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[KSweeley]

Link: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy...urity-screening-by-getting-naked-for-the-tsa/

An Oregon man who stripped naked at an airport security screening checkpoint must pay a $500 fine after a federal appeals court ruled that the First Amendment does not protect this method of protest.

The nude protest at Portland International Airport (PDX) by a traveler named John Brennan prompted legal action by both the federal government and the state of Oregon. Portland prosecutors charged him with indecent exposure. A local judge acquitted him, saying that Oregon cannot "punish" him for his nudity, which amounted to protest speech protected by the First Amendment.

Federal authorities also imposed a civil fine for violating a US law that prohibits "interference with screening personnel." The 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals, siding with the government, ruled last week that the First Amendment is no defense to getting naked in a TSA security line.

 

[TheCochese]

"Check this baggage!"

 

[Gallbaro]

Vermont Disagrees.

 

[TheSpoiler]

It was just a protest bro

 

[ThisGuy]

"Check this baggage!"

Hah!

 

[Stinkles]

He just wanted the metal detector to see what the MRI saw.

Junk. As far as the eye can see...

 

[HP_Wuvcraft]

"Check this baggage!"

"Sir, I'm going to have to ask you to check all that junk in the trunk."

 

[NullPointer]

"Sorry, you can’t protest security screening by getting naked for the TSA"

Sure you can. Just prepare to be fined.

 

[lethial]

I heard it was a pretty small protest.

 

[plagiarize]

$500 civil fine? I presume it's cost him more with court fees, but that's really not too bad. They could have tried to slap him with sex offender charges.

 

[meltingparappa]

I'm pretty sure Penn Jillette recounted doing this once.

 

[Escape Goat]

Was he hot?

Edit - check link. Nope.

 

[norm9]

Terrible decision by the United states of puritans.

 

[HStallion]

He could have just told them he had a cock piercing.

 

[TheExecutive]

Hmm. Wonder if he will have to register as a sex offender if a kid was around. What a stupid fucking idea.

 

[marrec]

Ya well I'm getting naked to protest this.

 

[CambriaRising]

This is an unjust interpretation of the law.

 

[KDR_11k]

Of course, in the US the first amendment does not apply to TEH NUDEZ!