May these people burn in hell for this. My blood is boiling.
Here is a video done today about this.
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While I don't think that the female TSA officer was necessarily trying to cop a feel for her own perverse enjoyment, I do think she crossed a line. She was putting her finger around the inside of the little girls pants - I've NEVER had that done to me ever (and I've gone through my own share of TSA hell). If that were my child, I'd freak out. That was a VERY extensive patdown...too extensive IMO. Poor little girl.
being a TSA anything is a thankless job. you know what you have to do, but theres no way to do your job without someone complaining about how you go about it. you have to balance the good with the bad
If you put this video into context it wouldn't seem so bad, I'm sure the officer was just following procedure/guidelines (so blame that if you want) and didn't seem to be getting any enjoyment out of it. Unfortunately we live in a dangerous world and the most evil/desperate people would not think twice about using their kids to conceal drugs so it's better to be safe than sorry, I'm sure if the girls parents explain to her why she was checked (like everyone else) she won't be traumatised, but if they kick up a big fuss telling the media she was molested then she might react differently.
So what if it was a doctors family, security checks should be without bias or profiling as we live in a fair and equaly society, should they just single out the poor and unemployed for questioning, they need to mix it up so no one no matter what their profession will think they can avoid a security check. ps And it's disgusting to compare this to Nazi Germany, where Jews were made to wear badges and eventually murdered in cold blood along with other minorities, homosexuals and the handicapped. The US is hardly that and people think just because the government is being over cautious it is trurning into some fascist state which is ridiculous.Sorry but there is no good with the bad. It's all bad. The whole TSA needs to be abolished. Private security does a better job. The TSA is all about training us to be like prisoners. That family was a Doctors family. They singled them out because they have never had any dealings with gestapo police before so its training. Has nothing to do with safety, when will people get that? This is what happened in Nazi Germany.
Why don't you go and ask a rape victim what sexual assault really is, the way you throw around words like that along with Nazi Germany and the Gestapo is ridiculous and devalues their meaning. If that was a 6 year old Jewish girl being searched by a Gestapo agent she'd have a bullet in her head by now, if she was lucky. Maybe the woman was excessive but sexual assault by a gestapo agent to the beginning of a new nazi germanyYou can't be for real. This is appalling and is simply put sexual assault and there are good police out there that have warned they will arrest TSA workers for sexual assault accordingly. Just because the Gestapo gropes you doesn't make it legal. I couldn't give two shits if someone smuggles a small amount of drugs anyways. All drugs should be legalized and that would end the drug war now.
Sorry but there is no good with the bad. It's all bad. The whole TSA needs to be abolished. Private security does a better job. The TSA is all about training us to be like prisoners. That family was a Doctors family. They singled them out because they have never had any dealings with gestapo police before so its training. Has nothing to do with safety, when will people get that? This is what happened in Nazi Germany.
Here's how I see this incident...
Was it wrong to pat down a child? No. There are plenty of sick fucks who wouldn't hesitate to put something harmful on a child to smuggle it past security if they knew the security agents (private or TSA) wouldn't check them. You can't exempt anyone from working class to profession. It doesn't matter if they're a cop, doctor, or accountant. Random screening is random screening. AND if they refuse the scanner, rules say they have to endure the patdown (the legality of the patdown is another can of worms and I'm not meaning to get into it here).
Was it wrong to do the pat down in public? Yes. They should have taken the child and parent behind a screen, out of the public's eye, to do this very sensitive screening.
Unfortunately, this is the way of flying today. Do I think the TSA needs to revise their rules and screening procedures? Hell yes! Half of it doesn't work. However, if we just up and abolish the service, chaos will ensue pretty quickly.
And think about the consequences of privitizing the security. Not even touching on costs...this would allow each agency handling security to have different rules. Can you even imagine that hell trying to figure out where your 30ml bottle of mouthwash can and can't be taken through security?
It's already hell traveling internationally and trying to figure out what airport is going to allow what to make sure all your stuff comes through intact!
Was it wrong to do the pat down in public? Yes. They should have taken the child and parent behind a screen, out of the public's eye, to do this very sensitive screening.