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Kizzume
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 Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 4:14 am Post subject: TSA Forces Woman To Remove Nipple Rings For Flight |
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cbs5.com - TSA Forces Woman To Remove Nipple Rings For Flight
| Quote: | LOS ANGELES (CBS 5 / AP) ― A Texas woman who claims she was forced to remove a nipple ring with pliers in order to board an airplane called Thursday for an apology by federal security agents and a civil rights investigation.
"I wouldn't wish this experience upon anyone," Mandi Hamlin, 37, said at a news conference in Los Angeles. "My experience with TSA was a nightmare I had to endure. No one deserves to be treated this way."
Hamlin said she was trying to board a flight from Lubbock to Dallas on Feb. 24 when she was scanned by a Transportation Security Administration agent after passing through a larger metal detector without problems.
The female TSA agent used a handheld detector that beeped when it passed in front of Hamlin's chest, the Dallas-area resident said.
Hamlin said she told the woman that she was wearing nipple piercings. The female agent then called over her male colleagues, one of whom said she would have to remove the body piercings, Hamlin claimed.
Hamlin said she could not remove them and asked if she could instead display her pierced breasts in private to the female agent. But several other male officers told her she could not board her flight until the jewelry was removed, she said.
She was taken behind a curtain and managed to remove one bar-shaped nipple piercing but had trouble with the second, a ring.
"Still crying, she informed the TSA officer that she could not remove it without the help of pliers, and the officer gave a pair to her," said Hamlin's attorney, Gloria Allred, reading from a letter she sent Thursday to the director of the TSA's Office of Civil Rights and Liberties. Allred is a well-known Los Angeles lawyer who often represents high-profile claims.
Hamlin showed reporters at the news conference how she took off the second ring by applying pliers to the torso of a mannequin that had a peach-colored bra with the rings on it.
She said she heard male TSA agents snickering as she took out the ring. She was scanned again and was allowed to board even though she still was wearing a belly button ring.
"After nipple rings are inserted, the skin can often heal around the piercing, and the rings can be extremely difficult and painful to remove," Allred said.
TSA officials said they were investigating Hamlin's allegations to see if its policies were followed.
"Our security officers are well-trained to screen individuals with body piercings in sensitive areas with dignity and respect while ensuring a high level of security," the agency said in a statement.
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I don't know about you, but I think this is outrageous. What the hell are people going to hide in a body piercing? How far are they going to go with this? How is this helping homeland security? How is this making flights safer?
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HellFinger
Joined: 01 Aug 2008
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Location: King Salmon, Alaska
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| Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 8:16 pm Post subject: Security Theater |
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I've seen this sort of activity referred to as 'security theater'. Give the illusion of doing something to keep things safe and put on airs of security all the while covering up the fact that they have little control over a determined (or aided by a foreign government intelligence service) terrorist.
Our drummer is a TSA agent and I've met some good TSA folks here this summer.
Even though I know they are just everyday people, I can't help but think of these goons as despicable every time I see a piece of paper that says that my luggage was searched by TSA.
One time in SeaTac I was standing in line when a pre-recorded message came over the speakers saying to put certain items in your luggage and not carry them on board and I hear someone in line say 'that way they can steal it'.
The items they steal while you are boarding are sold at auction. Lots of pocket knives and leatherman tools for sale on ebay now. Probably teezers by the gross lot and safety scissors by the pound, knitting needles in all colors and sizes. You know, incase a terrorist wants to pluck his eyebrows, do some arts and crafts, or knit a scarf for his sleeper cell.
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Segep
Joined: 10 Nov 2007
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| Quote: | NTSA CONFISCATED ASSORTED PLASTIC ,STAINLESS SCISSORS 10 POUNDS
ASSORTED STAILESS STEEL AND PLASTIC HANDLED TYPE/SEW/CRAFT SCISSORS.. Many different types and orgin including pakistan, korea, and china . THESE ARE NTSA SEIZURES AND IN GOOD TO EXCELLENT CONDITION.
..EXACT ITEM SHOWN .. 11.60 SHIPPING . |
And that was the only one I saw that actually admitted it was TSA seized. There were lots of other large lots of used pocket knives and scissors that were probably taken by individual agents until they had a large enough collection to sell. Damn that pisses me off. A lot.
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