Californicationdude wrote:
Guys, in a few more years, when they're wheeling you thru security, make sure you haven't shit yourself....seriously.
The TSA is run by a sharp, sharp bunch...and you're not going to sneak a floater or anything like that past them....even if you're 95, half aware and crippled.......got to watch those old, crippled folks!
what the phuck have we come to?
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Destin woman files complaint after elderly mother asked to remove adult diaper during TSA search
A woman has filed a complaint with federal authorities over how her elderly mother was treated at Northwest Florida Regional Airport last weekend.
Jean Weber of Destin filed a complaint with the Department of Homeland Security after her 95-year-old mother was detained and extensively searched last Saturday while trying to board a plane to fly to Michigan to be with family members during the final stages of her battle with leukemia.
Her mother, who was in a wheelchair, was asked to remove an adult diaper in order to complete a pat-down search.
“It’s something I couldn’t imagine happening on American soil,†Weber said Friday. “Here is my mother, 95 years old, 105 pounds, barely able to stand, and then this.â€
Sari Koshetz, a spokeswoman for the Transportation Security Administration in Miami, said she could not comment on specific cases to protect the privacy of those involved.
“The TSA works with passengers to resolve any security alarms in a respectful and sensitive manner,†she said.
Weber’s mother entered the airport’s security checkpoint in a wheelchair because she was not stable enough to walk through, Weber said.
Wheelchairs trigger certain protocols, including pat-downs and possible swabbing for explosives, Koshetz said.
“During any part of the process, if there is an alarm, then we have to resolve that alarm,†she said.
Weber said she did not know whether her mother had triggered an alarm during the 45 minutes they were detained.
She said her mother was first pulled aside into a glass-partitioned area and patted down. Then she was taken to another room to protect her privacy during a more extensive search, Weber said.
Weber said she sat outside the room during the search.
She said security personnel then came out and told her they would need for her mother to remove her Depends diaper because it was soiled and was impeding their search.
American soil....struck me somehow as we are talking diapers......
Seriously - until we get serious and start to do more profiling vs strip searching 90 year olds and nuns, this is going to happen - not to mention the hassle the 99.9999% of us go through just to fly - do you
really feel safer?
But because some form of profiling will likely have more persons of color profiled, in todays politically correct world we are unlikely to see it happen - and that is a shame.
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