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I love these quirky stories like these. In an alternate universe where people would think a bit more kindly of strangers, they might have given him a low level job instead and a place to stay. And I just woke up.
Reminds me of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Terminal
Which was itself (very loosely) based on the real-life story of the guy who lived in Charles de Gaulle airport for many years: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mehran_Karimi_Nasseri I saw him there once in 2005.
I feel like I am missing a lot
Help the guy get home and then provide psychiatric care. Have we all lost any sense of compassion?
"Based upon the need for airports to be absolutely secure so that people feel safe to travel, I do find those alleged actions do make him a danger to the community." That is such an obvious non-sequitur, shoot-the-messenger attitude to security. The "danger to the community" stems from the officials at the airport who failed to make the airport safe and prevent this sort of situation from developing.
It seems like this was a bail hearing, where “danger to the community” is a condition—-and not a particularly rigorous one—-required to set bail[0]. Since his bail was set at $1000 according to the article, it seems like the judge also didn’t believe this guy was really all that dangerous either. It’s important not to confuse this finding purely for bail purposes from a preliminary exam with any actual finding of gui…
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Came here to say the exact same thing. If anything him living for 3 month in a highly secure area without doing anything nefarious is proof that he is not a danger to the community. What is wrong with that judge, if it was the prosecute saying this ok, but the judge?!
They often reason backwards. They want to order bail, but danger-to-community is a required condition for bail (as pointed out in another comment), so they proclaim that he is indeed a danger.
Airport security theatre apparently completely collapsed into a bizzaro world where wet streets cause rain and actors behave like they are on strong drugs. So, we are talking about the area you are in after a flight, yes? Remind me, BBC, why is that a "secure" area? In case people smuggle bombs/weapons on a flight, just do nothing on the flight and than harm people afterwards?! I get that you want the are to be a one…
> Remind me, BBC, why is that a "secure" area?
Isn't this a question for the US prosecutors?
Failing that, if you want to blame the press, the Chicago Tribune? They felt the need to also include a photo.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Which was itself (very loosely) based on the real-life story of the guy who lived in Charles de Gaulle airport for many years: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mehran_Karimi_Nasseri I saw him there once in 2005.
he lived there almost 18 years - incredible
From reading the Wikipedia he seemed to be quite stubborn as both Belgium and France offered residency, but for whatever reason he wanted to go to Britain?
Lol, does the airport ToS say that you need to exit within?