Man Wearing Optimus Prime Shirt Threatened With Arrest @ LHR

[Matt Molnar]

Evening Standard:

Man threatened with arrest at Heathrow for wearing Transformers T-shirt
Last updated at 14:04pm on 02.06.08

An airline passenger claimed that a security guard threatened to arrest him because he was wearing a T-shirt showing a cartoon robot with a gun.

Brad Jayakody, 30, from London, said he was stopped from passing through security at Heathrow's Terminal 5 after his Transformers T-shirt was deemed 'offensive.'

The IT consultant was set to fly off on a business trip to Dusseldorf in Germany when he was pulled to one side. [Full Article]

Heathrow security trying to give TSA a run for its money in the irrational behavior department? :)

[stuart schechter]

Wow, how low can people get? It's Optimus Prime for cryin' out loud! :roll: (oo, new forum smilies!)

[SengaB]

Optimus Prime is now ready to stop these these injustices againt his followers!