TSA, JetBlue Pay Arab Man $240,000 In T-Shirt Discrimination Case

Raed Jarrar, a US resident, was apprehended as he waited to board a JetBlue flight from New York to Oakland, California, and told to remove his shirt, which had written on it in Arabic: "We will not be silent."

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January 6, 2009 at 12:55 pm - ACLU
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barry   January 6th, 2009 - 2:34 pm

I fly Jetblue out of JFk almost every week and you can guarantee next week I will be wearing T-shirt and jeans covered in arabic.
In this down economy I could really use the money.
How could Jetblue be so stupid
TSA: Thousands Standing Around

Kingfish   January 6th, 2009 - 2:34 pm

muslims shouldn’t be allowed on planes , trains or buses .
don’t pickup muslims hitchhikers .

revhatchell   January 6th, 2009 - 2:41 pm

home of the brave.

how many years of cold war did we survive w/o acting like scared children and give our rights away?

the bush regime used fear to control you.

don’t let it happen again.

GlobalObserver   January 6th, 2009 - 3:21 pm

I’d like to see the media investigate this guy like they did “Joe the Plumber” and see what they come up with.

Other   January 6th, 2009 - 3:23 pm

Jet Blue hasn’t been making good decisions lately.

StatingTheObvious   January 6th, 2009 - 3:53 pm

The ACLU is a joke. There’s never any outrage when a terrorist blows up and kills innocent people. But oh my gosh…this poor fellow had to remove his t-shirt. Wow, the pain that must have caused him.

And who has to look at their shirt to know what they’re wearing before they step foot on a plane? Good thing he didn’t put his underpants on over his jeans because he probably wouldn’t have realized that either until someone pointed it out to him.

Will this guy donate the $240,000 to help the real victims of Muslim terrorism?

Unbelievable!

Lenny   January 6th, 2009 - 4:08 pm

If I was on a plane about to take off and I saw a Muslim on the same flight, wearing that shirt, I would have gotten off that airplane.

I’m not a racist or anything, but it’s just a different world since 9-11.

Americans learned that day that no one is safe if a Muslim has a goal. (I know and am friends with many very nice Muslims, it’s the bad Muslims I’m referring to here.)

Sorry, but it’s the truth, these terrorists have no concern for human life, and go out of their way to target civilians.

I’m in Jet Blue’s corner on this one.

Larse   January 6th, 2009 - 5:00 pm

Hahahahahhaaa!!

Only in America is freedom of speech still worth something!! :D

Bryon   January 6th, 2009 - 6:01 pm

Funny that ACLU never took up the case of the dude that wore the Muhammad shirt that looked like the cartoon Muhammad with a bomb hat and he was not allowed on the plane ( Sacramento Ca). Or the girl who wore a ” Lord save them” shirt and was not allowed into school unless she changed shirts( Bolder Co,)…ACLU hates White America and everything it stands for… Arab bombers YES!!! Old Christian women and girls NO!! Gays YES ,, Straights NO!!! I HATE THE ACLU

PHUK the ARAB!   January 6th, 2009 - 6:41 pm

Go suk the $$ up your WEASEL AS! you POS!

H.E.   January 6th, 2009 - 9:20 pm

I will never fly this airline. Ever. I hope they go banko, as they are terrorism facilitators.

pissed off american   January 7th, 2009 - 5:39 pm

I am going to fly a Muslim airline with a cartoon of mohammed on my t-shirt. I bet they will pay me for having my rights offended….no wait… its Islam…Ill prob get my head cut off……..give me a break. We need to kick them all out of our country and let them kill each other off at home.

sallu25   March 30th, 2009 - 10:09 pm

Kingfish: dumb asses like you should be where they belong: in a 4 by 4 cellar.
So, how is wearing a shirt signify that someone is a terrorist. Give me a break. If the guy did something suspicious or something to that effect then the concern is legitimate. The problem is that Islamaphobia has spread quite rapidly by right wing wackos. Every time we see a muslim, we think oh, he must be a terrorist. This is a free country and if anyone is choosing to express their views by wearing a shirt then hell he/she has the right to do that. If you have a problem with what someone is wearing then don’t look at it. Simple.

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