I have flown out of; Phoenix, LAX, JFK, LaGaurdia, Raliegh, Houston, Pitt, Cleveland, Sacramento, Denver, Vegas, Dallas, DC, Atlanta, and San Diego and by far the worst hive mind of TSA agents has been Phoenix, I dread that place, so confrontational.

I have no idea why this is sexual abuse if there is no intention of sexual intent. I suppose if you kick someone in the crotch this will be considered sexual battery now. Giving someone a titty-twister is now only reserved for children? Why can't adult give each other titty-twisters lol. Okay the answer is obvious, because we assume anyone willing to grab a persons breasts as an adult must have some sexual intention. But, this just goes to show not every act of reaching out and touching someone is sexually motivated. Sometimes it is done to return the favor they did upon us.

Originally posted by ExPostFacto
I have no idea why this is sexual abuse if there is no intention of sexual intent. I suppose if you kick someone in the crotch this will be considered sexual battery now. Giving someone a titty-twister is now only reserved for children? Why can't adult give each other titty-twisters lol. Okay the answer is obvious, because we assume anyone willing to grab a persons breasts as an adult must have some sexual intention. But, this just goes to show not every act of reaching out and touching someone is sexually motivated. Sometimes it is done to return the favor they did upon us.

LMAO......that's the TSA's new slogan.. "Reach out and touch someone!" lmao

As comical as the TSA agents getting the grope is, it seems this woman was a little more forceful than just a grope. Seems that she intended to hurt her, not just embarrass her.

I always thought it would be better to uh, get "aroused" (if you're a man) and go through the check point. See how eager they are to grope someones crotch when there's a possibility of losing an eye. Maybe even makes some noises/comments to make it even more uncomfortable. As far as I know it isn't against the law to have an awkward erection in an airport... yet.

So TSA got a taste of their own medicine. I hope the lady isn't convicted of anything. If it's sexual abuse for this lady to return the favor, then TSA should be sued for sexual abuse too.

If only everyone returned the favor on security. I mean everyone. That would be amazing.

I feel so sorry for this woman that she's being charged, but it's about time this happened.

While the TSA searches generally aren't that invasive, we have all heard of enough abuses and questionable cases where molestation was the likely intention, and humiliation of an innocent citizen was the definite outcome regardless of intentions. And of course now we are being told in the media the best way to avoid being singled out for such abuse is to be silent like good little lambs. So I say, you go, girl! I wish I had your courage. As for those saying she broke the law, yes, she did. So are the TSA agents when they touch our bodies without permission and without probable cause. They are violating our Constitution. We have the right and the duty to rise up and fight this, I believe. I am not sure, though, if what this lady did was that smart if she did this to an agent who had not touched her first. I think she would have more of a case if it literally were "tit for tat" and she had been precisely mirroring the agent's actions on her.

the ACLU needs to step in on this one, and make sure she doesn't get burned, on that charge....i think she's getting tired of being groped/fondled every time she flies, and just snapped...talk about public humiliation...i won't fly anymore, because of that..that and the food sucks.and drinks are way over priced...if the TSA is smart, they'll drop the charges

Originally posted by wagaboo
^^^ Idiot posts....There's a difference between "grope" and assault and this woman was clearly assaulted. I don't agree with TSA's search methods but this is different no matter how you try to rationalize it !

So giving somebody a titty twister is tantamount to child molestation or rape? If that is the case... I know of about 20 people or so who could be locked up on felonies for the same action against me.

Sexual Assault means the assault was sexual in nature. Getting kicked in the balls is NOT sexual assault... it's just regular assault. Hitting a boob is the same thing.... some how -- it's sexual though? Where does this distinction get made? This would make the orientation of the person in question a defacto lesbian.

Stupid idiots makes these laws... period. This is clear civil disobedience... it was a move designed to show the double standard. The TSA touches the genitals of children, through and under the clothes. They now want to xray people with full on x ray machines to make sure you don't have a bomb in your stomach...

How is this not worse than a grade school titty twister????

You live on mars or something?

TSA agents have also been caught kidnapping children into the human trafficking trade... I guess they love them some little prostitutes...



::Sigh::

It's sickening. Really.

9/11. According to the official story, a bunch of guys with box cutters hijack some planes and crash them into some buildings. Thousands of lives lost, billions of dollars in damage. That’s what the terrorists did.

Shortly after, we go to war against the terrorists. We’re told that they attacked us because they hate our freedom, and we must defend it. Ten years later, we’ve spent trillions of dollars, lost thousands of troops, and killed hundreds of thousands of terrorists, journalists, children, etc. All to defend our freedom. Yet somehow, we seem to have lost some rights and freedoms in the process. How did the terrorists accomplish this?

They didn’t. Terrorists can kill people, they can create damage, but they can’t push one piece of legislation through Congress or by the President. They can’t change the Constitution, they can’t write executive orders or signing statements. Every right, every freedom, that we have lost has been taken away from us by our government, not by terrorists.

The question has been asked, “What rights do we have left?” The answer is, only the ones we are willing to fight for. If we continue to allow searches without warrants, not only do we lose our 4th Amendment rights, but we have given away our children’s rights as well.

For those who say we give up that right by buying a ticket, I say no, we didn’t. I would never knowingly sign away any Constitutional right I may have. I hope some lawyer here can set me straight on this, but my understanding is that any contract that violates the Constitution is null and void. Otherwise, people could be tricked into signing themselves into slavery, which is a violation of the 13th Amendment.

“So, just let everyone get on a plane un-searched?” Yes! If the Federal Government can’t do their job without violating the Constitution, don’t do it. “Wouldn’t that be risking another 9/11?” Yes. Like the pro-war bumper sticker says, “Freedom Isn’t Free.” If being free means risking our lives to random terrorist attacks, then we have to ask which is more important. I’m in the Patrick Henry camp there. Brave young men and women voluntarily risk their lives every day to protect our freedoms. If we are too cowardly to accept the comparatively lower risks inherent in that freedom, then maybe we don’t deserve that freedom.

When you look at it in terms of lives lost, money spent, and liberties lost, we would have been better off if we had a 9/11 style attack every year for the past ten years, and the government had done nothing about it. Fewer innocent people would have died, our economy wouldn’t be circling the drain, and we would still have our pre-9/11 rights.