Is this racial profiling or not?

I was somewhat offended by the young man being arrested last week. I do not like to see people walking around with their underwear showing. So it begs the question, what was the difference between the two. I hope it was just an error in judgement that day by the crew. Either way, there will be a lawsuit to follow.

Last week, 20-year-old Deshon Marman was arrested at San Francisco International Airport after he refused demands by U.S. Airways officials to pull up his sagging pants. Marman intended to fly to Albuquerque, N.M to attend a friends funeral when an airline employee noticed his sagging pants. The University of New Mexico football star was cited with trespassing by Sgt. Michael Rodriguez when he deplaned 15 minutes later.

While unfortunate, the story seemed to have been over until another man, also in questionable attire was allowed to board a U.S. Airways plane a week earlier.

The picture shown above was taken by Jill Tarlow, a passenger on a flight from Ft. Lauderdale to Phoenix on June 9th, who was shocked when she saw a male passenger scantily clad in women's lingerie. The man from this flight has not been identified, but agreed to take the photo.

"No one would believe me if I didn't take his picture," Tarlow said to the San Francisco Chronicle. "It was unbelievable. ... And he loved it. He posed for me."

Marman's attorney, Joe O'Sullivan, is pointing to the June 9th incident as an example of racial discrimination and claims the Lobos football star was stereotyped as a thug.

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