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Mother Found Guilty After Protesting TSA Pat-down of Daughter
Penurious Penguin writes "In 2011, en route to Baltimore, Tennessee mother Andrea Abbott was arrested after squabbling with the TSA over their pat-down and "naked" body-scan process. Initially Abbott had protested a pat-down of her 14 year-old daughter, though eventually backed off. When her own turn came, she refused both a pat-down and body-scan. This week, despite having no criminal record, Abbott was found guilty of disorderly conduct and sentenced to one year of probation. A surveillance video of the affair shows what appears an agitated Abbott surrounded by various TSA agents, but seemingly contradicts the premise by which she was convicted. In the case against Abbott it was claimed that her behavior impeded the flow security-lines and lawful activity. Beyond Abbott's confession of issuing some verbal abuse, the video does not appear to display a significant blockage of traffic nor anything noticeably criminal."
You mean Land of the Sheep, Home of the Slave....?
Don't worry! The sheep wave around their holy Atlas Shrugged copies and believe that it's only everyone else who are subjugated...
"Little does he know, but there is no 'I' in 'Idiot'!"
. the government knows that most people with a 'plane to catch will choose 20 seconds of utter humiliation over a 30-minute confrontation with big brother.
Exaggerate much? I've been through security and TSA pat downs many times (and of course seen it done many more), all with the utmost professionalism. Not once has it seemed like "utter humiliation" or invasion of some personal liberty. Am I a fringe case? Someone that doesn't know what's really happening? What kind of security is appropriate for an airplane? Admittedly the cockpit door reinforcement was the best thing to happen and the rest is theater but you sound like a nut case when you use such inflammatory language.