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More trouble with the TSA

By William R. Toler

A man arrested during an airport search is now suing the Transportation Security Adminsitration.

Aaron Tobey was arrested for disorderly conduct in December after he stripped down to his shorts for an enhanced pat down, according to Wired.com. In addition to making the search easier, Tobey had a paraphrased scribbling of the Fourth Amendment written on his chest in marker to protest the procedure.

Two weeks later, county prosecutors dropped the charges against the 21-year-old University of Cincinati student. Earlier this month, Tobey filed a law suit seeking $250,000.

Tobey claims in the suit that he was “arrested without probable cause, falsely imprisoned and maliciously prosocuted for the partial removal of his clothing and display of the text of the Fourth Amendment on his chest during enhanced screening procedures.” He also insists that his First and Fourth Amendments were violated.
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