Aaron B. Tobey, 21, of Charlottesville, Va., arrived at Richmond International Airport's Checkpoint B on the afternoon of Thursday Dec 30, 2010 and stripped down to his underwear.
He did this to protest the TSA’s security screening procedures. Mr. Tobey had written, on his chest, language of the Fourth Amendment which states: “The right of the people to be secure against unreasonable searches and seizures shall not be violated."
The report goes on to say that local police were called and that Mr. Tobey was issued a citation for disorderly conduct.
The most burning question I have is “what was the nature of the disorderly conduct?” Frank Green, the reporter sent to cover this story, must be a jaded reporter who feels the public does not need to know the details. Maybe he assumes the readers will figure out on their own that this is just another case of protest against our federal government’s outright disregard of our constitutionally guaranteed right and therefore is not worthy of taking the time to actually report any further facts. Or perhaps Mr. Green got his information directly from the police and we all know they only tell the whole truth. Yeah, right.
Perhaps Mr. Green feels that anyone who protests against our government is a criminal and as such deserves to be hauled away for being so ungrateful.
Since I was not there to witness what happened and the reporter does not seem to have the desire to report all of the facts, here is what I get out of the story: this guy shows up at the airport, displays his disagreement with government policy, and is then cited for disorderly conduct. Pretty poor reporting, Mr. Green.
I’m going out on a limb here and say that given the recent state of the media these past few years, if there had been an actual incident it would have been reported, because everyone knows the media loves to report any type of drama, and have even been known to ‘stretch the truth’ a bit to really ‘sell it’. But, since there wasn’t any report of disorderly behavior I am left to believe that the police, being the intensely brain washed puppets that they are, felt the need to cite him simply because their federal brothers called on them to make an appearance. I’m sure their reasoning is that there’s no way the feds would call on them unless they wanted him arrested. And, after all, the feds opinion is the only one that matters, right?
It seems every day we are given more insight as to what the TSA considers disorderly conduct. In this case a simple display of the right we are all granted was enough to have Mr. Tobey cited. He didn’t even have to actually be disorderly to be labeled a criminal. See how efficient our federal government is becoming at identifying enemies of the state?
How about simply stepping out of line? Is this going to be considered disorderly conduct? They figure they can prevent this non-incident from becoming a federal matter by calling in the local puppets and let them deal with him.
Why are so few of us American citizens outraged at this form of treatment towards a constitutional right to protest?
The media, the TSA and the local police should all be ashamed of themselves for how they handled this. And to this list I’m adding all of you out there who think it is okay to haul someone before a judge because he exercises his constitutional rights.
Make no mistake people, live like mice and that is how we are all going to be treated.
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