Airport screener arrested after rampage

CNN ^ | 08/14/02 | Unknown

[scooter2]

HOUSTON, Texas (CNN) -- An airport screener who is a registered sex offender faces life in prison after a weekend rampage in which he fired shots throughout his apartment complex and then set fire to one of the buildings, officials said.

[scooter2]

A registerd sex offender who was an airport screener. Apparently there are vitually no hiring standards for these people.

[neutrino]

Apparently there are vitually no hiring standards for these people.

On the contrary...who would you hire to be a Jackbooted Thug?

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Apparently there are vitually no hiring standards for these people.

The only purpose of airport "security" is to provide a federal paycheck to people who used to collect welfare before it was reformed.

[maximus@Nashville]

An airport screener who is a registered sex offender

Don't you feel more secure? This gives a whole new meaning to the term "wanding"

[B Knotts]

An airport screener who is a registered sex offender

Aren't they all?

[AppyPappy]

And people rush to get to the airports to travel. Idiots.

[Texbob]

This is how the Feds hire Fed workers. Do you feel safer, now that the Feds are doing the security work at airports? I told you when they took over, this is how it would be.

[DWSUWF]

"...Kewanyama's status with his employer was not clear Tuesday; Max Aero did not return multiple calls seeking comment..."

Just a guess here, but I'd say that the odds are fairly good that there's no need for Keenyyambowizzlefob to make any plans to attend the Max Aero Christmas party this year.

[dd5339]

Gee, I feel real safe flying knowing people like this are doing the screening! /sarcasm

Maybe when they fix the airlines I'll think about flying again, until then I'll drive.

Semper Fi!

[Salman]

Stuff like this is what comes of having Sargeant Schultz in charge of airport security. Maybe we should sub-contract airport security to the Israelis, or at least follow that model. They don't have stupid nonsense like this and they also don't have high-jackings or bombings.

[ravingnutter]

The only purpose of airport "security" is to provide a federal paycheck to people who used to collect welfare before it was reformed.

Well, my daughter was just called by the TSA yesterday to take a physical and an eye exam and she has NEVER been on welfare. That job, at $14.00 per hour, will sure be better than her working nights at $7.00 per hour so she can take care of her infant daughter during the day and getting an average of 4 hours per day of sleep, while her hubby works for $7.00 per hour. She will at least be able to afford daycare and get some rest, not to mention getting benefits so they don't have to pay out of pocket for medical costs. Don't be so quick to paint with such a wide brush.

[Pern]

The only purpose of airport "security" is to provide a federal paycheck to people who used to collect welfare before it was reformed.

You hit it right on the nose!

[4Freedom]

That airport security screening is stressful work.

They'll enroll him in a stress management course and he'll be back on the job in no time.

Was this guy a recent immigrant that had been raised in a culture different from ours?

If that's the case, this whole incident has to be viewed from the perspective of whether his behavior would be considered untoward in his home country. We have to allow for the customs of other peoples. Diversity is our strength, remember?

For instance, it's a tribal custom to fire automatic weapons in the air at weddings in Afghanistan. Would you be so insensitive and intolerant as to expect immigrants from Afghanistan to give up their custom over-night?

We don't know that he wasn't recently from a Muslim nation where it isn't rape unless the accused admits guilt or there's 4 witnesses to the attack. Had anyone told him that it's different here? Wouldn't we be as much to blame then?

We have to make allowances in the name of multi-culturalism.

>sarcasm<

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Well, my daughter was just called by the TSA yesterday to take a physical and an eye exam and she has NEVER been on welfare.

She will be now.

[Reeses]

Police then arrested Kewanyama, who was shirtless and had a tattoo of a woman on his chest.

I'm not a big fan of tattoos but why did the reporter include that bit of useless information? Did the perp ink that tattoo during the incident?

[Reeses]

Was this guy a recent immigrant

I think is last name suggests American Indian.

[gitmogrunt]

what kind of name is kewanyama?

[4Freedom]

Security Screener: $23,600 to $35,400

Lead Security Screener: $31,100 to $46,700

Supervisor: $36,400 to $56,400

The way I interpret the most commonly asked questions is an applicant doesn't even need a high school diploma, if he has 1 year of security experience.

Sounds like welfare to me.

[hellinahandcart]

Okay. Leaving aside the fact that this guy never should have been hired as an airport screener in the first place, did anyone else think this was weird?

Early Sunday, police said, Kewanyama entered his apartment in southeast Houston and found three people inside. Police would not identify who they were or how they got to be there.[why on earth not?] Police said the people told Kewanyama to leave, but he came back a short while later "fully armed" with a number of weapons, including an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle.

Were these three people his relatives (who'd maybe thrown him out), the leaseholders on the apartment (who'd maybe thrown him out), or a bunch of belligerent squatters?

[StockAyatollah]

Why was it so hard for the airport to find this info? It took me 3 minutes.

Oh and one other thing..Ain't multiculturalism great???