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TranscriptionA Twitter post by Kylie Cunningham @kyyylieeeee that reads “today at the airport one of the drug dogs set off a false alarm and officers rushed over to find out the dog had alerted them for a piece of pizza. the handler just patted his head and goes "it's okay buddy i know pizza always confuses you" and gave him his treat anyways.”

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[–] brownsugga@lemmy.world 10 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

I love dogs, but everything the police use to do their jobs are tools of fascism. Airport security has never actually caught a bomb or a terrorist, it's literally just theatre.

[–] ameancow@lemmy.world 1 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

Well, let's back up a little.

There are very real threats to our security and safety in flying, and there is a good argument that security helps discourage all but the most dedicated attempts to enact terrorism or hijacking.

But what gets left out of this argument is why the USA is the target of terrorist attacks and requires so much more security than many other developed nations.

[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 1 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Airport security has never actually caught a bomb or a terrorist

Citation needed.

Alternatively I'd accept "rarely" instead of "never".

[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (2 children)

Citation needed.

Apparently it "happened" once in 1972 with an obvious briefcase on a plane with a bomb threat.

I'll accept any other tale. Even just one.

[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 2 points 11 hours ago

2006 transatlantic aircraft plot - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_transatlantic_aircraft_plot

2017 Australian aeroplane bomb plot - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Australian_aeroplane_bomb_plot

Man who planned to shoot up Atlanta's airport is arrested in a terminal following a tip, police say | abc7.com https://abc7.com/post/man-planned-shoot-atlantas-airport-is-arrested-terminal-following-tip-police-say/18046411/