Man sues TSA after being detained for 20 hours over a watch and energy bars

‘Roger Vanderklok is a 57-year-old architect from Philadelphia who participates in half-marathons twice a month. This means he is a frequent flier, traveling around the country to various cities for weekend race events.

Vanderklok has no criminal record and has never been arrested or handcuffed in his life — at least until he tried to pass through the security-screening area at Philadelphia International Airport on Jan. 26, 2013. On that day, he was arrested and detained for more than 20 hours after a Transportation Security Administration supervisor called in the Philadelphia Police.

He was charged with “threatening the placement of a bomb” and making “terroristic threats.”‘

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