UK man held as 'terrorist' after punk song (1 Viewer)

[KatieMutated]

London - British anti-terrorism detectives escorted a man from a plane after a taxi driver had earlier become suspicious when he started singing along to a track by punk band The Clash, police said on Wednesday.

Detectives halted the London-bound flight at Durham Tees Valley Airport in northern England and Harraj Mann, 24, was taken off.

The taxi driver had become worried on the way to the airport because Mann had been singing along to The Clash's 1979 anthem "London Calling," which features the lyrics "Now war is declared - and battle come down" while other lines warn of a "meltdown expected".

Mann told British newspapers the taxi had been fitted with a music system which allowed him to plug in his MP3 player and he had been playing The Clash, Procol Harum, Led Zeppelin and the Beatles to the driver.

"He didn't like Led Zeppelin or The Clash but I don't think there was any need to tell the police," Mann told the Daily Mirror.

A Durham police spokesperson said Mann had been released after questioning - but had missed his flight.

"The report was made with the best of intentions and we wouldn't want to discourage people from contacting us with genuine concerns," she said.

 

[Janer]

Why I think 9/11 was a disaster as it gave the US and to a lesser extent the UK the excuse to clamp down with utter ridcolousness that has since followed.

 

[ravishinrikrude]

that taxi driver needs 100mg's of "wake the fuck up" injected into his forehead and the pigs are no better. what kind of TERRORIST would give a pre action rundown of events via his vocal chords in a taxi on the way to the airport.DOPEZzzz. it's just a pitty that the 9/11 terrorists hadn't watched some annie or the sound of music before they got in their taxi's to the airport. they could have accidentally revealed all through song.