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Fliers can sue over airport screener abuses -U.S. appeals court
http://news.trust.org/item/20190830174121-v2tdb ^ | 30 August 2019 | Reuters

Posted on 08/30/2019 6:44:23 PM PDT by Enterprise

A federal appeals court on Friday handed a victory to travelers who object to invasive screenings at U.S. airport security checkpoints, saying screeners are not absolutely immune from lawsuits accusing them of abusive conduct.

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It is a victory for Nadine Pellegrino, a business consultant from Boca Raton, Florida, who with her husband sued for false arrest, false imprisonment and malicious prosecution over a July 2006 incident at Philadelphia International Airport.

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She was eventually jailed for about 18 hours and charged with assault, making terroristic threats and other crimes, which she denied. Pellegrino was acquitted at a March 2008 trial.

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KEYWORDS: jerks; tsa; tsapervs
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As I understand the article, Pellegrino was falsely arrested, charged and prosecuted. The TSA deserved a smackdown for this. However, I don't see this as a case which is going to limit abusiveness or rudeness from the TSA in general.
1 posted on 08/30/2019 6:44:23 PM PDT by Enterprise
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To: Enterprise

I live just outside Philly.
Most TSA are grumpy Black chicks, half with Islamic head gear.
I have never left or landed in Philly on time.


2 posted on 08/30/2019 6:46:54 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: EEGator

Then there was the “You ugly” incident when a black woman harassed a white dude in Rochester:

https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/2019/08/18/rochester-airport-security-worker-fired-you-ugly-note/2045928001/


3 posted on 08/30/2019 6:51:15 PM PDT by be-baw
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To: be-baw

She’s a real looker herself.
She probably got a 4.0 in English as well.


4 posted on 08/30/2019 6:55:25 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: Enterprise
Flying out of Paine Field with 2 knee replacements, I was taken into a back room for a more "invasive" patdown after the 1st patdown didn't satisfy them. Maybe because I suggested they use a wand scanner around my knees. I was in tears but afraid to say anything else even as the TSA lady put her hand down the crack of my behind as she had me bent over spread eagled. They even swabbed the bottom of my feet checking for trace of chemicals.

Finally decided that I wasn't a threat and let me board the plane. Been hesitant to file a written complaint in fear being "red flagged" for future flights. This is just not right.

5 posted on 08/30/2019 7:02:10 PM PDT by noexcuses
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To: noexcuses

That’s awful. I think it’s worthy of a complaint, but I would suggest contacting a lawyer first.


6 posted on 08/30/2019 7:07:35 PM PDT by Enterprise
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To: noexcuses

I got in their face. They wouldn’t let me fly that day but it was worth it. F them.


7 posted on 08/30/2019 7:07:47 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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“”I am sympathetic to the concern that the current legal regime provides no obvious remedy” to people like Pellegrino, but expanding the immunity waiver “lies beyond our purview,” she wrote.”

Government is supposed to be for the people, not above the people. I think this is a good decision.


8 posted on 08/30/2019 7:18:23 PM PDT by where's_the_Outrage? (Drain the Swamp. Build the Wall.)
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To: noexcuses

Then there are the TSA employees with a rye sense of humor.

One black guy in Newark was instructing people to remove shoes but not jewelry because, as he said, “If you wearing it the women X-rayin’ it can’t steal it.”

Several years ago I flew back from HK with my foot in a walking cast due to a broken ankle. A TSA screener in Anchorage asked me to take my shoes off. I pointed to the walking cast and said I couldn’t. He took me to a chair and used the wand and swabbed down the cast and shoe. Then he looked at my passport and asked me to spell my name, the date I was born and so forth. Finally he asked “Quickly without thinking about it, What is the first name of your three best friends?” (I had to think fast because one of my friends in HK is a man named Abdul who is an ex-Muslim.) I answered, Paul, Ed and Brett.

He said good, “I don’t you look like the kind of guy who’d blow up a plane.”


9 posted on 08/30/2019 7:19:21 PM PDT by Fai Mao (There is no rule of law in the US until The PIAPS is executed.)
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To: Enterprise
By their hiring standards and their level of training, the TSA are pretty much mall cops.

In times of conflict, the job of searching ships, trains, and aircraft coming into the U.S. used to fall to the Coast Guard. It still should.

That way if there is anything untoward which happens the Officer in charge is responsible and as all of personnel are subject to the UCMJ the matter will tend to not get out of hand and be dealt with harshly.

10 posted on 08/30/2019 7:39:59 PM PDT by MrEdd (Caveat Emptor)
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To: EEGator
I live just outside Philly. Most TSA are grumpy Black chicks,

Used to fly out of LAX fairly often, and there was a joke that to be TSA, you had to be a negress about 5' tall and weigh at least 250. It was essentially a closed shop.

11 posted on 08/30/2019 7:40:21 PM PDT by doorgunner69
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

I agree. There must be some limit to “qualified immunity” and this case went beyond the scope of the duties of the TSA. False arrest and malicious prosecution should not only result in financial awards, but should have led to charges against those who made the false arrest.


12 posted on 08/30/2019 7:45:44 PM PDT by Enterprise
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To: Fai Mao

A “rye” sense of humor? I barley understand wheat you’re saying. You oat to choose your words more carefully so you don’t cornfuse people.


13 posted on 08/30/2019 7:46:44 PM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: Enterprise

Its about time.
Unreasonable Search and Seizure.


14 posted on 08/30/2019 8:03:27 PM PDT by Zathras
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To: Enterprise
FTA: "Their professionalism is commensurate with the seriousness of their role in keeping our skies safe."

Snort!

This statement tells you all you need to know about judges, as .gov employees.

15 posted on 08/30/2019 8:19:00 PM PDT by bkopto
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To: bkopto

An E3 guard at the entrance to any military base displays eminently more professionalism than many in the TSA.


16 posted on 08/30/2019 8:21:28 PM PDT by Enterprise
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To: noexcuses

You should. Hope you will.


17 posted on 08/30/2019 8:28:44 PM PDT by bigbob (Trust Trump. Trust the Plan.)
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To: MrEdd

TSA=thugs standing around.


18 posted on 08/30/2019 8:44:41 PM PDT by Farmer Dean (168 grains of instant conflict resolution)
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To: Enterprise

I haven’t flown since 2005 and this is why. I drive everywhere now.


19 posted on 08/30/2019 9:16:56 PM PDT by Inyo-Mono
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To: Enterprise

The TSA is proof that the terrorists have won “The War on Terrorism”.


20 posted on 08/30/2019 9:44:20 PM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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