Posted on 08/12/2016 9:55:19 AM PDT by Red Badger
A St Jude patient and her mother are suing TSA, the Memphis Shelby County Airport Authority, and its police department after a security screening got physical.
I’m no fan of the TSA, but this has nothing to do with liberty or porno-scans.
She started beating him, and even if its clearly coming from a weak and mentally disturbed girl, he has to do SOMETHING. The TSA guy gave her a simple flip onto the ground and tried to restrain her. I see no problems in the response.
Too bad the TSA can’t patrol the border...
Used to live in Memphis, traveled out of there extensively (and all over the world). The TSA there is the worst of anyplace I encountered. It is basically an “attitude” problem them have.
I had a carryon that had a difficult pocket area to open. The lady was struggling with it. I reached over and pointed to the button to open it. She slapped my hand away and said if I tried that one more time I’d be handcuffed. (I couldn’t believe what I heard). She struggled again then turned to me and said “open it” ... I said “Lady, I wouldn’t touch that bag for a million dollars, you’re so good, figure it out yourself.” That got me a little face time with the manager of the line. I explained what happened, he told me to open it and, since it was still on the belt area, I refused to reach over to it. Finally he figured out the button and I was on my way.
This kind of thing happened over and over. I don’t think it is a TSA thing in Memphis, to me it looked like a black arrogance thing. There wasn’t a white person on that entire security line. And it was the whites that got hassled. Throwing a WHITE cancer patient on the ground at Memphis TSA security doesn’t surprise me at all.
He was standing in her personal space with the intent to intimidate her (it’s what cops all do) and she reacted when he put his hands on her.
Sooner or later one of these thugs is going to be killed for doing this kind of thing and someone is going to be acquitted by a jury for defending themselves.
This nonsense needs to stop before it gets worse.
And it will.
That's an excellent point. But it brings up another question. WHY did the girl start beating the agent? Odd that the video starts with the girl flailing away, and not before.
Idiot “cancer patient” HIT the TSA guy first. Got what was coming to her.
You do know St. Jude’s is a childrens’ hospital?............
I was raised just SE of Memphis in Mississippi....................
I won’t fly out of Memphis anymore if I can find a route out of Nashville. The TSA in Memphis is an affirmative action group that despises whites. Memphis has become a very dangerous place with which for whites to travel.
Pretty clear that her offense was not wearing a hijab.
I lived in Memphrica in the early 1990’s... not surprised either..
I had an older lady working the check out at the mid town Kroger just demolishing my groceries...yet the other folks ahead of me in line, no issues, just more melatonin... I confronted her and told her I grew up in upstate NY and did not shoot MLK... she actually broke down and cried... over time we became friends.. several years on I moved out of Memphrica and we traded Christmas cards till she passed a few years ago.
Interesting how the security camera did not work until
she starts resisting. Must be a magic camera.
The claim that this video is of TSA employees manhandling a "St. Jude Cancer patient" is absolutely and categorically FALSE!
Not addressing the fake claim of the plaintiff, the individuals in that video are actually officers of HOMELAND SECURITY, NOT THE TSA!!!!!
Why is this noteworthy? Because Florida Republican Congressman John Mica is the biggest opponent of the TSA and the first to jump on the bandwagon whenever an alleged violation of personal rights is violated, such as the above video.
Why would Mica be so vociferous and vocal against the TSA?
Mica is the number proponent of the privatization of the TSA and his ultimate goal is to allow his WIFE's (not in his name because that would be a conflict of interest) security company to take over all security operations of airports across this country........
I tend to agree with your view.
And she’s a porker, so she had some oomph behind it.
The name of that company is the Trinity Technology Group which has already taken over the security at the Sarasota Bradenton airport...........
Here’s the video without the selective editing that makes it look like the girl just “went off”.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLAs4zmqQwM
He went hands-on with her and she fought back. Can’t even begin to tell you how I feel watching this.
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