Angry 62-year-old Pulls Pants Down at Miami Airport Checkpoint

AP ^ | July 10, 2002

[Shermy]

MIAMI - An angry 62-year-old man gave security workers and other travelers an eyeful, dropping his pants and exposing himself while being searched at Miami International Airport.

Marc Danselme, a French national who lives in Washington, was arrested Tuesday after becoming belligerent while being screened on Concourse E, according to a police report.

After one of the screeners asked him to turn his belt over, Danselme became irate, dropped his pants and said, "Is this good enough?"

Fellow passengers as well as some children were present when Danselme exposed himself, police said. He was arrested and taken to the airport's police station, where he was charged with "prohibited conduct."

Danselme was at a pretrial detention center Wednesday with bail set at dlrs 500, said jail spokeswoman Chandra Gavin. His case was assigned to the public defenders office.

[ladyinred]

ROTFL!
I love this story! Made my day after reading all of the negative stuff on here!

[cynicom]

They should fine him also for being French, serve him right.

[MadelineZapeezda]

Moon over Miami!

[Willie Green]

After one of the screeners asked him to turn his belt over, Danselme became irate, dropped his pants and said, "Is this good enough?"

Gotta let the guy go.
This is just a deeply ingrained, reflexive action for a surrender monkey.

[Texasforever]

This is just a deeply ingrained, reflexive action for a surrender monkey.

BWAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

[martin_fierro]

Those brave, brave French.

[Will_Zurmacht]

this is an airport, not the clinton white house

pants are not optional

I assume he was suffering from "security screening rage", a recently discovered, federally funded disability

[Slyfox]

After all, he is a likely terrorist.

[Semper Paratus]

"They asked for some collateral so I, pulled down my pants."
Bob Dylan

[Bandolier]

ROFLMAO You go, Granpa! Give 'em hell.

[neutrino]

Sounds like full and voluntary compliance with the rules. In fact, perhaps this can be the next step in making air travel a better experience. Everyone EXCEPT arab males, age 17 to 40, must be completely naked so that the screeners can do a thorough search.

Of course everyone knows that islam is a religion of peace and love, so the arabs can be exempt from these rules. They can carry on whatever they like with complete impunity.

Hey, Norm Mineta! Is that good enough for you?

[mamelukesabre]

"surrender monkey"

is that a euphamism for the male organ?

[Fixit]

prohibited conductleading to a stay at a pretrial detention center

Who named these, The Ministy of Truth?

[rollin]

If the screening were effective, perhaps, we should tolerate it.

However, airport security is nothing but a joke and those of you who think differently have not been in the security field.

There is a simple adage that works. Keep it simple stupid and Stay focused.

The current security system does neither. The only think it truly accomplishes is harrassment of the flying public, bringing on a drop in revenues, and eventually, the destruction of the airline industry.

So Osama wins!

[Mulder]

I think this man should be given American citizenship for refusing to humbly submit to the airport gestapo.

[They'reGone2000]

Nothing to see here, folks. Move along.

[Willie Green]

is that a euphamism for the male organ?

Only if you equate male organs with the French Army.

[FreedomFriend]

Some of you need to get over your anti-French sentiment. If you ask me, it reeks with the same thing you accuse them of being.

[DallasMike]

Funny how we know this guy is a French national right off the bat, but the guy who murdered the two Jews at LAX on July 4th wasn't identified as an Egyptian Muslim until the next day, and even then very quietly.