Man arrested after Detroit airport security breach

AP on Yahoo ^ | 2/8/10 | AP

[buccaneer81]

I don’t know if they were up to something, possibly seeing how much they can get away with, or if that was just routine arrogant, rude Arab behavior.

Yes, and yes.

[Realman30]

A moslem refused the request of a female flight attendant? I shocked. Gee, I guess they aren't too keen on PC.

[mombonn]

Blah, I’m flying out of Metro in a couple of weeks. Hope the crazies are history by then!

[Tudorfly]

God IS looking for spiritual fruits. Hope your flight goes well. We are scheduled to fly 3,000 miles across America from the east to the west in a few weeks. Have already paid for the tickets. If I think the process will be insecure (based on acts like the one in this thread in Detroit, or like the one experienced on the plane in the earlier post on this thread, one of two things will happen: we’ll drive; or I’ll be the one quietly, yet significantly and with force aforethought, commandering the cellphones from the two miscreants and encouraging them to simply behave as civilized people (and to obey the flight attendant). Flying has become a pain in the posterior to we who are generally law abiding citizens. It’s time to take our country back. Count me in.

[Peter Libra]

Psychological and economic warfare.

Reverend James David Manning PhD.

[Cindy]

Thread Bump.

[rdl6989]

Kaylan Policherla 27, a native of India, became a U.S. citizen in 2005 and resides in Bryan, Ohio.

http://www.freep.com/article/20100208/NEWS02/100208012/1319/Ohio-man-charged-after-blowing-past-security-at-Metro-with-no-ticket-bags

[Cindy]

THANKS rl6989.

I’ll add this link, too:

http://townhall.com/news/us/2010/02/08/man_arrested_after_detroit_airport_security_breach?page=full&comments=true

“Man arrested after Detroit airport security breach”

SNIPPET: “In a criminal complaint filed with U.S. District Court in Detroit, FBI agent Michael Thomas said the man, identified as Kaylan L. Policherla, walked through the checkpoint and a metal detector with his hands in his jacket pockets.

Transportation Security Administration workers activated an alarm, security doors were lowered at the portion of the terminal between the security checkpoint and terminal concourse, and people were evacuated from that area, airport spokesman Mike Conway said.

A TSA screener followed Policherla until airport police arrived and ordered him to stop, Thomas said. An officer discharged a Taser at Policherla but it had no effect, and officers then wrestled him to the floor and handcuffed him, Thomas said.”

SNIPPET: “The complaint said Policherla was born in 1982 and his car, a Volkswagen Passat with Ohio license plates, was illegally parked outside the McNamara Terminal before he entered the building. The vehicle was searched and towed.”

[Cindy]

ping

[rdl6989]

This guy was asking for trouble.

[nw_arizona_granny]

Ping

[RaceBannon]

Wow, same story, different headlines to search for!

[Eye of Unk]

I’m just idly wondering what the latest no-fly list says about overly endowed upper chest Islamic women right now.

TSA must be having some interesting questions about checking “under the hood” to any burka covered women.

[Rushmore Rocks]

Thanks, Cindy.

[Kimberly GG]

I’d say that since they declined seats together in another area of the plane, for some reason, both men wanted to sit in those particular seats. Had I witnessed the attendant’s fear and refusal to address this, I would immediately have made a HUGE stick about it until something was done and I’d have demanded to get off before that flight took off and I would have reported her INaction. But that’s just me. I’m of the opinion that we should be on hightened alert for these things...I’d rather over-react than be dead ;)

[livius]

I was sitting near them and I watched them, and in fact then the flight attendant came and sat directly behind them, so I suspect that she had conferred with someone, possibly the captain, and been told to keep an eye on them.

They both spoke a fair amount of English, but one of them was probably directly from the ME (he was wearing flip-flops, despite the fact that the weather was cold and wet).

In retrospect, I think it would have been better to have made a fuss, even if it had resulted in a delay. These guys seem to have been nothing but rude and behaving with the usual Muslim contempt for our rules. But certainly, if Muslims see that it is possible to get away with this behavior on that airline (it was operated by some small company as a feeder for a larger line), it will obviously occur to the terrorists among them that this is an easy target.

[the long march]

Hmmm most likely not Hindu -——

[Blue Jays]

Dealing with aggressive Muslims walking the very thinnest edge of acceptable behavior is definitely a difficult spot.
If the other passengers and flight attendant don't have your back, a person could be singled-out and face absurd "hate crime" charges for otherwise reasonable actions taken.
Each situation is certainly dynamic and demands split-second decisions on what is correct at the very moment. Unsure of what is the conventional wisdom (e.g. advise flight attendant you'll be confiscating the misused telephones by force?) for in-flight awareness and tactics.

[Cindy]

Note: Photo included.

http://media3.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/photo/2010/02/09/PH2010020902485.jpg

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/09/AR2010020902484.html

“Man charged in Detroit airport breach ordered held”

The Associated Press
Tuesday, February 9, 2010; 5:52 PM
DETROIT

[Cindy]

http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/ohio-news/man-charged-in-detroit-airport-breach-ordered-held-538755.html

“Man charged in Detroit airport breach ordered held”

By DAVID RUNK, The Associated Press
Updated 5:46 PM Tuesday, February 9, 2010

DETROIT —

SNIPPET: “The Wayne County prosecutor’s office lists Policherla’s first name as Kalyan, but federal authorities list his first name as Kaylan.

Messages were left Tuesday at Ohio phone numbers under Policherla’s last name.”