It is truly sickening. It's disgusting how in the first instance with LeeAnne's mom, in the ATL airport, LeeAnne wasn't allowed to go to her obviously distressed, 73-year-old mom, the one with the metal hip and the cane, who wasn't allowed to go to the bathroom, and who had just been screamed at about her 'pissing'. I'm sure the TSA has been taught that this could all be a ruse, and that LeeAnne could possibly pass something off to her mom, so everybody has to stay back. Since the TSA reacts to past attempted terrorist acts, rather than proactively seeking out ways to truly make us more secure, surely they can point to this happening somewhere in the world as reason why daughters can't help their elderly, distraught and now abused mothers.
I completely agree with Saitek as far as taking a stand when you see something like this happen, if you can keep yourself calm while doing it. However the TSA chooses to react when you do it (arresting/fining/using physical restraint), how can we continue to pass by and do nothing while these abuses continue?