Green Activist John Stewart Denied Entry To United States

[Turborama]

Source: Huffington Post

Being escorted by six policemen at JFK Airport is a great way to jump the lines, green activist John Stewart tells The Huffington Post.

Stewart, chairman of Heathrow Association for the Control of Aircraft Noise (HACAN), was on his way to the U.S. for a cross-country tour to discuss aviation impacts and HACAN's success in preventing expansion at Heathrow Airport. Instead, he was escorted by policemen off his Delta Airlines flight once it landed at JFK on September 29.

Reports of the incident said Stewart was escorted off the plane last Thursday because he had made a vague threat to President Obama during the flight, but he told HuffPost this is not what happened:

"We landed at JFK airport and all the passengers were moving around and an announcement came over asking everyone to take their seats. A moment or two later, six policemen came through the door. I didn't think anything of it until they came up to me, they asked me if I was John Stewart, and then they escorted me off the plane," he said.

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/06/john-stewart-denied-us-entry_n_996336.html?ir=Travel

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[Demeter]

11. Occupy Wall Street

[ixion]

5. exactly.

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[polmaven]

8. And what does

Occupy Wall Street have to do with this story? :shrug:

[Orrex]

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[Orrex]

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[Nihil]

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[valerief]

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Irony Police. No Press.

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[Orrex]

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[valerief]

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[krabigirl]

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