TSA wants to get more intimate when doing passenger pat downs.
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I don't see how anyone can look at the video of the screener with his face inches away from the crotch of the thirteen-year-old boy in thin shorts and t-shirt whose genitals he is repeatedly rubbing - I don't see how TSA can possibly deny that deliberate and prolonged touching of genitals is incidental or accidental.
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I don't see how anyone can look at the video of the screener with his face inches away from the crotch of the thirteen-year-old boy in thin shorts and t-shirt whose genitals he is repeatedly rubbing - I don't see how TSA can possibly deny that deliberate and prolonged touching of genitals is incidental or accidental.
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I think they've changed "resistance" to "groin" believing the Urban Dictionary definition of groin which is not the anatomical and correct definition.
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Btw, that link is to the Volokh Conspiracy site at the washington post. A great site for legal issues of the day, featuring articles written by practicing lawyers/law professors for other lawyers.
Used to be free, alas, now locked behind a pay wall after you view a limited number of articles.
Used to be free, alas, now locked behind a pay wall after you view a limited number of articles.
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Side of hand jab into young man's genitals:
I commend him for opting out and recording the procedure, however.
I commend him for opting out and recording the procedure, however.
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Side of hand jab into young man's genitals:
TSA pat down 8/5/17 BWI Airport - YouTube
I commend him for opting out and recording the procedure, however.
TSA pat down 8/5/17 BWI Airport - YouTube
I commend him for opting out and recording the procedure, however.
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Nobody is standing on their congressperson's desk demanding this be stopped. I agree it's not normal, but we have accepted the intrusion or at least lost sensitivity to it.
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Those of us that have written, complained, and voiced our disgust with TSA have been ignored. It seems every group is willing to accept TSA abuses while standing by quietly and looking the other way. Some people do it for $85.
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Menendez has sent me the exact same response to my complaints about TSA for years now, never addressing my particular concern but giving complete support to TSA no matter the issue; Booker has never responded.
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Only a small percentage of Americans fly often enough for TSA's practices to become an issue...there's hardly any incentive for a legislator to follow up on this.
The lawsuit is the way to go.
The lawsuit is the way to go.
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Side of hand jab into young man's genitals:
TSA pat down 8/5/17 BWI Airport - YouTube
I commend him for opting out and recording the procedure, however.
TSA pat down 8/5/17 BWI Airport - YouTube
I commend him for opting out and recording the procedure, however.
How a TSA officer who engages in that activity regularly and thinks that's normal is beyond me.