Passenger Says He Wants to “Bomb Canada” Over Cigarette Taxes, U.S. Fighter Jets Escort Flight Back to Toronto

Today in security theater of the absurd,
via CTV News:

Passenger Bettina Bathe told CTV Toronto the incident unfolded
not long after takeoff when a flight attendant came by to pass out
headsets.

“He [an unidentified 25-year-old Canadian passenger] basically
just tore a strip off her, explaining how expensive the cigarettes
are here in Canada, he hates Canada,” Bathe said.

“Then he said, with great expression using his hands, ‘I just
want to bomb Canada.'”

Following procedure, the flight was then diverted back to
Toronto’s Pearson International Airport, about 45 minutes into the
flight, escorted by two fighter jets.

The Conservative government in Canada unveiled a
major cigarette tax hike in its budget in February one that
even included “duty-free” cigarettes international travelers enjoy.
The taxes in cigarettes still aren’t as high as in New York City,
where aggressive enforcement of potential cigarette contraband led
to the death of a man in police custody
earlier this month.

Watch tactical police board the plane in Canada to make an
arrest via CTV
here.

That white flag over Brooklyn
might mean surrender after all.