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Women Arrested For Refusing TSA Search of Children
CelticWhisper writes "A Tennessee mother was arrested for refusing to allow TSA screening clerks to subject her child to a body scan or patdown. This comes in the wake of a promise by the TSA Administrator to make repeated attempts at non-physical screening of children, after which another video of a child patdown surfaced. This event may signify a tipping point in the public's willingness to tolerate invasive and inappropriate security procedures at airports."
She wasn't arrested for a refusing a patdown. She was arrested for being belligerent.
Totally true. First, look at her picture.
Second, read the article: "...airport authorities say she was belligerent and verbally abusive to security officers..." and "...Abbott yelled and swore at Transportation Security Administration agents Saturday afternoon at Nashville International Airport..." and "After the woman refused to calm down, airport police said, she was charged with disorderly conduct and taken to jail." and:
Again, take a look at that picture.
And if you were still in doubt of this woman's poise and refinement: "At one point, Abbott tried unsuccessfully to take a video with her cellphone."
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How does encouraging underwear bombs protect your rights?
Think of the children falling from the sky.
You're right. Only good looking, smart people with tech skills deserve to have their rights respected.
She just looks like the people who yell at the cashiers at Wal-Mart, that's all.
PS - is your sig from the blurb to a low budget gay porno or what?
That all depends on whether you get your rocks off reading Dr. Seuss.
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Considering they use the back of their hands, it wouldn't call it 'groping'. The media likes to incite the locals with such terminology but the pat downs are pretty benign. In this case she simply didn't want to put her child through the scanner. As far as I can tell from TFA, she never even got to the point where they offered to do a pat down instead.
Let me fix that for you:
This woman should be applauded for having a shitty understanding of science, and deciding to make a scene at the airport instead of planning ahead and making alternate travel arrangements.
You're welcome.