Standing Up for Larry

The American Land Rights Association is calling for a boycott of Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport to protest the treatment of Larry Craig. The group's press release (PDF) is blunt:

By ambushing Senator Larry Craig, the Minneapolis St Paul Airport Police have effectively declared war on the West. They are primarily responsible for greatly weakening private property rights and Federal land use advocates in the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee and in Congress.

The rationale:

Nothing in the police report or interview says Larry Craig actually did anything unlawful. The policeman was reading Senator Craig's body language and the tea leaves to divine what he was thinking about doing or trying to do. In other words, the policeman was profiling visitors to the restroom at the Minneapolis St Paul International Airport. It was the policeman's perception that Senator Craig was trying to do something. In other words, he was following a profile. Larry Craig deserves our support and action on his behalf. The whole arrest report is flimsy and the profiling may make it illegal.

I… don't imagine the boycott will succeed. But I like having this opinion out there.

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