Our Creeping Police State: How Going to the MOA Can Land You in an FBI Counterterrorism Report.

[kickysnana]

http://www.alternet.org/story/152329/our_creeping_police_state%3A_how_going_to_the_mall_of_america_can_land_you_in_an_fbi_counterterrorism_report?page=entire

How writing in a notebook, filming, or looking around too much can throw you into the spooky world of homeland security....

One Iranian man, now 62, began passing out during questioning. An Army veteran sobbed in his car after he was questioned for nearly two hours about video he had taken inside the mall....

There is no way for the public to know exactly how many suspicious activity reports from the Mall of America have ended up with local, state and federal authorities. CIR and NPR asked 29 law enforcement agencies under open government laws for reports on suspicious activities. Only the Bloomington Police Department and Minnesota’s state fusion center have turned over at least a portion of the paperwork....

[sfpcjock]

1. But who really needs to go there?

I saw that report on the PBS Newshour. It's kind of disturbing, but most of that stuff on on Amazon, frankly.

[WinkyDink]

4. People who are ambulatory?

[JDPriestly]

2. Face it, the security guards get bored and want to justify their paychecks.

So they become paranoid. What a waste.

[hobbit709]

3. I haven't set foot in any mall for over 20 years.

I never liked them.
The mall rent-a-cops obviously have not enough to do.