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pnwmom

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33. But you can SEE that they're taking much longer than they need to,

Sun Jun 10, 2018, 04:20 AM

Jun 2018

in every step of the procedure. It takes only seconds to run a couple hands across someone's body and figure out that there's no gun hiding in there. But this woman gets groped, and groped, and groped.

They rubbed her hair, though no weapon could have been hiding there. They rubbed her arms down 2 separate times -- even though she was clearly wearing a shirt that showed nothing could be hiding in her sleeves. They rubbed her legs down 2 separate times. They rubbed across her stomach, in the same area, over and over and over.

It didn't look like a patdown. More like a massage in a massage parlor, except in a wheel chair.

This was abusive and there was no excuse for it.

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TSA criticized over video showing agents searching 96-year-old woman in wheelchair [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 2018 OP

TSA made my 80 year old Mother take off her wig and put her in this machine that puffed up her kimbutgar Jun 2018 #1

I'm surprised they didn't ask for a urine specimen and stool sample. Arkansas Granny Jun 2018 #2

Happens all the time. I travel for work and see it every trip JDC Jun 2018 #3

They did nothing wrong. Drahthaardogs Jun 2018 #4

They did a lot wrong. NutmegYankee Jun 2018 #6

It is their job and they did a shitty job as well as they could Drahthaardogs Jun 2018 #11

Well, they did do a shitty job. Iggo Jun 2018 #25

ICE is just doing their job to yank kids from their parents and store them in cages. NutmegYankee Jun 2018 #31

I disagree ...shitty all the way around with these folks. Demsrule86 Jun 2018 #37

I think you mean they did nothing illegal. Iggo Jun 2018 #8

Don't tell me what the fuck I meant. Drahthaardogs Jun 2018 #12

Well they could have acted like human beings fescuerescue Jun 2018 #15

They did act like human beings. Did you even watch the video? Drahthaardogs Jun 2018 #16

Whats wrong with filming our government servants? fescuerescue Jun 2018 #17

That woman was a jerk. Drahthaardogs Jun 2018 #18

Yer kind of a prickly feller, ain'tcha? trof Jun 2018 #20

Don't tell him what the fuck he is !!!! Iggo Jun 2018 #24

Roger that. trof Jun 2018 #26

Well played! cwydro Jun 2018 #42

Sorry, I think you are being a bully. dhol82 Jun 2018 #52

Congratulations. That's a first for me. Bully. trof Jun 2018 #61

It is not kind to poke and prod a 96 year old woman...no doubt she now has bruises...and Demsrule86 Jun 2018 #38

No. It was ridiculously long and slow and detailed. They could have patted her down pnwmom Jun 2018 #22

When your idiot daughter says she might set off a shoe bomb Drahthaardogs Jun 2018 #27

That happened minutes into the groping session. And they shouldn't be punishing pnwmom Jun 2018 #28

It happened at the beginning and it was stupid shit Drahthaardogs Jun 2018 #36

Yes we must be in fear and awe of these folks who are pretty much idiots in many cases. Demsrule86 Jun 2018 #39

It does seem that part of the human condition LanternWaste Jun 2018 #69

Oh please. I am a grandson of Ludlow Drahthaardogs Jun 2018 #70

Kinda like the allegation that De Las Casas lied LanternWaste Jun 2018 #71

"Only following orders" dflprincess Jun 2018 #57

Oh please, spare me the self righteous bullshit. Drahthaardogs Jun 2018 #58

No, the TSA and Security Theater we have put up with for the last nearly 17 years dflprincess Jun 2018 #62

("Befehl ist Befehl" LanternWaste Jun 2018 #68

Yes, they did. They failed to exercise simple common sense. I'm an able bodied person pnwmom Jun 2018 #21

You must have had them a while age Ms. Toad Jun 2018 #30

No, I've had them because I failed the virtual machine. pnwmom Jun 2018 #32

Jeanne Clarkson is lucky she wasn't arrested and interrogated for hours. JustABozoOnThisBus Jun 2018 #5

Yeas ago I saw a sign treestar Jun 2018 #65

Agents were gentle, polite, and oddly redundant elias7 Jun 2018 #7

If they ever do that to me, I'll just mockingly moan LuckyCharms Jun 2018 #9

"I'll have what she's having." n/t phylny Jun 2018 #14

Disband the TSA. Petosky Stone Jun 2018 #10

I agree. Demsrule86 Jun 2018 #40

Noun verb 911 treestar Jun 2018 #66

I get SSSS on my boarding pass many times and I am a US Citizen MyNameIsKhan Jun 2018 #13

That's a standard search for anyone who opts out of the virtual strip search machine Ms. Toad Jun 2018 #19

I've had to have pat downs and never had one that took more than 30 seconds. pnwmom Jun 2018 #23

2-3 minutes is pretty standard. Ms. Toad Jun 2018 #29

But you can SEE that they're taking much longer than they need to, pnwmom Jun 2018 #33

It looks pretty standard to me. Ms. Toad Jun 2018 #34

This was over 5 minutes long and it featured 2 separate rubbings of each of her limbs. pnwmom Jun 2018 #35

They are not just looking for guns Ms. Toad Jun 2018 #41

Okay, I've read the new standards -- and they say back of the hand should still be used pnwmom Jun 2018 #45

They did - watch the tape again. Ms. Toad Jun 2018 #46

You've never addressed the point that they went over both her arms and legs twice. n/t pnwmom Jun 2018 #47

They generally go over mine twice. Ms. Toad Jun 2018 #48

No, that's not what I'm talking about. They did everything, front and back, twice. pnwmom Jun 2018 #49

I believe that's the second pass for the wheelchair Ms. Toad Jun 2018 #50

Watch it again. I'm talking about her arms and legs, front and back, not the wheelchair. pnwmom Jun 2018 #54

That is awful. Really awful. Tipperary Jun 2018 #44

These TSA asshats would be working at Burger King otherwise. cwydro Jun 2018 #43

I'm not sure what we expect. We're paranoid about discrimination, so refuse to allow discretion. MadDAsHell Jun 2018 #51

I am a 72 year old grandmother. dhol82 Jun 2018 #53

The daughter could see how upset her 96 year old mother was. pnwmom Jun 2018 #55

Sorry, life in today's world. dhol82 Jun 2018 #59

You're not 96. n/t pnwmom Jun 2018 #60

I have a blond haired blue eyed friend who get pulled out for extra searching dflprincess Jun 2018 #63

I was recently in a wheelchair due to a knee injury and searched by the TSA Algernon Moncrieff Jun 2018 #56

The last couple times I've flown dflprincess Jun 2018 #64

The TSA is in a catch-22 and will get criticized no matter what course they take Lee-Lee Jun 2018 #67