Friday 24 August 2018

TSA Horror Stories That Passengers Cannot Forget

By Edward Bailey


The TSA, or the transport security administration, has always been under fire for their standard operating procedures that are rather invasive of privacy. People have complained about being groped, being violated, or even harassed. There have been a lot of tsa horror stories that are told by the common folk when it comes to their experiences in the airport.

Racial discrimination is quite rampant in a lot of Western countries, and it is something that is also very rampant among government working bodies like the transport security agency. Gurdeep Singh Bawa is a man who was experienced something like that when he was forced to take out his turban. According to his culture, this is a big no no as it is considered a gross disrespect to let others touch the turban.

There is also a story about this woman who was on a flight from Texas who was stopped by the agents. The agents sexually harassed her by forcing her to take off her blouse, exposing her breasts to them so that they can thoroughly check her. This made her file a complaint which was not reciprocated in anyway. So she just filed a lawsuit against the agency and kept her name anonymous from the reporters or news channels.

One Redditor who had sleep apnea complained that a security agent even tampered with her sleep apnea machine because they thought it was some kind of strange device. Eventually, they disassembled it, prompting the Redditor to get the name of the supervisor in charge to file a case in the event she died because they broke the sleep apnea machine. Needless to say, they had the machine replaced afterwards.

Cathy Bassi, who is a proud breast cancer survivor and a carrier of a prosthetic breast, was stopped by agents because they suspected the breast to be something dangerous. The agents first groped her beast and asked her if she felt anything. After that, they asked her to show the prosthetic breast.

Children were also heavily victimized by the agents as a six year old boy was sexually harassed. His father wrote an anonymous blog stating that his son was not given a choice but to go through the enhanced pat down. During the pat down, the agents grabbed his testicles, which obviously made him feel uncomfortable.

John Tyner was a little bit different as he did not want to cooperate. He was interviewed by fox news wherein he stated that he refused screening and pat downs. Because of this, the agents told him he was not allowed to travel and was brought out of the airport.

Everyone who has gone traveling in certain parts of the world has probably experienced some sort of unjust security procedure due to the transport security agents. While some agents really just follow the rules of their job, there is no denying that there are some who abuse their power just to harass passengers. This can really be seen in the stories that were mentioned above.




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