In any human endeavour there is always a chance of error and this is an unfortunate consequence. Therefore it should come as no surprise when stories concerning ethnic profiling of the wrong person happen. This is especially so when western transport systems are at a high and sustained level of threat from Islamists. However no amount of rationalizing can be comfort to the innocent who are caught up in the "dragnet".

John Cerqueira a U.S. citizen of Portugeuse ancestry has been award $400,000 in compensation by an American court. Mr. Cerqueira was deemed a security threat by American Airlines removed from a flight and refused a place on any other American Airlines flight.

Islam and the West

I love the fact that AA, which used to be my favorite airline, back in the day... had to take it up the touche on this one. It's about time. Since when did "looking like one ethnicity or another," entitle a business to deny you service.

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