They just redirected a NYC to Kentucky flight to land in Philly for security reasons. The local media's been covering this for the last hour or two. Well, turns out some dumb bitch freaked out when an Orthodox Jew started praying with a tefillin (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tefillin), also known as a "phylactery". Of course the cop giving the press conference called it an "olfactory" :d'oh:
God, this reminds me of the shit after 9/11 when two Jews got pulled off a plane after some idiot heard them speaking Hebrew, or the train that got stopped when some crazy fucker started screaming and pointing at the "terrorist" on the train-- a Sikh.
These idiots can't even be irrationally prejudiced AGAINST THE RIGHT FUCKIN RELIGION/ETHNICITY!New rule-- IQ and general knowledge testing for all airline passengers and flight attendants (apparently it was a flight attendant's fault this time) prior to being allowed to board any flight. An anchor for the local news said "Well you can hardly blame the person for bringing up the concern". Really? I can't blame someone for being hysterical and ignorant? Wanna bet?