Phil Mocek Wins His Court Case Against the TSA: Acquitted of All Charges

Phil Mocek was arrested at a TSA checkpoint for not complying with the TSA's request. Mocek was video taping the event, which he refused to give the TSA his identification under the Fourth Amendment. He was asked to turn off the camera, which he didn't, and was soon arrested for not cooperating and not giving the TSA agent his ID.



Good news. Mocek has won his court case against the TSA. Mocek challenged the TSA and his arrest, and is known as the first American to take the TSA this far in court. He was acquitted of all charges.



Kurt Nimmo writes:

“[TSA] wants people to show ID and submit to a search and groping, but there’s no legal basis for most of this,” Hasbrouck said. “The TSA relies fundamentally on intimidation. The ultimate threat is ‘We’ll call the local police.’ And when they’re called in, they don’t say ‘We don’t see a crime here.’ They get that person out of there.”

On January 21, a jury cleared Mocek of all misdemeanor charges. “I feel good that we had police and TSA on record saying that you don’t have to show ID to fly and that you can use a camera at the airport,” Mocek told KOBTV 4 in Albuquerque.