U.S. Customs break Mo Farrah's lock to search his bag

I don't see anything on instagram about a bag but am not an expert on instagram. Man people are bashing Mo with some drug jokes on there pretty hard.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BRohbZ9A-67/?hl=en

Is that Abdi training with him? What the hell is Abdi doing in Africa? Flagstaff is like a couple hours from his home.

Jayordon wrote:

can't find your story wrote:

Source? I can't find this story anywhere. Are you spreading rumours?

look at his instagram

Nothing on his instagram relating to this whatsoever

PrZ wrote:

Jayordon wrote:

look at his instagram

Nothing on his instagram relating to this whatsoever

he took the post down (probably because he realized he was in the wrong, but possibly because of all of the drug jokes).

It appeared on his story (the thing on the top when you are on the feed page). I think those don't stay on your profile after a day.

This is the entire reason that they sell special locks for luggage. TSA can open a luggage lock, so they don't have to break it to search the bag, and they can just put the thing back on after they've looked inside. Yes, if you insist on using a different kind of lock for some reason, they might break it, buy you knew that when you put the lock on.

oijkoo wrote:

Numbers Game wrote:

He wasn't pulled out of line. His bag was searched. Also, regarding the former, your n=1 experience is not applicable to an entire world experience. Huge bias there. I am Korean, if that matters.

So give the numbers that indicate bias or your statement is just as useless as an individual experience.

Also, do baggage handlers know who owns the bags when they are selected for search?

You're missing the point regarding being screened. Are there more non-white people that travel by air over the world? Or more non-white? What about the actual location of the checkpoint- ie Reykjavik vs Nairobi? Does the ethnicity of the security play a part in who is selected out of line? Many, many factors in this. A carte blanche statement is silly. The chances of some crazy Islamist militant of getting on your plane with a bomb is astronomically low. If you have a radicalized islamist group who is fighting for their cause, who would they try to recruit to support their cause? A white, middle class American who has a family background in Christianity. Besides, the onus is not on me. That would be on the poster making claims. I am a naturalized Korean-American by marriage, and I travel very often. Not once have I ever felt targeted. And for the last gasp of what you'll hear from me on this: he wasn't pulled out of line. His checked bag was searched. Massive difference.

Oh there's a barrier in the picture

Must be switching to the steeplechase

you seriously think that people with Muslim names or clothing are not targeted more often?

farah is one record for hating on dictator trump. he cannot undo his interwebs postings. dope farah --under the salazar usada invesigation--, the xperienced? world traveller, decides to lock his luggage and attempt to enter trumpland. . . . the end result was predictable to everyone except travel-expert farah.

Yet another case of blatant islamophobia!!!

Bit strange the picture of his mom though. Weren't they refugees?

I'm pretty sure they don't care if your baggage is locked or not, they will search it. I've flown twice and both times tsa searched my baggage.

Airtraveeler wrote:

I'm pretty sure they don't care if your baggage is locked or not, they will search it. I've flown twice and both times tsa searched my baggage.

I had my bag searched on international travel before. No big deal. Use a zip tie that makes is easy for TSA to open, or a luggage where TSA has a special skeleton key from the maker to open it up.

None of you seem like frequent travelers ouside of N America and Europe.

Anyone who has been anywhere in the global south knows you want a legit lock on your bag. So the baggage handler robs the next bag instead.

I think the answer is both number 2 and 3.

Holbythebear wrote:

Is this targeted at Mo Farah for being a drug cheat suspect, or that he is from Somalia, or is this just a routine procedure?

I am a white male and I have never flow international and NOT had the lock broken on a bag. Probably 6 times before I gave up.

Real 4:05 wrote:

None of you seem like frequent travelers ouside of N America and Europe.

Anyone who has been anywhere in the global south knows you want a legit lock on your bag. So the baggage handler robs the next bag instead.

The baggage handlers in the US are empowered to break the locks to steal whatever they want. It is part of the US "we're all so frightened of Islam that we'll give the secret police even more extra powers" phenomenon.

dutiest wrote:

you seriously think that people with Muslim names or clothing are not targeted more often?

I certainly hope they would be targeted more often. What kind of keystone cops operation would not put a huge emphasis on that being a key indicator? Pretty sure there aren't a lot of white dudes from New Zeeland named Smith beheading folks in the name of Jesus or Buddha while yelling death of America.

Pro basketball teams favor tall black guys who can jump really high. Short slow white guys who can't jump seem to get a pass. Seems to work ok.

People lock their bags so baggage handlers dont plant drugs in them and take them out at the destination, which they routinely do. So what did they suspect Mo had in his baggage that was illegal.