Originally Posted by
redreeper
I find the whole story ridiculous. I don't know any parent that would allow their child to be interrogated and/or terrorized and just stand there and do nothing, for any length of time. If the guy was so threatening, you tell him to back off - immediately. Since that was not the immediate reaction of the parents I suspect the "threat level" of the guy was at blue. Maybe yellow if he was really big and had a scary voice and a beard.
>>"Tell the nice man your name" I suggested.<<
Yeah-right. Parents who feel their children are being terrorized, harrassed, and interrogated aren't going to "suggest" anything - they're going to get between the child and the threat and grow fangs and go foamy. I think the author was just looking for something to bash the airport security guards over and could have done a LOT better than that if he put the effort in
I'd be willing the guy didn't know what he could do at a TSA checkpoint as far as escalation and complaints. Sounds to me like the guy just wanted to make his flight.
You'd be surprised what people go along with at a TSA checkpoint just to get thru. Saw TSO's searching bags OUTSIDE the D checkpoint at BWI before the ID verifier. If you got some place you want to be, have an agency that's out of control and don't know what your rights are, I find it very plausible that the guy didn't step in simply because he didn't want to miss his flight and end up being arrested.
With the new cop uniforms, I believe many people think TSO's have more power than they actually do.
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