TSA Agent at LAX: “I am god, I’m in charge.”
January 8th, 2010Via: NBC:
They are the first line of defense in airport security but two troubling incidents involving TSA agents at LAX are raising concerns.
A TSA agent was arrested on January 3rd in Terminal One at LAX, a source told NBCLA. He had just gotten off duty and was behaving erratically, saying, “I am god, I’m in charge.”
Meanwhile, a TSA Internal Affairs investigation turned up evidence of LAX TSA agents using drugs at an after-hours party.
TSA officials say a videotape of the party was of poor quality and the employees were not in uniform, but 4 employees were tentatively identified.
All 4 were tested for drugs. One came back positive and that employee was fired.
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Didn’t he say, “I am God” (capital “g”)? In American English (and in this context, at least) leaving out the article “a” implies one is referring to a singular, unique object. If he had said “I am a god”, then the lowercase “g” would have made sense. But clearly, he was talking about the one-and-only God.
Yes, it’s a little thing, but it does affect the impact of the quote, and therefore of the story. And some editor had to make the decision to make it lowercase when obviously it should have been uppercase.
Talking about god at an airport? Why wasn’t this guy just shot instantly? It thought that was standard procedure.