 
What. The. Fuck. Police state anyone? We're already on camera all the time in New York. Random bag searches will just make subway travel even MORE difficult, in addition to being completely unreasonable. Will I be late for work because they need to search some old lady on my train? Will I be searched repeatedly because I carry a black record bag that looks like a cooler from the future?
New York City will begin making random checks of bags and backpacks at subway stations, commuter railways and on buses, officials announced today in the wake of a second wave of bombings on the London transit system. The checks will begin on Friday morning. [...]
People who do not submit to a search will be allowed to leave, but will not be permitted into the subway station. [...]
"We're going to alert our passengers on the subways as well as the commuter rail lines that their packages are subject to inspection," he said. "It's a safety issue. People don't consider any measures that you take for safety to be an inconvenience. This is New York City."
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