Roger Vanderklok was recently held in a Philadelphia prison, charged with making threats to appropriately named petty tyrant TSA supervisor Charles Kieser. Turns out, video shows he did not make any threats. (Future flyers, take note: Vanderklok, a marathon runner, had been detained at the airport because he had power bars packed in a PVC pipe so they didn’t get crushed.) He spent a total of about 20 hours in custody.
...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.Vanderklok has now filed a civil suit against the TSA, the Philadelphia Police Department and the Department of Homeland Security, alleging that he was willfully deprived of his liberty, and his Fifth Amendment rights were violated, by the false statements made against him. Kieser remains employed by the TSA. No charges have been filed against him for what appears to have been outright perjury in his court testimony.
Homeland Security has made no public comment, citing the pending lawsuit. Taxpayers will of course be on the hook for any settlement coming out of the lawsuit.
BONUS: Taxpayers, on behalf of Philadelphia Airport TSA, recently paid out a $25,000 settlement over detaining a college student for possessing Arabic language flashcards.
Peter VanBuren
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