Newark airport screeners targeted Mexicans and Dominicans

**Curt James** · 06-15-2011, 07:04 AM

Racism still exists. Who knew?

Report: Newark airport screeners targeted Mexicans and Dominicans

By the CNN Wire Staff
UPDATED: 06:07 AM EDT 06.15.11

Security screeners at Newark Liberty International Airport singled out Mexican and Dominican passengers for nearly two years, according to a federal report obtained by The Star-Ledger newspaper.

The racial profiling was so prevalent in 2008 and 2009 that some TSA employees at the airport referred to their colleagues as "Mexican hunters," a Star-Ledger story based on the 2010 internal report said.

A TSA spokeswoman described the situation in Newark as "isolated" and said the agency took action to fix it.

"While the actions referenced in the report were based on intelligence reports regarding false documentation, criminal or illegal activity and the possible impact on transportation security, TSA's policies were overstepped," spokeswoman Lisa Farbstein said.

According to the Star-Ledger, the report said TSA agents stationed at the Newark airport would stop Mexicans and Dominicans, asking them additional questions, reviewing their passports and visas and searching their luggage. The report did not specify how many agents were involved, but "leaves no doubt that the process was widespread," the newspaper said.

"The report said Mexican and Dominican passengers were singled out for scrutiny of their travel documents as an easy way to drive up the number of referrals by Newark's (behavior detection officer) unit so that it would appear productive," the newspaper said.

Farbstein said the TSA does not permit racial profiling, and a manager accused of promoting profiling in the report is no longer in management with the agency.

"Eighteen months ago, TSA took immediate remedial action and retrained the entire behavior detection workforce at Newark," she said.

Four managers in the report were cited to be disciplined by the TSA, the Star-Ledger said. One manager who was demoted after the investigation told the Star-Ledger that he denied the accusation and had appealed the demotion decision.

Several officers quoted in the report said they were directed to use racial profiling, but others said they had never witnessed the practice or been told to use it, the newspaper said.

The Transportation Security Administration said the newspaper did not obtain the report through the Freedom of Information Act and declined to provide a copy to CNN. A story published by the Star-Ledger Sunday said the newspaper had obtained the report, but did not disclose how.

Ed Barocas, legal director of the American Civil Liberities Union in New Jersey, called the report "alarming and astounding."

"The possibility that TSA supervisors coached screeners to profile passengers based on race is deeply disturbing. ... We hope the TSA takes the proper steps immediately to ensure there is no racial profiling in our airports or that screeners are even given the perception that they should profile passengers based on race," he said in a statement.

There are about 3,000 behavior detection officers at 161 airports in the United States, and plans to expand the program are in the works.

In April CNN obtained a list of 70 indicators the officers use to identify people who might pose a threat to aviation. None of those indicators referred to or suggested race, ethnicity or religion.

At the time, the TSA told CNN no single behavior on the list would, by itself, ever be enough to draw increased security scrutiny. An officer would only select a passenger for closer examination if they showed several signs of stress, fear or deception, the agency said.

From CNN.com

**SFW** · 06-15-2011, 07:12 AM

So big fat black newark women (TSA) are targetting mexicans. Because mexicans are taking down planes? Who cares if a little yayo gets through now and then. They should be looking at the well dressed middle easterners with kenneth cole slacks and laptop bag.

**IronAddict** · 06-15-2011, 08:02 AM

Great, not only are TSA employees a bunch of brain dead, sexually frustrated, finger phuqing perverts.

But, now, we're finding out they're a
bunch of brain dead, sexually frustrated, finger phuqing perverts, that just happen to be racists, too.

**Cgrant** · 06-15-2011, 08:19 AM

Originally Posted by SFW

So big fat black newark women (TSA) are targetting mexicans. Because mexicans are taking down planes? Who cares if a little yayo gets through now and then. They should be looking at the well dressed middle easterners with kenneth cole slacks and laptop bag.

Lmao. They want to catch it before someone else does. That's the circle of life in newark. Buy yayo in the hood. Go to airport to take home. Get busted by the stash's baby mama. Baby mama brings it back home. stash sells to next mark.

Lmao welcome to hooducation

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**Zaphod** · 06-15-2011, 05:41 PM

Originally Posted by IronAddict

Great, not only are TSA employees a bunch of brain dead, sexually frustrated, finger phuqing perverts.

But, now, we're finding out they're a
bunch of brain dead, sexually frustrated, finger phuqing perverts, that just happen to be racists, too.

Anyone surprised? I'm not.

**irish_2003** · 06-15-2011, 05:42 PM

they should be targeting towelheads

**maniclion** · 06-15-2011, 08:05 PM

Originally Posted by irish_2003

they should be targeting towelheads

None of the guys involved in 9/11 had towels on their heads....

