NFL's pat-down policy challenged - suit filed to stop searches

SAN FRANCISCO
NFL's pat-down policy challenged
49ers season-ticket holders, ACLU sue to stop searches
Cicero A. Estrella, Chronicle Staff Writer

Friday, December 16, 2005


Two longtime 49ers season ticket holders have sued the football organization over the pat-down searches it has implemented before games at Monster Park this season.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California filed the suit Thursday in San Francisco Superior Court on behalf of Dan Sheehan, a season-ticket holder for almost 40 years, and his wife, Kathleen, alleging that the team's policy violates the couple's right to privacy under the state Constitution.

"Something's not right here," said Dan Sheehan, a retired glazier who said he'd owned season tickets since 1967. "You don't get a pat-down for going to a public event. That doesn't happen in my country."

The National Football League, citing post-Sept. 11 terrorism concerns, issued a directive before the start of the season for its 32 teams to conduct mandatory searches of fans before they enter stadiums.

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I mean, how easy is it for a liberal (read: poor!) to have season tickets since 1967? WHILE RETIRED?? And have kids who can afford season tickets, too???

Watch, the repukes will try to tie this person to Cindy . . .

because it has been hijacked by neocons who are establishing another country foreign to our Constitution and values, not to keep us safe, but to keep us fearful, quiet, unquestioning, and obedient. :cry: