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Passenger arrested after refusing TSA patdown
A Texas woman on her way to Christmas festivites on the west coast will be staying in the Lone Star state this season, all due to a disagreement with the security officers at Austin-Bergstrom International airport. After opting out of security screening at the checkpoint this past week, Claire Hirschkind was pulled aside and prepared for a thorough pat down. She agreed to the procedure but only if the agents didn't pat down her breasts -- and that's when things got out of hand.
Apparently one thing led to another and Ms. Hirschkind ended up on the floor in handcuffs then subsequently arrested.
While this KVUE story has a few more details on the affair it's still not clear what led to Ms. Hirschkind's arrest. A simple pat-down refusal shouldn't land someone in handcuffs, so it's possible that a misunderstanding or some heated words led to this disastrous result. Either way, this story provides more reason to tread lightly when going through the checkpoint this season.
Apparently one thing led to another and Ms. Hirschkind ended up on the floor in handcuffs then subsequently arrested.
While this KVUE story has a few more details on the affair it's still not clear what led to Ms. Hirschkind's arrest. A simple pat-down refusal shouldn't land someone in handcuffs, so it's possible that a misunderstanding or some heated words led to this disastrous result. Either way, this story provides more reason to tread lightly when going through the checkpoint this season.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
thomas Dec 25th 2010 3:33PM
By the time people wake up and realize this country is turning into Nazi Germany, it will be too late.
stk33 Dec 26th 2010 9:58AM
True, but the country is being turned into Nazi Germany by these very people from 9 to 5, nobody else. Such as the two bystanders who said on camera that they now feel more secure - and who in fact constitute 99% of the population. The other 1% is posting comments like ours.
stk33 Dec 26th 2010 9:47AM
> A simple pat-down refusal shouldn't land someone in handcuffs
Actually it should, only tsa apparently was not enforcing it until now. A while ago during the famous incident "don't touch my junk", tsa said that the "offender" who refused both x-ray and pat-down, would be charged and fined. According to their rules, once you have entered "sterile zone", you can't leave it unscreened, because this would allow the terrorists to test the system. This means that if Claire refused the x-ray, she must be groped. When she refused that as well, she was arrested. According to the same tsa rules, she now has to be fined about $11,000.
It should be noted that for 10 years tsa has humiliated and arrested thousands of Americans, inconvenienced and outraged milllions, but not once has caught a single real terrorist.