New York apologises after Britons seized in security scare

Eugene

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Tue Jul-26-05 10:10 PM
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New York apologises after Britons seized in security scare

http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,1536635,00.html

New York apologises after Britons seized in security scare

Gary Younge in New York
Wednesday July 27, 2005
The Guardian

New York's mayor, Michael Bloomberg, has apologised to a group of
British tourists after armed police swarmed on to an open-top
sightseeing bus, handcuffed them and forced them to kneel on Broadway.

The five Sikh tourists from Birmingham were ordered off the bus on
Sunday with their hands bound behind their backs after a tour company
employee called police to report that they seemed suspicious.

The police cordoned off the block for 90 minutes, ordered all 60
passengers off the bus, and searched their belongings and then their
bodies. The five men were then identified by the employee and cuffed.

<snip>

Mr Bloomberg advised New Yorkers to use common sense when reporting
anything suspect and to avoid profiling people.

"It turned out that these people did not present any threat
whatsoever," he said.

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Benhurst

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Tue Jul-26-05 10:11 PM
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1. They hate us for our freedoms. NT

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tocqueville

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Tue Jul-26-05 10:13 PM
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2. morality : don't wear a turban or you are in deep shit trouble

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alcibiades_mystery

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Tue Jul-26-05 10:30 PM
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3. They weren't wearing turbans

Just saying.

I think these were reformed Sikhs...;-)

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ConcernedCanuk

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Tue Jul-26-05 11:10 PM
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4. Jus keep on "winning the Hearts and Minds"

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The benevolence of the USA just has no BOUNDS!!

Right . . . . :eyes:

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leesa

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Tue Jul-26-05 11:37 PM
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5. Do you think the frightened little mice in America and the UK will finally

realize this is no way to live and end this maniacal war on terror?

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