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> that is usual path someone from Syria would take. That on its own is enough to raise questions. What nonsense. If dodgy individuals constantly feature on t

by ksk 10y ago

> that is usual path someone from Syria would take. That on its own is enough to raise questions. What nonsense. If dodgy individuals constantly feature on this route why does the flight even exist then? Just for "safe" non-brown non-black people? >She was 'held' (original title was 'detained') for 15 minutes. "Police officers questioned Shaheen for 15 minutes under Schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act, " Yeah, Under the terrorism act... For reading a book about art.

PJDK 10y ago
No she was questioned for being reported as suspicious by a flight attendant. Given it was only for 15 minutes I imagine pretty quickly it became "oh, it's a book about art, bloody flight attendants are idiots. Ok, well we need to check your bag for any other books, sorry about this". Except more formal than that as they have a nice sheet full of questions they have to ask for this sort of thing (source, I had a knife in my bag at Gatwick once and went through something I imagine was quite similar - except much more my fault obviously).
- ksk 10y ago
  If the trigger to being labeled as 'suspicious' is you carrying a weapon on a plane, then people are less likely to find it unreasonable. If the trigger is the simple act of reading a book, then, no it is not reasonable and should never be. At the _very_ least the airline should issue a full apology and reconsider their shoddy pseudo-security training.
- throwaway-hn123 10y ago
  Sure, a knife is very similar to a book about art. Entirely reasonable to be treated in the same way
  - PJDK 10y ago
    I wasn't particularly clear - I intended to say that is why I have some knowledge of what it is like to be interviewed by the police at a British airport. In my case I was dumb, in this case the flight attendant was dumb. In both cases we were on our way within 15 minutes (and with me a stern warning to not do that again).
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by ksk 10y ago

PJDK 10y ago

No she was questioned for being reported as suspicious by a flight attendant. Given it was only for 15 minutes I imagine pretty quickly it became "oh, it's a book about art, bloody flight attendants are idiots. Ok, well we need to check your bag for any other books, sorry about this". Except more formal than that as they have a nice sheet full of questions they have to ask for this sort of thing (source, I had a knife in my bag at Gatwick once and went through something I imagine was quite similar - except much more my fault obviously).

ksk 10y ago
If the trigger to being labeled as 'suspicious' is you carrying a weapon on a plane, then people are less likely to find it unreasonable. If the trigger is the simple act of reading a book, then, no it is not reasonable and should never be. At the _very_ least the airline should issue a full apology and reconsider their shoddy pseudo-security training.
throwaway-hn123 10y ago
Sure, a knife is very similar to a book about art. Entirely reasonable to be treated in the same way
- PJDK 10y ago
  I wasn't particularly clear - I intended to say that is why I have some knowledge of what it is like to be interviewed by the police at a British airport. In my case I was dumb, in this case the flight attendant was dumb. In both cases we were on our way within 15 minutes (and with me a stern warning to not do that again).

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