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A traveller's sobs were left ignored this weekend, as she was subjected to an invasive pat-down despite her cries - in another blow to the TSA.
A video posted to YouTube captures the weeping woman's ordeal during the security checkpoint at an airport in Madison, Wisconsin.
Jim Hoft, who runs the political blog Gateway Pundit, posted the video on the site, as well as YouTube yesterday.
Mr Hoft wrote: 'This morning at a Midwest airport I witnessed this poor woman suffering through this horrible sexual violation'.
It's the latest in a long line of disturbing behaviour during security checkpoints.
Loud sobs can be heard as the woman, wearing a pink sweater, is patted down by a female TSA agent.
The woman's hands are shaking as the agent moves her hands down the woman's legs. The woman is then left alone, and can be seen hunching over, her arms crossed across her body in humiliation.
Last month, a clip on the video-sharing site showed a terrified eight-year-old boy confined to a wheelchair, trembling with fear as he was subjected to an invasive TSA pat-down.
Also last month, a new mom was forced to show security her freshly pumped breast milk before she could board a plane with a breast pump.
In February, a mother claimed she was subjected to repeated body scans after being told by agency employees that she 'had a cute figure'.
These followed incidents last year, where TSA agents allegedly helped themselves to cake in a flier's bag, and confiscated another's cupcake.
In December 2011, not one but two grandmothers came forward to say that they were mortified when they were ordered to be strip-searched during a security screening.
A TSA agent was fired in October after New York writer and lawyer Jill Filipovic found a note in her luggage (which contained a vibrator) that said: 'Get your freak on girl'.
In May 2011, a bizarre photograph showing a baby being frisked by airport security caused outrage after it was posted online.
The Tsa's Greatest Hits: A History Of Bizarre Behaviour
Last month, a YouTube clip showed a terrified eight-year-old boy confined to a wheelchair, trembling with fear as he was subjected to an invasive TSA pat-down as he cries to his dad.
Also last month, new mom Amy Strand was forced to show security her freshly pumped breast milk before she could board a plane with a breast pump.
In February, Ellen Terrell claimed she was subjected to repeated body scans after being told by agency employees that she 'had a cute figure'.
In January, two TSA agents were out of the the job and jailed after they admitted to stealing $40,000 from a checked bag at JFK Airport in New York.
That same month, the agency was forced to apologise after two grandmothers in their 80s were subjected to mortifying strip searches.
Also in December, Indiana rapper Freddie Gibbs got away with smuggling some pot on a flight, but not without a handwritten TSA message: 'C'mon son'.
In August 2011, the agency was accused of racism after targeting the hair of two black women at airports in Seattle and San Antonio.
In May 2011, a photo made the rounds on the internet that showed - of all people - an infant being frisked by a thorough TSA agent.
Reader Comments
They have used 9/11 lies
to justify turning our public spaces into checkpoints. I remember visiting Washington, DC a few years ago for a protest. during that time, I also checked out the Smithsonian, where I stood in incredibly long lines of people waiting to get in, and was "wanded", had my bags searched and patted down before being allowed to enter the museum. Same thing at the Capitol building, where I paid to take the tour.
By the time you are allowed entrance into these places, you feel like you've been violated.
That's because you have.
If they're trying to discourage Americans from traveling from Point A to Point B, then they're doing a great job.
I know many people who now refuse to fly.
I found it awful just having to watch other people having to submit to being "handled" in this way.
And all of these checkpoints are based upon the lies of 9/11.
to justify turning our public spaces into checkpoints. I remember visiting Washington, DC a few years ago for a protest. during that time, I also checked out the Smithsonian, where I stood in incredibly long lines of people waiting to get in, and was "wanded", had my bags searched and patted down before being allowed to enter the museum. Same thing at the Capitol building, where I paid to take the tour.
By the time you are allowed entrance into these places, you feel like you've been violated.
That's because you have.
If they're trying to discourage Americans from traveling from Point A to Point B, then they're doing a great job.
I know many people who now refuse to fly.
I found it awful just having to watch other people having to submit to being "handled" in this way.
And all of these checkpoints are based upon the lies of 9/11.
Conditioning?
No one , including the guy taking the video, shows any empathy by going over & trying to console or help..??
Perhaps that is not allowed in that area??
Or, are people getting more conditioned into being "sheeple", so they make no attempt to help?
Would it be so hard for people to say,"No! I am not going to allow myself this indignity." & refuse to put up with this?
Is this done in any other country, or just the US?
Is this done on all flights whether they are going out, in of the US?
My ??'s are only there to post my astonishment, not to be specifically answered.
