSA to "conduct any kind of search we want"?

If it is police and not TSA doing the searches, where is the probably cause or the search warrant?

Random Pat-Downs Turn PATCO Into Police State
The chief says that out of the 6663 bags searched between 6 a.m. and 10 a.m., a crack pipe was the only item confiscated.

“We can conduct any kind of search we want," said McClintock. "We could ask TSA to bring wands or X-ray machines like they have in airports, though we don't think that's appropriate for PATCO riders at this time."

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