Not exactly. The San Diego junk man wanted to leave mid pat down. Common sense tells you this is an iffy situation. I think you would want security to talk to anyone who decides to flee during a search. There would be no way to stop that person from re-entering the lobby & blowing that up instead of the plane.
If you start the process, be prepared to stick it out. I don’t believe leaving the line will get you hunted down by the local constabulary but fleeing during the pat down surely will cause some concern.
The problem with all of this crap is the One Size Fits All mentality of it.
NO! He never protested being searched. He only protested having his private parts searched. If the TSA thug had then said, OK, we won’t touch your private parts, the kid would have consented to the rest of the search and boarded his plane.
He didn’t FLEE during a search. He told them the consequences of touching his private parts was he would file a sexual assault complaint with the police, hence “I will have you arrested for assault.”
He didn’t flee the search. He didn’t ask to flee the search. He was told he could not fly if he didn’t consent to having his balls fondled by the TSA. THEY then ESCORTED him out of the search area with threats of a $10,000 civil fine.
He NEVER fled the search. Get your facts right.
jazminerose—can you read, by any chance? If so, I suggest you go back and read some of the original articles about the “junk man”—you have your facts wrong.