Comments on: Police to Check Bags on NYC Subways

By: Stop The ACLU

Stop The ACLU — Sun, 24 Jul 2005 17:59:07 +0000

NY Implements Politically Correct Searches

So, what this says to me is that the ACLU opposes random searches, and logical searches. As a matter of fact, as I’ve pointed out repeately here, the ACLU seems to oppose any measure the government takes to protect us.

By: Scott in CA

Scott in CA — Fri, 22 Jul 2005 22:53:03 +0000

Checking middle-eastern looking males would be a far better idea. Screw the racial profiling mafia. You don't like it, then walk.

By: Weapons of Mass Destruction

Weapons of Mass Destruction — Thu, 21 Jul 2005 23:55:12 +0000

Terror x 2 in London

I watched a fair bit of television coverage this morning from London. After sticking with CNN for a few minutes, I switched over to Fox News since they swap coverage with their sister network, Sky. For anyone late getting home

By: dp

dp — Thu, 21 Jul 2005 21:54:45 +0000

When you do the math and realize that the odds of being involved in a terrorist attack on a mass transit system are akin to being struck by lightning, you have to wonder if it's worth it to take one step closer to making America an all-out police state. What an awful waste of money and an invasion of privacy just to delay the inevitable.

By: Kenny

Kenny — Thu, 21 Jul 2005 20:13:06 +0000

might be a good thing if they actually racially-profiled...checking old ladies bags is not going to do anything

By: Jim Henley

Jim Henley — Thu, 21 Jul 2005 19:55:03 +0000

This is handing Al Qaeda a cheap victory. Imagine the costs of this measure. (Including, of course, the productivity loss of slowing down NYC commuting times.) Given Al Qaeda's clear desire to bleed Coalition economies, the London attacks just got that much more successful.

By: Musings from Brian J. Noggle

Musings from Brian J. Noggle — Thu, 21 Jul 2005 19:25:01 +0000

What We Have Here Is A Failure To Imaginate

UPDATE: As a story seen on Outside the Beltway indicates, New York will begin random searches. I hate to be the first cop to try to search a suicide bomber.

By: Gop and the City

Gop and the City — Thu, 21 Jul 2005 18:42:39 +0000

NYPD To Search Bags on Subways

Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly promised there will be no racial profiling. He also stated that passengers will have the option to refuse to consent to a search, but they will also have to leave the subway station. Kelly must be hoping that terrori...

By: dustbury.com

dustbury.com — Thu, 21 Jul 2005 18:28:46 +0000

How about "proactive search criteria"?

In response to the recurrence of transit bombings in London, the City of New York will perform perfunctory random checks of passenger bags on subways, a move characterized by Outside...