Those with long memories will recall a thread in this forum last year in which someone claimed to be arrested and charged with disorderly conduct merely for arguing about the size of the clear bag to be used for holding gels/liquids. There turned out to be no record of arrest and no record of any criminal charges. The OP of that thread has since disappeared from FT.

I don't doubt that there will be TSA agents who abuse their authority and otherwise do bad things. That will be true of any large workforce. Still, when there's an incident, why are so many people willing to accept the complaining party's complete story at face value? It might be completely true, partly true or a total fabrication.