Originally Posted by greentips

Part d is interesting indeed. It appears, based on the video, that SgtScott31's protege could also be civilly liable under this statute.

As TSORon noted, audio would be extremely helpful, but since Officer Nelson elected to further violate the parties by apparently commanding her to not record, there is no audio record. Absent an audio record, and the prima facie presumption of innocence, I suspect it will come down to she said, he said, plus the video which speaks for itself and Officer Nelson's report which also speaks for itself, recording the fact that Mrs. Abbott did not want her daughter physically assaulted (in less eloquent but more accurate terms, of course), when the video reflects precisely that fear coming to fruition.

This may be the first time in the history of the TSA that the airport recorders worked as they should.