TSA Apologizes to Native American Who Said an Agent Pulled Her Braids & Said Giddyup
Jan 19, 2020, 1:51 pm
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TSA Apologizes to Native American Who Said an Agent Pulled Her Braids & Said Giddyup
TSA Apologizes to Native American Traveler Who Said an Agent Pulled Her Braids and Said 'Giddyup'
How can a professional, well trained organization continue year after year to have these kinds of incidents happen? I would suggest the absence of effective management at the checkpoints.
While traveling through Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, Tara Houska, an indigenous rights activist and lawyer, said on Twitter last week that a TSA agent pulled her braids behind her shoulders, laughed and said ‘giddyup!’ before snapping her braids like reins.
Jan 19, 2020, 3:50 pm
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TSA and strange kids for you.
Mature, decent adults don’t do this kind of stuff, unless maybe it’s their job. Is this the TSA’s job? This wouldn’t be the first time they meddled with people’s hair, disproportionately more so with the hair of “brown” and “black” ethnic minorities .
Mature, decent adults don’t do this kind of stuff, unless maybe it’s their job. Is this the TSA’s job? This wouldn’t be the first time they meddled with people’s hair, disproportionately more so with the hair of “brown” and “black” ethnic minorities .
Jan 19, 2020, 6:53 pm
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Screener snaps braids of Native American & tells her to "giddy up"
A Native American woman has received an apology from the Transportation Security Administration, after she says an agent snapped her hair braids like horse reins and laughed while telling her to "giddy-up" during a pat-down at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport earlier this week.
Jan 20, 2020, 6:28 am
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Van Leuven said he spoke with Houska the day after the incident: "I apologized for how she was treated during the screening of her braids — and we had a very pleasant conversation. She reiterated that she doesn't want the Officer to get in trouble, but she is hoping we'll take the chance to continue to educate our staff about the many Native American Tribes/Bands in our state and region to better understand their culture."