Airport Mistakes Penis Pump for Bomb

from the Chicago Sun-Times

The female airport security guard held the small, black, squeezable rubber object she'd just plucked out of Mardin Amin's backpack, and eyed it suspiciously. Standing next to his mother, an embarrassed Amin whispered out of one corner of his mouth that it was a "pump" -- as in a penis pump. The guard misunderstood the Iraqi man and thought she heard the word "bomb."

Judge Gerald Winiecki has decided there was enough evidence for the case to move forward after the female guard testified she heard Amin "clearly" say the word bomb during the Aug. 16 incident at O'Hare Airport. Amin, 29, is charged with felony disorderly conduct and faces up to three years in prison if convicted.