Originally Posted by
Mats
Here at SFO, where "unpredictable" pat-downs are actually predictable, the TSA staff just start frisking you without asking permission. Although one is required to "complete the screening process" after stepping through the metal detector, aren't the TSA supposed to either ask permission, or notify you that they are going to touch you?
The screeners at SFO are not TSA, they are contractors. If you look carefully, you will see that they are not wearing TSA uniforms or badges.
On the topic of your question, I'm not a lawyer, but I teach for the Red Cross, and we teach our emergency care students that touching a person without consent (either obtained consent or implied consent) constitutes battery.