"Man charged with dropping shorts in Minneapolis airport security line"

Wednesday, July 14, 2004

Man charged with dropping shorts in Minneapolis airport security line 
The Associated Press 


Travelers are used to removing their shoes at the airport, but one
passenger took it a step further and dropped his shorts, airport police
said.

Police said a security screener was waving a metal-detecting wand over
Daryl Miller's pants area on Friday when Miller pulled his shorts down
to his ankles. He wasn't wearing any underwear.

Miller then said, ``There, how do you like your job,'' thus ending the
screening, according to the police report. Airport police charged him
with indecent exposure, and he was released after paying $300 bail.

``We've never had anybody do that before,'' said airport police Lt. Matt
Christenson. ``But it's not abnormal for people to become frustrated
with the screening process.''

Miller also became belligerent during the screening, Transportation
Security Administration officers told police. One TSA employee also told
police that Miller had a note inside a magazine in his bag with an
expletive, and told a TSA employee ``Oh yeah, it's for you'' when asked
who the note was directed at.

The story was first reported Monday by KSTP-TV in St. Paul.

Miller did not return a phone message left at his home by The Associated
Press.

``This person exposed themself in a public area, a clear violation of
the law, and we needed to take some action on that, otherwise everybody
would be dropping their pants,'' Christenson said.

In August 2003, the TSA said a man removed his pants during a screening
at Hollywood International Airport in Florida. That man, who was wearing
boxer shorts, said a security guard had ordered him to remove the pants.


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