Originally Posted by chollie

It's hard to visualize what actually took place, but although part of me cheers at the idea of mistreated pax who, as a group, decide to push back against TSA treatment, another part of me worries about it.

TSA should never allow a situation to escalate to the point where multiple unrelated pax are 'pushing back', even if the 'pushback' is only verbal. Long before the situation escalated to that point, an LTSO or STSO or suit should have stepped up and taken clear, visible charge of the situation - ideally without doubling down on stupidity and 'authoritay'.