Originally Posted by Bart
I made a couple flippant responses but want to delve into this a little more. Nothing was said about the circumstances of the so-called police brutality the OP is trying to suggest that occured. The assumption is that the police (or security officers) are always wrong whenever they use violent force against a person. Yes, illegal police brutality does occur; not trying to say that it does not. However, until we know the circumstances of this particular incident, I think it's too soon to start passing judgement. But then again, this forum thrives on quantuum leap judgements.
I haven't seen any evidence of "quantum leap judgements" in this discussion. I don't even think there has been any mention of "police brutality" except in your post. The OP was quite clear that neither police nor TSA were involved in the incident and that he had not seen a police investigation report on the incident. With injuries as serious as he described, it is almost certain that such an investigation was done, or should have been done. It is possible that the "perpetrator" (OP's words) has been charged with a crime - which could be warrented depending on the circumstances. There is rarely justification for inflicting such serious injuries except in true life or death stutations. We just don't know what the circumstances were. Most of the comments so far have been attempts to explain what might account for the injuries, since a "handheld wand" is etremely unlikely to have been the weapon used.
JR