2022-10-08
28 分钟This is in conversation from Apple News.
I'm Shemitah Basu.
Today how the TSA has managed to make flying more of a hassle and somehow not much safer.
Let's go back to 2017.
A man in his late 30s goes to the airport in Detroit to fly home to Toronto.
So he's tall, brown skinned, South Asian, des facial hair, and he's wearing a turban.
He passes security without any issues.
No metal detectors or other alarm bells are set off.
But then on the other side of the checkpoint, he's stopped by two TSA.
Officers and say, look, we're not going to let you get on your airplane until you go through additional screening.
So you need to come back with us.
Get a pat down in a private room.
Take off your turbine.
The man is sick, and asking him to remove his turban is against TSA protocol.
It's considered a violation of a sick person's religion.
So the man pushes back and says he will not remove his turban.
They go back and forth.
He refuses.
They threaten to escalate.
And then it's not until this guy produces a passport that says he's not just some random person, but he's actually a Canadian government minister named Navdeep Bains and that he's officially recognized by the US Government as not a threat.