Posted on 05/10/2012 2:30:28 PM PDT by South40
The parents of an 18-month-old girl say they were "humiliated" after being pulled off a plane and told their young child had been placed on a no-fly list.
After boarding a JetBlue flight in Ft. Lauderdale, the parents of young Riyanna, who asked to remain anonymous over fears of repercussions, were told the Transportation Security Agency (TSA) wanted to interview their toddler.
"And I said, 'For what?'" Riyanna's mother told ABC affiliate WPBF 25 News on Wednesday. "And he said, 'Well, it's not you or your husband. Your daughter was flagged as no fly.' I said, 'Excuse me?'"
Whoever is to blame, the parents say they believe the incident began because they are both of Middle Eastern descent and because the wife wears a hijab, a traditional headscarf.
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What’s next, the unborn child registry at the White House becoming the no-fly list?
Remember, these TSA dipwads were hired in the day after 9/11 because they were incapable of finding any other other useful work in the public sector.
before 9/11 they were minimum wage nonunion workers.
Amen!
Your tax dollars at work.
durn babies....
First word she learnt was
“bomb”
I’d have asked the TSA agent:
“What’d you do? Pack you brains in with the checked luggage?”
“Did you even stop to ask yourself whether there has ever been a toddler on a no-fly list?”
“It’s for the children.” Don’t fight wars. Start police states, instead.
Whoever is to blame, the parents say they believe the incident began because they are both of Middle Eastern descent and because the wife wears a hijab, a traditional headscarf.
I don’t think it was an accident. I believe the parents were up to something and needed to be checked out. I am glad that TSA was doing their job for a change.
Especially those that wear a hijab.
I do mean ALL young children.
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