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August 4, 2005
Subway Search Update
I haven't encountered a subway search yet, but The New York Civil Liberties Union has filed suit against the police department to stop the searches. Read here about the plaintiffs.
Andrew Schonebaum . . . commutes daily to his job on the E subway line . . . he was instructed by a police officer at the turnstiles by the main entrance to the Roosevelt Avenue station to go to a table where the bag of another subway passenger was being searched. The police officer at the table asked him to open his bag, which contained a copy of the Sinclair Lewis book "It Can't Happen Here," and then asked him to open another compartment. In turn, he complied with both instructions and the officer visually inspected both compartments. Mr. Schonebaum asked for the officer's name and she gave it to him, asking "Aren't you happy to have your bag searched?"
The political among us make snarky political comments with Sinclair Lewis novels. I'm still tempted to buy the biggest, nastiest looking dildo I can find and stick it in my backback. Who knows, maybe I'll get a date.
Posted by Leigh Witchel at August 4, 2005 2:33 PM
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Have there been any reports of people refusing to be searched being followed if they leave the subway station so that they just don't re-enter at a different entrance? The whole idea of these searches and the false sense of security they give people scares more more than the lack of searches would.
Posted by: Steve at August 4, 2005 6:30 PM