Police will begin random searches of bags and packages carried by people entering city subways, officials announced Thursday after a new series of bomb attacks in London.
Passengers carrying bags will be selected at random before they pass through turnstiles, and those who refuse to be searched won't be allowed to ride, Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said.
"We just live in a world where, sadly, these kinds of security measures are necessary," Mayor Michael Bloomberg said. "Are they intrusive? Yes, a little bit. But we are trying to find that right balance."
...
Kelly said passengers selected for searches will be approached by officers, who will ask them what they are carrying, and request them to open their bags. If an officer looking for explosives finds some other form of contraband, police said that person would be subject to arrest.
So, please show us your papers, little man...ve iss da poleece. The day that this becomes effective city-wide, Bloomberg should lose his city-provided transportation and be made to ride the subway just like the other 4.5 million passengers at least twice a week during morning and evening rush hour.
Yeah, I know it's probably one of those wish-in-one-hand shit in the other things, but you have to wonder if Bloomberg really thinks this shit through or if it's just a reaction things that go bump in the night. I guess the only thing that could make this a real pain-in-the-ass would be if they put TSA in charge of the program...in between showing ID, taking off your shoes and trying to figure out if iPod earphone cords are bad, no one would ever get to an appointment.
Yes, let's all be afraid...it's soooo American now.
posted by Jo Fish on 07.21.05 at 06:18 PM
Comments:
The mayor of London, Ken Livingstone, always takes the Underground to work, and it was on the news he did so too after the bombings.
