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Old Mar 29, 2008 | 5:00 pm
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Originally Posted by law dawg
I think it was more "Why is this beeping here?" and she had to prove that whatever was causing the beeping wasn't dangerous, but isn't there a better way than making her remove them with pliers?
Even if it wasn't 'official' policy before, simple common sense says that removal of the rings wasn't necessary. Show them to a female screener, which I believe she offered to do, is all. Unless the screener thinks that something else in the breast is setting off the alarm, in which case ... huh ?

No, I think this woman was bullied into an unreasonable search and didn't know enough to refuse. Discipline those involved (yeah, as if) and case closed. Until the next one.

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