There has not been any "domestic" terrorist attacks on any flights, by US citizens up til now, to my knowledge. Nor was there any before the pat-downs & FBscanners. So why was this implemented on "low risk" travelers? & Now the Supreme court says you can be strip searched for a "Not wearing a seat-belt", or other non-arrest/misdemeanor type violations.
Conditioning , that's what I am calling it.. & a pitiful state of affairs.
No one , including the guy taking the video, shows any empathy by going over & trying to console or help..??
Perhaps that is not allowed in that area??
Or, are people getting more conditioned into being "sheeple", so they make no attempt to help?
Would it be so hard for people to say,"No! I am not going to allow myself this indignity." & refuse to put up with this?
Is this done in any other country, or just the US?
Is this done on all flights whether they are going out, in of the US?
My ??'s are only there to post my astonishment, not to be specifically answered.
There has not been any "domestic" terrorist attacks on any flights, by US citizens up til now, to my knowledge. Nor was there any before the pat-downs & FBscanners. So why was this implemented on "low risk" travelers? & Now the Supreme court says you can be strip searched for a "Not wearing a seat-belt", or other non-arrest/misdemeanor type violations.
Conditioning , that's what I am calling it.. & a pitiful state of affairs.
Anyone
who stands in line at an airport and intends to get on an airplane, whether it is a domestic flight or an overseas flight, has to pass through these checkpoints. It's an unnerving process because you don't know if you will be one of the people they pull out of line for a more "personal" search ( groping).
They threw away a can of hair styling product I had in my bag and allowed me to get on board with a lighter and matches. I was given the option of not getting on board a plane OR to throw away a small keychain I had in my purse.
I had to throw it away. They searched my dog and my dog's crate.
who stands in line at an airport and intends to get on an airplane, whether it is a domestic flight or an overseas flight, has to pass through these checkpoints. It's an unnerving process because you don't know if you will be one of the people they pull out of line for a more "personal" search ( groping).
They threw away a can of hair styling product I had in my bag and allowed me to get on board with a lighter and matches. I was given the option of not getting on board a plane OR to throw away a small keychain I had in my purse.
I had to throw it away. They searched my dog and my dog's crate.
Yes, it is very unnerving. I've been slightly patted before, though not a full body thing, just chest region. It's certainly an invasion. Obviously not actually effective at doing anything other than degrading people. By turns incompetent (matches/lighter), frivolous (keychain), and just plain nasty (strip searches/groping).
My heart goes out to everyone who has to endure what the woman in the video above went through.
My heart goes out to everyone who has to endure what the woman in the video above went through.
My Option - Don't travel
Good thing I'm a whitey! My partner has brown skin when he lives in the southern parts of Amerika.
He is stopped EVERY SINGLE TIME WE FLY!
We haven't flown in 2 years now and we have no desire to so, even though we had plans to fly within the States and outside the country...
Freedom? Liberty? Freedom and Liberty the U.S. government is what we need!
Good thing I'm a whitey! My partner has brown skin when he lives in the southern parts of Amerika.
He is stopped EVERY SINGLE TIME WE FLY!
We haven't flown in 2 years now and we have no desire to so, even though we had plans to fly within the States and outside the country...
Freedom? Liberty? Freedom and Liberty the U.S. government is what we need!
edit:
Freedom and Liberty the U.S. government
should be:
Freedom and Liberty FROM the U.S. government
Freedom and Liberty the U.S. government
should be:
Freedom and Liberty FROM the U.S. government
I'd rather walk than fly. I'll never give another penny to the airline industry as long as this criminal activity is permitted. If the majority of the sheeple would do the same or refuse to comply with having civil rights violated, this shit would come to a screaming halt.
Legalized Sexual Assault.
When they first started this the sheep just went along. Others tried to organize protests but most not interested. So no effect. It is shocking people allow this. Even to their children and we know they feel traumatized. We are being assaulted on all fronts by a sick preverted government. When will folks say enough. It may be to late already. So darn sad. What have people become? Mindless, passive idiots!! You bet!
When they first started this the sheep just went along. Others tried to organize protests but most not interested. So no effect. It is shocking people allow this. Even to their children and we know they feel traumatized. We are being assaulted on all fronts by a sick preverted government. When will folks say enough. It may be to late already. So darn sad. What have people become? Mindless, passive idiots!! You bet!
TSA and DHS: Where even a lowlife pervert can find meaningful employment while mixing business with pleasure.
But this is just the beginning, The real horror begins at the soon-to-be Concentration Camps.
Don't look for any happy meals at those places.