He said he already went through TSA, had his ID checked and went through facial recognition.
  • leadore@lemmy.world
    108·
    5 days ago

    John Phillips had made it through TSA, had his ID checked and went through facial recognition before agents stopped him as he was boarding, he said.

    He says after about five minutes in handcuffs, agents found his Georgia ID and showed him a picture of the man they were actually looking for. “He looks nothing like me, other than that he’s a white guy and I’m a white guy,” Phillips said

    Delta and TSA were cooperating with ICE, so at any time through this process, ICE could have examined his ID and compared their faces and everything they needed to figure out he wasn’t the guy they were looking for, but it was only after they “pinned him to the wall and put him in handcuffs” and screamed at him, did they look at his ID and decide he wasn’t their guy.

    What this tells us is that they went through with roughing him up, terrifying him, and inducing PTSD just because they wanted to and knew they could get away with it. They knew he wasn’t the person they were looking for, but they weren’t going to pass up a chance to have their fun. Sick pieces of shit.

    • PancakesCantKillMe@lemmy.world
      54·
      5 days ago

      In addition to the reasons you’ve brought up, it’s also a public display of violent enforcement in an effort to further subdue the populace.

    • Tiral@lemmy.world
      162·
      5 days ago

      No one cares. Let me reiterate, no one cares beyond a “thoughts and prayers” bullshit sentiment. They just go “it wasn’t me so it isn’t my problem” until it’s them and no one helps them and they can’t figure out why.

      Not trying to encite violence, but until people are actually DONE with this shit it won’t change and probably get worse. I don’t mean hold signs, no one gives a flying crap that you’re walking around with a sign. Nothing has changed from a sign since the civil rights movement.