Harrassed & Detained For Carrying Cash @ Airport

[MissBrattified]

Originally Posted by Ferd

lets see. airport secruity.

Keep people on airplanes protected.

dude has a box cutter in his pocket. Take it away from him, ask a bunch of questions, run a background check and maybe not let him on the plane. check

dude is carrying an AK-47. Send him to jail. check

dude as $4500 bucks cash on him. ask myself a question. if this guy tosses a wad of bills at the pilot, will that bring down the plane? no. leave dude alone.


sorry, I dont see where cash = danger to airplane. Not-Normal does not = danger. it never has.

Perfectly LEGAL behavior is no reason to detain anyone.

Good post.

[Elizabeth]

Originally Posted by Digging4Truth

It is entirely possible.

And some here will say that you should have been wiser than to carry the reading of your choice with you.

Books and Money not the same thing-

[coadie]

Originally Posted by Aquila

I'd have to know what the airport's policies are. We know the federal standard but there may be procedures for lesser amounts of cash that airport security are to abide by. We also don't know other factors. How was he acting? Did he react cooperatively or was his response enough to warrant a closer look? In this day and age I certainly don’t want airport security playing games or being afraid to delay and ask questions of individuals. This guy should have been “Johnny Cooperative”. He was playing games and deserved the delay.

For the record, he wasn’t charged with breaking any laws. He was simply delayed and checked out to make sure he had no warrants and wasn’t a threat to public safety.

You are still making things up. The tape doesn't "show his behavior"

In America a free country, we have a right to know why they ask a question.


Democrats use moneys in great quantities for bribes. the TSA doesn't have laws regarding carrying Legal Tender. What is it you don't understand?


They are looking for weapons. The airport was St Louis. it was NOT an international customs clearng screen.


Just a little secret. They have no International terminal.

[MissBrattified]

Originally Posted by Elizabeth

Books and Money not the same thing-

According to the state of Missouri, if the book is by Ron Paul, it is worthy of suspicion.

[Aquila]

Originally Posted by MissBrattified

Traveler's Checks seem like too much trouble. LOL!!!!!

I still don't see how you can get out of having cash on hand, and plenty of it. We've been in places where they don't accept anything except cash.

Traveler's checks. It will only take you loosing or being robbed of a substantial amount of cashe to get this. lol

Regardless, I agree that he wasn't wise to handle the money that way, mainly because it wasn't his to lose, if something were to happen with his luggage. But I don't agree that carrying cash makes a person suspect.

I think you should know what was probably going on behind the scenes. Most likely they were running a criminal background check on him to make sure he wasn't wanted or part of some criminal ring (drugs, arms, terror, etc.). I also wouldn't doubt that a security directive wasn't issues to be on the look out for additional individuals carrying a lot of cash. Often these kinds of people work in groups so they each try to sneak a small but substantial amount of cash. We also don't know what security directives were in place. They may have actually been looking for a network of confirmed suspects to do this before the guy even got into the airport... and he was just getting caught up in the drag net. There's so much to this that isn't being considered.

I think it's strange how we want to berate and belittle the people risking their lives to protect the homeland. Why does it seem like the ultracon fringe hates America and every initiative taken to protect our nation from another 9/11 or the safety of our streets?

[Elizabeth]

Originally Posted by Digging4Truth

They have Xray type machines now that view you through your clothing. When you stand in front of it they basically see you naked. So anything underneath your clothing would be seen.

Of course, you did not see where the special apparatus was located.

Lord you make it sound like a medical device, it's actually a wallet ok, but it's around his neck, so there is no speculation.

And how many airports do you know who use these very costly x-ray machines?

[Digging4Truth]

Originally Posted by Aquila

I hate to break it to y'all but for the sake of national security and public safety....some people are going to be inconvinienced. Law abiding citizens are going to have to stop whining.

I will not waste my gray matter on responding to the rest of the post but I will quote one of the founding father on the summation you made above.


Benjamin Franklin knew what he was talking about when he said "They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. "

[EA]

Originally Posted by MissBrattified

What next? Are police officers who stop people for speeding going to go through their purses, wallets and vehicles to see if they're carrying cash, and take them down for questioning if they have more than a certain amount?

According to Obama, wealth is evil, so it wouldn't surprise me at all.

I rarely, if ever, use a debit or credit card because I feel like in doing so I give up my privacy.

[Elizabeth]

Originally Posted by MissBrattified

According to the state of Missouri, if the book is by Ron Paul, it is worthy of suspicion.

Also accompanied by large amounts of cash it seems.

[MissBrattified]

Originally Posted by Aquila

I'd have to know what the airport's policies are. We know the federal standard but there may be procedures for lesser amounts of cash that airport security are to abide by. We also don't know other factors. How was he acting? Did he react cooperatively or was his response enough to warrant a closer look? In this day and age I certainly don’t want airport security playing games or being afraid to delay and ask questions of individuals. This guy should have been “Johnny Cooperative”. He was playing games and deserved the delay.

For the record, he wasn’t charged with breaking any laws. He was simply delayed and checked out to make sure he had no warrants and wasn’t a threat to public safety.

I don't think it is fair to call it playing games when someone exercises a freedom, and refuses to give in to Gestapo tactics. It would have been easier for everyone if he had just offered a simple explanation, BUT I understand why he didn't, and the officers who detained him were wrong for not advising him of his legal rights, or for finding someone who could do so in a timely fashion.

I agree with Ferd; there is no reason to be fearful of cash on an airplane. For that matter, if Airport Security is now going to be concerned with keeping criminals off airplanes, past, present, small time or not, they are going to lose a lot of business. Their concern should be related to the safety of those on the airplane. Embezzlers shouldn't raise a red flag in the terrorist alert system.