Disabled woman beaten bloody by TSA agents after becoming confused and afraid at security checkpoint

[Photographer]

A disabled woman was beaten bloody by federal agents during an airport security screening while on her way to undergo treatment for a brain tumor. Hannah Cohen set off the metal detector at a security checkpoint at the Memphis International Airport, and she was led away for additional screening, reported WREG-TV.

“They wanted to do further scanning, (but) she was reluctant — she didn’t understand what they were about to do,” said her mother, Shirley Cohen.

Cohen said she tried to tell agents with the Transportation Security Administration that her 19-year-old daughter is partially deaf, blind in one eye, paralyzed and easily confused — but she said police kept her away from the security agents.

The confused and terrified young woman tried to run away, her mother said, and agents violently took her to the ground.

“She’s trying to get away from them, but in the next instant, one of them had her down on the ground and hit her head on the floor,” Cohen said. “There was blood everywhere.”

More at http://www.rawstory.com/2016/07/disabled-woman-beaten-bloody-by-tsa-agents-after-becoming-confused-and-afraid-at-security-checkpoint/

The sort of mindset exhibited by both the police and the TSA here is frightening at best. There needs to be more action taken to turn down institutionalized violence by "public servants" several notches.

[Photographer]

1. edited to add photograph.

[Urchin]

85. A Hundred Thousand?

They're only suing for a hundred thousand dollars? Wouldn't a hundred million be a better start?

[HassleCat]

2. Not TSA

The police. The good old police.

[Major Nikon]

15. Yeah, stupid headline

TSA are not LEOs and they don't have the power to arrest.

[scscholar]

77. But they can, and constantly do, confiscate your property

[Major Nikon]

81. Not by force

If you don't want to give up your property, turn around and go back.

[HassleCat]

149. Again, no.

You surrender it to them.

[fbc]

113. True, but LEOs aren't supposed to illegally assault people

And that doesn't seem to stop them.

[Glassunion]

16. The article stated that the agents tackled her.

[HassleCat]

17. OK. Then the article got it wrong.

[Glassunion]

19. How did the article get it wrong?

Sure they have no arrest powers, but that won't stop them from tackling someone.

[HassleCat]

20. They're not allowed to physically restrain anyone.

They're not armed. No pepper spray, etc. The rules say no physical restraint. If they tackle a passenger and knock her to the ground, they'll probably be fired.

[Glassunion]

22. Then this is most likely going to be the outcome.

I just read another article and it also states it was the TSA agents that tackled her where she hit her head and was bloodied.

“She’s trying to get away from them, but in the next instant, one of them had her down on the ground and hit her head on the floor,” Cohen said, recounting the moment TSA agents tackled her disabled daughter and threw the young woman to the ground. http://www.inquisitr.com/3264274/hannah-cohen-disabled-woman-badly-beaten-by-tsa-on-return-home-from-brain-tumor-treatment/#xS9IDyGjzLtwElzj.99

[Akicita]

29. So they tackled her and then threw her to the ground?

Or is the tackling and throwing to the ground describing the same action twice? So many poor journalists these days it's hard to tell.

[Glassunion]

31. I know right?

[Scalded Nun]

23. The Rules? LOL

[hobbit709]

94. the wannabee Gestapo pretty much does what it wants.

especially if no one is watching.

i know a couple of people who went through their "ministrations"

[Dustlawyer]

120. That's why I rarely fly. I have been on their F'd up "No Fly" list since 12/2001!

All these suspicious looks, questions, run my driver's license while detaining me with a cop at my shoulder. Land of the free baby!

[jberryhill]

112. Because Ms. Cohen was mistaken?

I doubt her primary concern was properly identifying the employer of the thugs who took down her daughter.

Why is the police department mentioned as a party to this?

People are sloppy both in the way they perceive things and the way they communicate them.

[Silver_Witch]

123. The TSA escalated this and are wholly responsible.

Period...they called the police for a poor woman who was distract and only escalated the whole thing.

