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Old Nov 17, 2010 | 12:24 am
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This is absolutely meaningless. I presume the DA knows it and is grandstanding.

The key words are "inappropriately done with a sexual or lewd intent".

Unless the TSO makes some remark like, "Wow! I love fondling your johnson", there is no way to prove lewd intent during a pat down. This is quite a different situation than if a strange man walks up to you on the street and starts playing with it.
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