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Airport staff 'exposed woman's breasts, laughed'

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Security at airports, particularly in the US, has come under scrutiny / Supplied



A WOMAN is suing over an incident where airport staff allegedly pulled down her top and joked about her breasts in public view.

The 23-year-old traveller, from Amarillo, US, is suing the US Government for the emotional distressed she says the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agents caused.


The woman says she was singled out for "extended search procedures" while preparing to board a plane to Amarillo in May 2008.
“As the TSA agent was frisking plaintiff, the agent pulled the plaintiff’s blouse completely down, exposing plaintiffs’ breasts to everyone in the area,” the lawsuit said.



“As would be expected, plaintiff was extremely embarrassed and humiliated.”
The lawsuit claims that other employees laughed and made jokes about the incident "for an extended period of time".
The distraught woman left the screening area to be consoled but when she re-entered the boarding area employees allegedly started joking about the matter.
"One male TSA employee expressed to the plaintiff that he wished he would have been there when she came through the first time and that 'he would just have to watch the video,'" the suit said.
She wishes to remain anonymous due to privacy reasons.
Lawyers for the US Government confirm that the woman went through secondary screening but deny airport staff acted inappropriately.


http://www.theaustralian.com.au/tra...-breasts-laughed/story-e6frg8ro-1225955345734

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Wondering when the government is going to get smacked with constitutionality cases of this shit.
 
Not just fired, arrested for assault. Once they turned the physical search from a government job to a personal one, it's sexual assault. These scumbags need to be arrested so the other scumbags who are applying for these jobs know how serious the job is.
 
oddyager said:
Process is fine. These dumbasses ought to be fired though.
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I like the idea of increased security measures, etc. But the application of it is nearly impossible when you consider the staff that is hired to do the job. It's nearly impossible to try to rationalize any special accommodation/concern to some uneducated bozo who is being paid $10/hour and could give 2 sh!ts about the job.
 
drunkensano said:
not just fired, arrested for assault. Once they turned the physical search from a government job to a personal one, it's sexual assault. These scumbags need to be arrested so the other scumbags who are applying for these jobs know how serious the job is.
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qft
 
krunchykrome said:
I like the idea of increased security measures, etc. But the application of it is nearly impossible when you consider the staff that is hired to do the job. It's nearly impossible to try to rationalize any special accommodation/concern to some uneducated bozo who is being paid $10/hour and could give 2 sh!ts about the job.
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Mandatory jail time if they abuse their status as government employees would start making the idiots care about the job and act as a filter for other bozos who are thinking of applying.
 
krunchykrome said:
I like the idea of increased security measures, etc. But the application of it is nearly impossible when you consider the staff that is hired to do the job. It's nearly impossible to try to rationalize any special accommodation/concern to some uneducated bozo who is being paid $10/hour and could give 2 sh!ts about the job.
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True, but the same can be applied to any fast food joint where people make less than that and have to sweat it out, deal with shit from people, etc. You still need to provide service without assaulting your customers.
 
oddyager said:
The same can be applied to any fast food joint where people make less than that and have to sweat it out, deal with shit from people, etc. You still need to provide service without assaulting your customers.
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right; but I dont walk into a McDonalds and expect to be treated with the upmost respect. It's fast food. The TSA is held to a higher standard, especially when we're talking about pat downs, and privacy.
 
krunchykrome said:
right; but I dont walk into a McDonalds and expect to be treated with the upmost respect. It's fast food. The TSA is held to a higher standard, especially when we're talking about pat downs, and privacy.
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Context is everything. You go to McDonalds knowing that the food has been sitting for a couple hours and you might get sick. What you don't expect is for them to intentionally poison your food so it makes you sick.

You go to the airport and you expect to get searched and groped or maybe even taken to the back room and fisted by some guy with really big hands. What you don't expect is to get exposed out in public. Publicly exposing people is not part of the TSA job, so the people responsible should be personally be held accountable.
 
There is no reason for them to touch anyone's private parts, that's what the metal handheld scanner is for. I am glad people are fighting back. One week from today, i get to enjoy my first groping. No way in hell will i ever go though the full body scanner.
 
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