RTOlson
Lead Service Attendant
Interesting story from the Denver Post about the city of La Junta settling a lawsuit filed by a man wrongfully detained for three days. According to the story, Amtrak called local police in Jan. 2010 after a couple of passengers allegedly overheard Ojore Lutalo of New Jersey make statements on the phone about bombing the train and al-Queda. Other passengers nearby reportedly didn't hear any threatening comments.
The city isn't admitting liability in the settlement. Mr. Lutalo's background is definitely ... colorful -- he was involved in two shootouts about 30 years ago and he was coming back from an event called the "Anarchist Book Fair" in Los Angeles.
Regardless of his past, I think it's an interesting civil liberties and security issue. Whaddya think?
The city isn't admitting liability in the settlement. Mr. Lutalo's background is definitely ... colorful -- he was involved in two shootouts about 30 years ago and he was coming back from an event called the "Anarchist Book Fair" in Los Angeles.
Regardless of his past, I think it's an interesting civil liberties and security issue. Whaddya think?