Terry Mitchell

Where’s the Outrage Over 9/11/11 Detention and Strip-Search?



Posted: Monday, September 19, 2011

by Terry Mitchell
http://commenterry.blogs.com

On the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, two men and a woman were removed from a plane in Detroit and subsequently detained and interrogated by law enforcement officials. They were later released without being arrested, after no evidence could be found that they were any kind of terror threat. Their detention and interrogation were prompted by the fact that some passengers had reported the three as having acted “suspiciously” during a flight from Denver to Detroit.

Now what exactly was this suspicious activity? The two men, who were of Indian ethnicity, each went to the restroom and stayed a little “too long”, although they were never in there at the same time. The woman, an Ohio housewife and mother of twins, was “guilty” only of sitting next to the two men. She is a self-described dark-skinned woman who is half Arabic and half Jewish. She claims that, in addition to being detained and interrogated by FBI agents, she was strip-searched by a female TSA official. Although the two men have yet to make such a claim, they were likely strip-searched as well.

This incident makes me mad, mad, mad! What I want to know is: where is everyone else’s outrage over this debacle? Where’s the Tea Party? Where’s the ACLU? Where is Ron Paul when we need him? These three peaceful individuals threatened no one, yet they were treated like common criminals just because of their Middle Eastern appearance. This is racial profiling at its worst. Unless they file a lawsuit, they will never get their day in court. In my opinion, being strip-searched and humiliated is almost as bad as being raped.

How are these three people supposed to get on with their lives now? They will probably suffer from PTSD indefinitely. They should sue for $10 million each – at least. In this particular case, our country acted no different than some rogue country like Iran or North Korea would have. Call your senators and congressmen and demand a congressional investigation. Do not ask them to do it – tell them to do it. Contact President Obama and tell him to have the Justice Department prosecute those who perpetrated this atrocity. Tell them to make sure that nothing like this ever happens again in the United States of America. Let’s make sure America’s pride doesn’t get turned into shame.
Terry Mitchell is a software engineer, freelance writer, amateur political analyst, and blogger from Virginia, USA. He posts a least one article a day to his blog - http://commenterry.blogs.com - on subjects such as current events, politics, technology, society and culture, religion, health and well-being, self improvement, personal finance, trivia, and sports.

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» left by Christofer French
 229 days 11 hours ago.
73 fans.
I am impressed with your outrage. Which also proves you're a boomer. Just a plug here for you doing an article based upon Boomer Orientation to these kinds of minority type stories. If you don't like that idea, then no problem. Just trying to be your ubiquitous FAN!
» left by Terry Mitchell 228 days 22 hours ago.
91 fans.
Christofer, I have no problem with the Boomer remark. In fact, I'm proud of being a Boomer. They get a bad rap in the media. However, everyone - not just Boomers - should be up in arms over this incident. Yeah, I know I tend to exaggerate sometimes, but that's just to make sure I get my point across when I'm upset about something - like this! Thanks once again for reading and commenting.
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