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TSA Screeners Win Immunity From Abuse Claims, Court Rules (reuters.com)
Mr.Intel writes from a report via Reuters: "Fliers may have a tough time recovering damages for invasive screenings at U.S. airport security checkpoints, after a federal appeals court on Wednesday said screeners are immune from claims under a federal law governing assaults, false arrests and other abuses," reports Reuters. In a 2-1 vote, the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia said Transportation Security Administration (TSA) screeners are shielded from liability under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) because they do not function as "investigative or law enforcement officers."
The decision, the first on the issue by a federal appeals court, was a defeat for Nadine Pellegrino, a business consultant from Boca Raton, Florida. "She and her husband had sued for false arrest, false imprisonment and malicious prosecution over a July 2006 altercation at Philadelphia International Airport," reports Reuters. According to court papers, Pellegrino had been randomly selected for additional screening at the Philadelphia airport before boarding a U.S. Airways flight to Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Pellegrino, then 57, objected to the invasiveness of the search, but conditions deteriorated and she was later jailed for about 18 hours, the papers show. Criminal charges were filed, and Pellegrino was acquitted at a March 2008 trial.
The decision, the first on the issue by a federal appeals court, was a defeat for Nadine Pellegrino, a business consultant from Boca Raton, Florida. "She and her husband had sued for false arrest, false imprisonment and malicious prosecution over a July 2006 altercation at Philadelphia International Airport," reports Reuters. According to court papers, Pellegrino had been randomly selected for additional screening at the Philadelphia airport before boarding a U.S. Airways flight to Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Pellegrino, then 57, objected to the invasiveness of the search, but conditions deteriorated and she was later jailed for about 18 hours, the papers show. Criminal charges were filed, and Pellegrino was acquitted at a March 2008 trial.
The President doesn't need to work for TSA.
Then what is their function?
Security theater.
But if you showed someone from the 90's what a 3D scan of naked body of one of today's Americans looked like, they'd say you'd probably need harder drugs than weed just to be able to do that job all day.
I've always assumed it was just a welfare program to keep otherwise useless and incompetent citizens off the streets. I mean, what would they do otherwise? The world only needs so many telephone sanitizers.
never drink kool-aid from a big vat
No wonder your family has moved away. You sound like a bit of a cunt.
Negative. I am a first class asshole though. Alway know yourself.
The shepherds did so well protecting the flock that the sheep no longer believed that wolves existed.
If Trump and Sanders were both stuck in a burning Mazda Miata, with Mike Pence, Paul Ryan and the Pope standing nearby, I would do everything I could to force Pence into the car. I have faith that the Pope could handle getting Paul Ryan in.