TSA jails innocent traveler when he asks to file a complaint

[n2doc]

APPARENTLY, working as a supervisor for the Transportation Security Administration at Philadelphia International Airport comes with a perk: You get to throw people in jail for no good reason and still keep your job.

If that's not the case, why is Charles Kieser still employed by the TSA?

Roger Vanderklok had the misfortune of going through Kieser's security-screening area at 8 a.m. Jan. 26, 2013, in Terminal B.

Vanderklok, 57, is a Philly architect who runs half-marathons. Twice a month, he flies around the country for weekend races.


Read more at http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20150204_TSA_jails_innocent_traveler_when_he_asks_to_file_a_complaint.html

[Nye Bevan]

1. Petty, spiteful, insecure jumped-up wannabe cop,

whose only pleasure in life is giving orders, inconveniencing people, and throwing his weight around. Not at all uncommon for a TSA employee. But this one is also a perjurer. Fire his ass.

[msanthrope]

15. I hope the Philly cops who he got involved in this mess pay that wannabe back. nt

[SamKnause]

2. I hope he sues them into oblivion.

[dixiegrrrrl]

4. Ask and you shall receive:

from the ink.
He looks like a very pleasant guy in th epic.

Roger Vanderklok was detained for 23 hours by TSA for allegedly acting in a threatening manner and making terroristic threats at Philadelphia International Airport - despite the fact that video surveillance shows him doing no such thing. At trial, he was acquitted within minutes.

He is now suing for the violation of his constitutional rights.

[SamKnause]

6. Sorry, I should have said I hope he wins his lawsuit.

I read the article and knew he was suing.

[rock]

9. Actually I took "into oblivion" to indicate that you wanted him to win

Just as I would take "impeaching into oblivion" would mean the impeaching side wins.

[jeff47]

7. No, he gets to sue us into oblivion.

TSA and its agents have the same qualified immunity as other police. You can't sue them, you can only sue the supervising government.

[geek tragedy]

11. "qualified" immunity doesn't cover perjury and filing false charges nt

[jeff47]

12. Nope, but you don't get to sue over those. They're criminal matters.

Theoretically, the supervising government prosecutes those.

[geek tragedy]

13. if something is a clear and obvious violation of constitutional rights that could

not reasonably be considered consistent with those rights, the immunity does not apply.

http://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/Opinions/Published/112230.P.pdf

[Shrike47]

3. This is a scary story about abuse of power. The supervisor should be fired immediately. Perjury

Is not acceptable, ever. Neither is harassment and bullying, of course. Power went to his head.

[Bonx]

5. Awful. Kieser should be prosecuted.

[progressoid]

8. "He is now suing for the violation of his constitutional rights"

Aww, isn't that quaint. He thinks he has constitutional rights.

[woo me with science]

10. NeoAmerica.

No excuse for any of it. None.

[msanthrope]

14. I'm not surprised the judge on this case threw it within minutes. She's that way.

Hope he wins his lawsuit.

It's Seth Williams who needs to be taken to task here, for employing an ADA who didn't have the sense to look at the video and drop this shit.

[Vattel]

16. Worries about deprivations of liberty are so late 18th Century.

In the 21st Century, detainments are just a part of life. Kidnapping by the state is ho hum. The cruelty of solitary confinement is no big deal. Years of prison for minor drug offenses, well, don't do the crime if you don't want to do the time.

[woo me with science]

17. K&R