**irish_2003** · 06-15-2011, 08:06 PM

Originally Posted by maniclion

None of the guys involved in 9/11 had towels on their heads....

towelheads, ragheads, camel jockeys, sand niggers, etc

**LAM** · 06-16-2011, 07:32 AM

Originally Posted by maniclion

None of the guys involved in 9/11 had towels on their heads....

terrorism is the last thing US citizens need to be concerned about. 9/11 never would of happened if not for the back-stabbing done by those in DC that played those in the middle-east (Bin Laden and the mujahideen guerrillas) against the Russians to bankrupt them and end the cold war. the Taliban rose from the afghan refugees that fleed to pakistan. this is why the Pakistani gov did not tell the US about the whereabouts of Bin Laden.

the war in Iraq is pretty much finishing up what was started in WWI. after the fall of the ottoman empire the British Empire installed their puppet leader which then signed a 75 year agreement with british and uk oil company's. in 1958 that government was overthrown by Qasim who was a communist, he then changed the agreement with british and us oil company's. the US via the CIA financed the coup that put Saddam into power in Iraq. When Saddam decided to invade Iran the US provided him with all the money and weapons he needed, even anthrax, etc. When his plan failed to obtain Iran oil fields is when Saddam invaded Kuwait, but the Emir was an ally of the US, this started Gulf War I.

World War I ended in 1918 the 75 year agreement was up in 1993.

**DOMS** · 06-16-2011, 08:54 AM

Targeting Mexicans travelers on planes?

I fly a lot (most in the South-Western states) and I barely ever see any Mexicans on the planes. The only Mexicans at the airports are cleaning toilets or serving food.

80% or more of the passengers are white. Those that aren't are usually black or Asian.

Targeting Mexicans on planes doesn't make much sense. Nor should it be that hard.

**Big Smoothy** · 06-16-2011, 09:43 AM

Report: Newark airport screeners targeted Mexicans and Dominicans

Good send them back to the turd world.

**GearsMcGilf** · 06-16-2011, 09:58 AM

Originally Posted by LAM

terrorism is the last thing US citizens need to be concerned about. 9/11 never would of happened if not for the back-stabbing done by those in DC that played those in the middle-east (Bin Laden and the mujahideen guerrillas) against the Russians to bankrupt them and end the cold war. the Taliban rose from the afghan refugees that fleed to pakistan. this is why the Pakistani gov did not tell the US about the whereabouts of Bin Laden.

the war in Iraq is pretty much finishing up what was started in WWI. after the fall of the ottoman empire the British Empire installed their puppet leader which then signed a 75 year agreement with british and uk oil company's. in 1958 that government was overthrown by Qasim who was a communist, he then changed the agreement with british and us oil company's. the US via the CIA financed the coup that put Saddam into power in Iraq. When Saddam decided to invade Iran the US provided him with all the money and weapons he needed, even anthrax, etc. When his plan failed to obtain Iran oil fields is when Saddam invaded Kuwait, but the Emir was an ally of the US, this started Gulf War I.

World War I ended in 1918 the 75 year agreement was up in 1993.

True, except for the part about terrorism being the last thing the US needs to be worried about. If I think there's an arab Islamic fanatic, with a bomb up his ass, wanting to take down the plain, I'm going to be a bit concerned. Frankly, terrorism is a combo of religious fanaticism and politics that date back to the fall of the Ottomans.

Regardless, the motives are irrelevant at this point and airport security must be a priority and we need to stop groping every blue-haired old lady and 6 year old child and utilize effective profiling, just as every other branch of law enforcement agency in the world is already doing with a great deal of success.

Bottom line, an individual who wants to take down an airplane full of westerners is less likely to be a lilly white blond/blue college student from Denmark than he would be a (likely clean shaven and well dressed) male from Jordan or Pakistan of the muslim faith.

**bwrag** · 06-16-2011, 10:09 AM

Should target them alittle less on planes and more at the border

**LAM** · 06-16-2011, 10:38 AM

Originally Posted by GearsMcGilf

Regardless, the motives are irrelevant at this point and airport security must be a priority and we need to stop groping every blue-haired old lady and 6 year old child and utilize effective profiling, just as every other branch of law enforcement agency in the world is already doing with a great deal of success.

