LAPD Special Order 1: Technological Harassment Hits Home + US TSA Pull PR Stunt to Justify It's Absurb Demands and Abuse of Passengers

Despite legal battles raging over 10 years and a noticeable lack of terrorist activity in that time, the LAPD is moving ahead as the first police department in the U.S. to implement Special Order 1, a policy which will allow the police to detain and arrest you if you are taking photos or videotaping certain buildings deemed by them as "suspicious activity". The problem being of course -- what exactly is considered suspicious activity?

Take for instance the innocent man Greggory Moore who was confronted for shooting pictures on his front lawn just because it happened to have the court house in the background. Eight policemen were called by "good citizen spies" to confront and interrogate him while he was held with his hands behind his back then patted down.

Other photographers have experienced similar heinous police behavior and even been threatened with being put on the FBI watch list for taking pictures at the airport.

US TSA Pull PR Stunt to Justify It's Absurb Demands and Abuse of Passengers

A few days after a video revealing the latest TSA outrage went viral on the internet -- agents testing drinks after passengers had gone through intrusive pat-downs and porno scanning -- a sensational event mysteriously unfolded: the TSA reported a "suspicious item" on a plane in Philadelphia that required a "law enforcement situation" and hysterical news coverage.

The FBI, cops, a bomb squad and a bevy of federal agents swooped down on the airport after an anonymous tip of the suspicious man on board a US Airways was reported. Television news footage showed a person being escorted off the plane by law enforcement officialdom with police dogs waiting on the tarmac, according to Fox News.

Despite the televised melodrama and heavy police response, the Philadelphia police said the man removed from US Airways Flight 1267 at Philadelphia International Airport is not a suspect and did nothing wrong. Somebody had placed a call to the airport naming the passenger who was supposedly in "possession of a dangerous substance."

"US Airways flight 1267 from Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) to Dallas Fort-Worth International Airport, returned to PHL this morning due to a report of a suspicious item on board. The flight landed safely at approximately 8:40 a.m., Eastern time and out of abundance of caution, was taken to remote area of the airport. Law enforcement representatives, including the FBI, have met the flight," the TSA said in a statement.

NBC10 crews were told the man removed from the flight in handcuffs was Christopher Shell. "He was obviously very alarmed as I would be if heavily armed police officers entered a plane to take me off, he was certainly stunned," said Philadelphia Police Chief Inspector Joe Sullivan.

Shell was not charged with a crime, although the investigation is on-going.  

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