Most American airline passengers show their patriotism and support for security by cooperating completely with security guards. They know that a nut could get on a plane and wreak all sorts of havoc. So they stand in long lines. They take off their shoes. They open their bags.
Daryl Miller is not one of those Americans.
To prove that he was not carrying any weapons of mass distruction, he dropped his shorts in front of a guard in Minneapolis.
Miller was not wearing underwear. (But then again, who does these days?)
He was charged with indecent exposure.
Miller also had a note in his bag with some vulgar expletives he said was intended for the guard who looked inside.
Airport police Lt. Matt Christenson summed up the matter quite succinctly:
"This person exposed themself in a public area, a clear violation of the law, and we needed to take some action on that, otherwise everybody would be dropping their pants."
And we certainly wouldn't want that, now, would we?

Posted at July 14, 2004 10:50 AM