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New Yorkers Mostly Tolerant of Searches

Saturday, July 23, 2005 9:13:44 AM
By JIM FITZGERALD

Juan Rodriguez, of Bridgeport, Conn., front center, has his bag inspected by a member of the New York Police Department, left, at the Grand Central subway station in New York Friday July 22, 2005. Random inspections of packages were being conducted at the station before people went through the turnstiles. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)NEW YORK (AP) - City straphangers submitted calmly Friday as police inspected their bags and briefcases after the latest attacks on London's Underground. Some were skeptical, some were critical, but most said they were glad for the extra security.

"It doesn't bother me," said Davon Campbell, 24, a security worker who waited about four minutes while an officer rifled through his rolling suitcase and two shoulder bags at a station in the Bronx. "I can understand why they're doing it. It's important."

Ron Freeman, 25, a stockbroker whose backpack was searched, said, "They should have done this a long time ago, ever since 9/11."


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