[Not A Snowbird]

It's one thing to search people at random in the name of public safety, but it is grossly unacceptable in a place where law-abiding citizens aren't even allowed to carry firearms for their own protection.

Two different issues, but you have a point.

[Alberta's Child]

This is also a city that openly refuses to notify the INS when illegal immigrants are arrested by the police.

F#ck them, and f#ck their stupid random searches. The brutal truth here is that the only way they can effectively prevent terrorism in New York City is by engaging in large-scale deportation and de-populating large swaths of this urban toilet.