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| Police arrest suspicious man taking photos at Miami Int'l Airport | |
| 2011-01-19 | |
| MIAMI -- A man was arrested and turned over to federal authorities Tuesday after police said he was taking photos of "sensitive areas" inside and outside of a terminal at Miami International Airport. According to the incident report from Miami-Dade County police, on Jan. 11th, 32-year-old Oluwole Aboyade was seen walking through the airport and taking pictures. A sergeant stopped Aboyade in the Dolphin parking garage.
Police said Aboyade did not give them any information about what he was doing or why. In the incident report, the sergeant described his behavior as "evasive." Police said there was no indication Aboyade had a plane ticket. Shortly after the confrontation, the sergeant led Aboyade inside the terminal, where he was detained. After further investigation, federal immigration authorities said Aboyade was in the country illegally and wanted for violating U.S. immigration law. Because Miami International Airport is a public facility, anyone is allowed to take video and pictures inside. An official from the Transportation Security Administration told Local 10 that if photography is stepping over the line into surveillance, TSA agents should alert police, which is what happened in Aboyade's case. Aboyade is currently in custody at the Krome North Detention Center. | |
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| #5 What part of "Miami International Airport is a public facility, anyone is allowed to take video and pictures inside" did you miss? There's also this little thing called 'judgment'. Maybe you've heard of it. It means evaluating whether or not something looks wrong or not, using common sense and training. While you might not agree (that's called "pre-judging", by the way), some TSA folks do have some of both. Inthat respect the TS and A thugs are equal opportunity d!ckweeds. And unfortunately they're in other places as well... |
| Posted by: Pappy 2011-01-19 22:12 |
| #4 Good Point TW, but what is to keep our good ol' TS and A from doing the same to Mr and Mrs Carnival Cruisegoers, fresh off the plane from Resume Speed Michigan and they want to snap a Kodak Moment to show all the good ol' boys and gurls back home what a big city looks like? In that respect the TS and A thugs are equal opportunity d!ckweeds. |
| Posted by: USN,Ret 2011-01-19 22:02 |
| #3 32-year-old Oluwole Aboyade described his behavior as "evasive." no indication Aboyade had a plane ticket. in the country illegally The last item is good enough for me, USN, Ret., even if the fellow didn't have an African-sounding name, and is of prime Sudden Jihad Syndrome age. Let's see who's on his speed dial, shall we? |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2011-01-19 16:54 |
| #2 photographs Yeah. I have a limited edition of Ansel Adams' Potraits of Airports. Worth a few benjamins, I can tell you. |
| Posted by: Richard Aubrey 2011-01-19 16:43 |
| #1 An official from the Transportation Security Administration told Local 10 that if photography is stepping over the line into surveillance, TSA agents should alert police, which is what happened in Aboyade's case. One man's tourist photos is another's surveillance shots. And with TSA, there is no difference. |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2011-01-19 14:36 |