This is just ridiculous. I am reminded of the Arab man who was held over in a jail cell shortly after 9/11 because he had the same name as a terrorist. He accepted the airlines apology and reminded everyone that this was a time for forgiveness. My 4 year old was yanked out of line on the way to Disney World and wanded, but I wasn't. The following illustrates why people (sometimes me) hate the ACLU.
St. Louis NEW YORK (AFP) – An airline passenger forced to cover his T-shirt because it displayed Arabic script has been awarded 240,000 dollars in compensation, campaigners said Monday.
Raed Jarrar received the pay out on Friday from two US Transportation Security Authority officials and from JetBlue Airways following the August 2006 incident at New York's JFK Airport, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) announced.
"The outcome of this case is a victory for free speech and a blow to the discriminatory practice of racial profiling," said Aden Fine, a lawyer with ACLU.
Jarrar, a US resident, was apprehended as he waited to board a JetBlue flight from New York to Oakland, California, and told to remove his shirt, which had written on it in Arabic: "We will not be silent."
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