Horrible horrible horrible.

[davidn3600]

3. But I am told we are not a police state...

[arcane1]

52. It's only a police state when the president is republican n/t

[libodem]

4. Authoritarian monsters

This is the same mindset that says if you support Black Lives Matter you must want to see police officers assassinated and wish them harm.

Listened to a ridiculous radio interview this morning wth a rw nutcase saying that cities can't recruit new officers, because they don't want to be hated on.

Maybe they should be 3× less likely to stun gun black males than white, than 3× more likely. ( Awkward sentence but you know what I mean.)

[Joe Chi Minh]

80. This disgusting level of lawlessness,

in the very civil servants who are supposed to protect their employers, is evidently promoted, rather than condoned, by your putative law-makers(!), since it has continued unchecked for so long, and makes the US, not a laughing-stock, but the disgust of mankind.

[Photographer]

83. Very much agreed with.

Our punitive culture has given us more people in custody per capita than any other civilized nation. Really not something to be proud of.

[TipTok]

130. BLM can inject themselves into any story it seems...

[Rex]

5. So the terrorists won? This is the kind of country we all wanted to feel 'safer' about?

What is it that causes authority figures to become total assholes when THEY are confused about how to handle a situation? Amazing, this person was not a threat to anyone, but she had to be crushed and controlled and beaten and bloodied.

NOW she is an American citizen! Welcome to post-9/11 kid, the terrorists did a mindfuck on us and evidently it worked like a charm.

How pathetic.

[MisterFred]

44. Yes, more or less.

Despite ample warning from left-wing civil liberties defenders! (And even right-wing civil liberties types.)

[lpbk2713]

6. Most of the time it's a boring job.

They need to beat up on someone now and then to break the monotony.

[Iggo]

7. Look what you did, coppers. That ain't right, no matter where you come from.

Look what you did.

[Faux pas]

8. Kickin' with disgust

and

[DawgHouse]

9. That poor girl!

[GeorgeGist]

10. Assholes with a badge.

[CBGLuthier]

11. American Gestapo.

[geardaddy]

51. Bingo.

[ReRe]

118. Bingo 2

[yuiyoshida]

12. Trump's America

It will certainly get worse for all of us.

[Hekate]

87. BushCheney did this, and much more. 8 years was not enough to clean up after them...

Not to mention every time someone on the planet blows themself up in a public place, the freedom-loving Murkins call for tighter restrictions in the US.

Oooh-rah, or something like that.

[Glassunion]

13. What's the problem?

The TSA, police, and others involved will have an internal investigation into the event, where they will find that they did nothing wrong. There will be no comment due to the ongoing investigation, and when this event has faded from memory, there will be little to no follow up story.

Folks jump up and down, and say that the government's #1 job and priority is to keep us safe. Folks need to feel safe and they demand that the state protect them from all of their boogie men, real or perceived. This is the result. I sure feel safer.

There is a reason that the state should not be policed by the military. The military's #1 job is to defend the nation from its enemies, both foreign and domestic. The police's #1 job, should be as guardians of the people. When you militarize the police, then the people become the enemies of the state.

[KansDem]

14. "TSA Cares" hotline?

First time I've hear about it. Maybe they should publicize it more so these assaults could be prevented.

[Glassunion]

32. Maybe they should train agents not to assault people.

[Octafish]

18. What fascism?

Other than the fascism.

[Feeling the Bern]

21. More reason I have nothing but hatred and distrust of our badge wearing nazis.

Listen to the mother, there is no problem. No. . .these freaks get off sexually on their power trips.

[drm604]

24. We can't keep accepting this kind of thing.

The ones least able to understand end up being the ones that get tackled and beaten for not cooperating.

People with physical anomalies that show up on scanners, such as urine bags, end up being singled out and manhandled by people with no medical training.

The weakest and most vulnerable among us end up being targets, and this has been going on for years!

