Posted on 07/09/2013 6:52:21 AM PDT by bestintxas
A retired, disabled U.S. Marine in full dress and donned with numerous medals was flagged by federal security agents at a California airport for wearing “too much metal,” and pulled to the side for additional scrutiny — even asked to lift his arms, despite an injury that made doing so impossible.
“What does a uniform and heroism represent if our own citizens — in this case, employees of the TSA and security personnel — have not regard for them?” said Patricia Martin, the former Marine’s travel partner, Fox News reported.
Cpl. Nathan Kemnitz was injured in 2004 from a bomb in Iraq. He can’t lift his arm above his head, MilitaryTimes.com reported.
He was en route to the California state Capitol building for a ceremony to honor him as veteran of the year in his legislative district and wearing full uniform for the occasion, when he was stopped by Sacramento International Airport security officials for “too much metal,” Fox News reported.
Transportation Security Administration officials asked that he lift his head for a full-body scan — but he couldn’t.
“My right arm doesn’t work,” he told security scanners, Fox News reported. “It’s a lot of hassle for me to do that.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
TSA, meanwhile, issued this statement, citing their treatment of Cpl. Kemnitz was standard procedure: “Our intent is to treat all injured service members and veterans with the dignity they deserve. As always, all passengers with disabilities and medical conditions are eligible for screening procedures sensitive to their particular disability, medical condition or other unique medical circumstance.”
This makes sense in an Obama world, one where “conservatives, Christians, military veterans, and gun owners are likely to commit terrorist acts”. This guy probably set off every warning they have for profiling. Of course, we don’t profile Muslims - that would be racist.
If enough people do it, we can bring the airline industry to its knees.
That's the only way this will ever change.
Earlier this year, I saw TSA give extra scrutiny to a military funeral group at DFW Airport. All were in dress uniforms. One was carrying the flag for the burial.
I’m not sure whether I was more appalled by their mistreatment or the fact the military has been trained to meekly accept such mistreatment by the TSA.
Well, they demonstrated how much dignity the TSA feels injured service members deserve, now didn't they.
FReepers, I suspect, would have gone for the salute, handshake or hug instead.
Them - Don’t jump to conclusions...
Us - Jump to conclusions...
Uncle Scam arms Al Qaeda to behead Christians in Syria. The TSA, Homeland Security, Patriot Act, etc. was never meant to go after terrorists. It’s purpose has always been to train the American people to act like prisoners in their own country.
TSA practically gave my Dad, a decorated three-tour war vet—and in a wheelchair with a new hip—a prostate exam the last time he flew.
Neither one of us has flown since!
We wouldn't want that to happen, would we?
I got frisked by a female rockchucker in a turban last time I flew. Was wearing my Marine Corps t-shirt at the time too. They just keep pushing.
... What fool editor let this article get listed on the newspaper website? I mean, seriously, there is at the very least some dramatically erroneous facts involved here...
Flying to the California state capital, he was screened by Sacramento airport TSA. Now I can see how some fool liberal reporter might imagine that San Francisco is the capital of California, but some of the rest of us know it is Sacramento. So for this part to be right, he’d have to be tapped to be screened leaving the airport? Wearing his dress blues on an airplane ride to the ceremony...
Multiple times unlikely there. Going to have to bet that this was leaving from the ceremony back home. Then there’s the ‘request to lift his head’ in the screening machine, which should be ‘lift his arms.’
And even though I’ve never flown out of Sacramento, everywhere I have flown out of in California requires going through the screening machine, it isn’t a special screening in this neck of the woods.
And some people wonder if Obama will find ‘soldiers’ to fire on American citizens when the time comes. Damn right he will. And these are some of his front line troops. Billions of rounds of ammo? Guess who is trained to use them. DHS and TSA are not to be dismissed as irrelevant.
TSA exists because we aren’t sheep enough. Every time we go through airport security, we are trained to be more like sheep.
TSA is the supreme law of the land and reflects the administration’s world-view. (hate America, hate Christians, love middle eastern death cultists)
I don't believe they have any choice. I imagine that seriously resisting the TSA, no matter how justified, would result in much trouble with their military superiors. Bad fitness report at the least, don't know if it could go as far as a court martial, but offenders would certainly be in the crapper as far as their military careers are concerned.
For fairness, just stopping an equal representation of every race, ethnicity, religion, etc...proportional to their numbers in the general population.
In other words,”Well, we haven’t searched a uniformed Marine yet today...”
ONLY terrorists and all Saudis are free of inspection
on entry.
Terrorists (like the Boston terrorists) DID NOT EVEN
NEED PASSPORTS.
According to Homeland Security this guy is a high risk, potential terrorist.
I long ago made my decision to never board another plane. If I can’t drive there, I don’t go there.
I caught those errors also. The reporter must not be from that area (no excuse).
And therein lies a fundamental shift in power to Obamamugabe's misnamed "Homeland Security" civilian thugs. As civil liberties are shredded, the military will do nothing to protect the citizenry from a rogue C-in-C.
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