Posted on 02/21/2013 9:17:11 PM PST by traumer
Forck family was flying from Missouri to Orlando, Florida for vacation Three-year-old daughter, Lucy, was detained for further testing ahead of family's February 8 flight Stuffed animal 'Lamby' was confiscated Lucy suffers from spinal bifida and is in a wheelchair TSA later admitted girl should never have been threatened with patdown
The parents of a toddler with spinal bifida are outraged after TSA officials forced their daughter to undergo a series of additional security measures ahead of their flight to Disney World.
Nathan and Annie Forck were flying out of their home state of Missouri on a February 8 flight bound for Orlando, Florida with their wheelchair-bound daughter Lucy and their two other children.
Mrs Forck took a six-minute video detailing their toddler’s cries as she said through tears that she didn’t want to go to Disney World anymore, and is claiming the TSA discriminates against people who use mobility devices.
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Guess you haven’t flown lately. Any attempt by Mom to assist her persecuted child would’ve resulted in her arrest, and the entire family subjected to even worse treatment. These sadistic TSA people are the worst among us, and have the most power to impact citizens’ lives on a day-to-day level. We’re being primed to STFU when “they” come to our doors. Apparently, it’s working, since nobody stepped in to help the kid.
Maybe the mom’s video will have more long-term impact than any other action she’d have taken. These are the things libs need to see. Aren’t they for “the children”, after all?
Yep, replying to post 3.
The little girl’s picture is in post 5.
Your eyes must have skipped ahead.
For a minute I couldn’t figure what I had done - - -
Sure they aren’t in a Christmas Parade somewhere - ??? : )
From the posts in this thread....we can easily tell which folks will be the ones willing to march to their internment camps.....and which ones will be taking out the Jackboots along the way.
TSA needs to be disbanded. They are just there to terrorize citizens
And where do you propose a three year old girl should have gone while the TSA agents and the parents had a discussion?
Why do you want a three year old girl to feel safe when government agents want to inappropriately touch a prepubescent child?
If you, an adult, choose to submit to that treatment, that is your decision.
The child was upset because of what the government employees did to her—what sane adult takes a child’s stuffed toy? What sane adult inappropriately touches a child’s genitals? The kid knows she wasn’t seeing the doctor or getting a diaper change.
Notice how the government employee squawks in indignation when Mommy videotapes the scene-—they wouldn’t object to videotaping if they didn’t feel guilt at what they were doing to a preschooler.
All the more reason to tell mudHamhead to take a hike!
They are subversives that don't belong here.
We used to sneak kegs into football games using a wheelchair.
I just had this image of a Muslim in a dress with an obvious AK-47 under it and he is saying to the TSA agent as he walks through “Check her tires. They can hide drugs in them”.
Complete w/groucho glasses? What a picture!
Queers just do that to Disney World.
It’s not an approved event. They just show up together and rent facilities like any other group.
The family has three young children, including one who is severely disabled. There’s not a lot of time for reading websites or much of anything else! I’m going to assume anyone questioning the parents has had the good fortune not to have raised a disabled child. It is a 24/7 job all by itself.
In this case, the family had already cleared the screening; it was only an overzealous agent who decided the little girl looked like a terror threat who required further scrutiny.
It’s as if these agent have NO sense of judgment. One of my adult sons is traveling next month from VA to GA and chose to travel by train rather than deal with TSA. That despite the air fare being less than Amtrak and the time being about 1/3 by air.
tsa spread is extending to amtrack, unfortunately.
I hear you on time factor. It’s just unforetunate if in all the details they had to tend to to put this trip together they neglected this critical point.
The video I reference above gives alternate process, including “Kinda weird, isn’t it, buddy?” and I imagine a later age-appropriate discussion w/their children about government intrusion. (Side point, thank God for fathers and their input into their children’s lives.)
You and yours can go before me into the cattle cars to prove that they’re safe! Thanks. I’ll pass!
tsa spread is extending to amtrack, unfortunately.
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Why?
Because it’s an agency of the agenda-driven increasingly intrusive and controlling socialist federal govt. But that’s just my guess.
Src amtrack+tsa or fr keyword “tsa”; incl > http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2968253/posts
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