Bottom line, an individual who wants to take down an airplane full of westerners is less likely to be a lilly white blond/blue college student from Denmark than he would be a (likely clean shaven and well dressed) male from Jordan or Pakistan of the muslim faith.

you have done some traveling around the world so you know what it's like in other international airports out of country and the procedures and quality of airport security in the US is a joke. you don't get felt up anywhere else in the world except for the US. we need to hire professionals and not a bunch of tards that barely got out of HS. we need to go in the direction in-between maybe germany and israel in terms of security procedures. since the US is a large country and has many international airports we need to come up with some kind of ID for frequent flyers since they do the majority of the traveling.

my gf told me yesterday that her older sister flew out of LaGuardia on monday with a tire iron in her purse they didn't find it until she got to Charlotte. she had forgot it was in there but security in NY missed it.

**Chubby** · 06-16-2011, 10:44 AM

Why only mexicans, why not illegals from other countries too? Or because it is too convenient for them to target illegal mexicans. There are so many illegal asians, africans and europeans in the UC.

**Chubby** · 06-16-2011, 10:52 AM

I personally know some nonmexican illegals who used fake documents to get UC citizenship. I called Homeland Security to inform it. They told me there is nothing they can do about it.

**SFW** · 06-16-2011, 10:55 AM

Well, they had to make quota over there. head fatso would be breathing down necks if they didnt toss some beaner bags. They probably found a lot of sharpie markers on those mexican women.

**Striker.** · 06-16-2011, 10:56 AM

Originally Posted by Chubby

Why only mexicans, why not illegals from other countries too? Or because it is too convenient for them to target illegal mexicans. There are so many illegal asians, africans and europeans in the UC.

Mexicans are the ones causing the most immediate problems at the moment.
When others start doing it, they will get the same treatments as well.

Originally Posted by Chubby

What makes you think others are not causing problems. Do we even know how many nonmexican illegals are here in the UC.

They are causing the most problems is what I said, therefore garner the most attention.

**Chubby** · 06-16-2011, 11:01 AM

Originally Posted by Striker.

Mexicans are the ones causing the most immediate problems at the moment.
When others start doing it, they will get the same treatments as well.

What makes you think others are not causing problems. Do we even know how many nonmexican illegals are here in the UC.

**SFW** · 06-16-2011, 11:02 AM

Originally Posted by Chubby

I personally know some nonmexican illegals who used fake documents to get UC citizenship. I called Homeland Security to inform it. They told me there is nothing they can do about it.

I know Dominicans here with stolen ID's posing as PR.

**Chubby** · 06-16-2011, 11:06 AM

Originally Posted by SFW

I know Dominicans here with stolen ID's posing as PR.

Tell me who is she/he.

**SFW** · 06-16-2011, 11:12 AM

Uhh, we'll call him coyote de drogas for now. He speaks very little english and Rocks Nike shox w/out socks.

**DOMS** · 06-16-2011, 11:46 AM

Mexico is more a threat to the US than any Arab country.

**LAM** · 06-16-2011, 12:03 PM

the hondurans, guatemalans and nicaraguan's have been in the US for decades now but everyone lumps them into the "mexican" category.

the problems caused by neo-liberal economic policies and NAFTA do not effect those at the top making 5-10M a year. the more people in the country the greater the opportunity they have to sell their goods and/or services.

**irish_2003** · 06-16-2011, 12:07 PM

so basically, the more liberal our country gets- the more fucked up it gets.......oh no, here we go now with LAM's copy and paste arguments in rebuttal.....lol

**LAM** · 06-16-2011, 12:22 PM

Originally Posted by irish_2003

so basically, the more liberal our country gets- the more fucked up it gets.......oh no, here we go now with LAM's copy and paste arguments in rebuttal.....lol

I don't copy and past squat...what are you talking about?

**Curt James** · 06-16-2011, 10:09 PM

Originally Posted by LAM

my gf told me yesterday that her older sister flew out of LaGuardia on monday with a tire iron in her purse they didn't find it until she got to Charlotte. she had forgot it was in there but security in NY missed it.

How big was the purse... or how small was the tire iron?

Originally Posted by Chubby

What makes you think others are not causing problems. Do we even know how many nonmexican illegals are here in the UC.

Did you mean the U.S.?

**Curt James** · 06-16-2011, 10:10 PM

Originally Posted by Striker.

Mexicans are the ones causing the most immediate problems at the moment. (snip)

You have a cite for that or are you just offering your opinion?

Oh, and unrelated to this thread, but out of curiosity, did you previously post as Chill, Realist, shooter, et al.?

Step out of line, please. I'm going to have to search your luggage.

**Chubby** · 06-16-2011, 10:27 PM

Originally Posted by Curt James

Did you mean the U.S.?

I don't feel like it is USA anymore.

It is United Corporation of America (UCA) now.

**Chubby** · 06-16-2011, 10:29 PM

Originally Posted by LAM

the hondurans, guatemalans and nicaraguan's have been in the US for decades now but everyone lumps them into the "mexican" category.

Poor mexicans

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