[southern rock]

Ahh yes, the "if you have nothing to hide" business. Maybe his driver's license was expired? Maybe he was in a hurry. Maybe he didn't want to have his money stolen by the kops/"security" screeners. The list is endless. If you have nothing to hide why should you object to (fill in the list of all sorts of intrusive and unconstitutional police state activities). I don't see fleeing as an admission of guilt.

Exactly! This guy is being described as a 40 yr. old white man. If this is true, I bet you this is just some innocent guy that somehow got the "wrong" substance on the bottom of his shoe, and simply decided to not wait around and put up with the Soviet style harassment of airport security.

[Diddle E. Squat]

I don't give a flying flip what convoluted excuses any apologist wants to make for why this guy fled, if he flees a security checkpoint, fill him full of holes.

Make an example of the next person who flees, and others will think twice. We're talking about attempting to prevent someone from conducting mass murder, so you don't just walk away when you determine its inconvenient for you. Right now, the risk for fleeing is apparently low, so raise the stakes. Bullet in the back forced upon themselves when they decided to break the law and break security. And save the Ruby Ridge bullcrap, there is no analogy between the two.

[Mr. Jeeves]

This guy is being described as a 40 yr. old white man.

Which probably means he was a 25-year-old Arab, but they won't say so for reasons of political correctness.