[The Wizard]

114. How about the cop who shot and killed a guy

for not obeying an officer's orders. He was deaf.

[uppityperson]

122. John Williams, killed by Ian Burke when he turned to see what the yelling was behind him.

Seattle, WA.

Pisses me off still.

[suffragette]

143. Still pisses me off, too.

[Photographer]

121. So right. This must be addressed in a larger forum than here.

[Binkie The Clown]

25. The solution is simple...

Disabled people should be forced to wear arm bands or patches prominently announcing that they are disabled. That way the jack-booted thugs could more easily single them out for punishment.

[sangfroid]

68. Interesting idea

Due to back to back strokes a few years ago, I am partially deaf and legally blind. I also have balance issues and stumble a lot.

So in 2012, I was at the LA Airport. As we went through security, they wouldn't allow me to use my cane, so I was having some difficulty. As I was stepping through the metal detector, I stumbled and accidentally touched the wall. Well, that was a huge no-no. Two large men with shaved skulls (for that SS look) pulled me out of the machine, rather forcibly patted me down without a single word. A female officer attempted to examine my cane (a Hoover cane for the blind, I overheard her say they might be some kind of nunchucks), and she promptly broke it. When it was decerned I was disabled and not an extra smart terrorist, I was told I could go.

I went to the Accesibilty Services office at the Airport and was told they were really very sorry about my experience and if I wanted a couple of bucks to pay for the cane, I would have to sign a form absolving the TSA and the airport authority of any responsibility. When I asked the names of "officers" involved for possible individual action, I was told that, since they aren't actually LEOs, no names or ID numbers needed to be provided. As I left, it was suggested I have a t-shirt or large button made proclaiming my disability so TSA could handle "my situation" differently.

And yes, I had a button made, and I wear it whenever I need to deal with the airport thugs. So far, I haven't had a repeat of what happened. But I really hate that fucking button.

[Stonepounder]

139. I don't blame you for hating the button! I would hate it as well.

Although it gives me a thought. We could require people to wear buttons proclaiming their religion and ethnic background so TSA could handle 'their situation' differently.

White Christians - go right through
White Muslims - a second look
Non-White, regardless of religion or ethnic origin - additional screening
Middle-Eastern Muslims - back room strip searches taking long enough that the miss their flight.

I'm sure they could break the classifications down to even finer gradations.

[Photographer]

142. +100

[jtuck004]

26. Big, brave TSA agents beating up on a disabled woman. With a whole government

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behind them.

Us, that is.


We do good work, eh?

[backscatter712]

27. Oink oink. There's nothing the pigs love more than hurting those weaker than them. FTP. nt

[Geronimoe]

28. When was the last time we had an

American daughter and mother terrorist attack? NEVER!

The violence is coming home to roost.

[Aristus]

30. The only reason she's still alive is because she's white.

If she had been black or Middle Eastern, they'd have shot or beaten her to death.

This is horrible. And the cops who did it are going to get the usual slap on the wrist.

[lpbk2713]

36. Administrative Leave

ie: paid vacation.

With strict instructions to not discuss any "matter under investigation" .

Which all means ... just wait till it blows over. Then back to business as usual.

[Aristus]

58. Yep...

[Odin2005]

33. As an autistic person this is why I'm scared of the police.

I'm scared that my issues with keeping eye contact and my odd mannerisms will be perceived as "lack of respect" by some violent 'roided up pig.

[Rex]

40. Same here.

That is my biggest fear too.

[lostnfound]

97. Can I just say..

I'm really glad you're here.
Diversity!

[Odin2005]

107. Thanks!

[Akicita]

34. So someone runs from a security checkpoint at an airport and is tackled.

In Europe, someone who just runs onto a soccer pitch during a game is roughly tackled by security and no one complains about it. I saw a few instances of this just the past two weeks. Talk about being slammed to the ground. Coming right after the suicide bombing of the Turkish airport, I would think running from the TSA at the airport would be taken more seriously than running onto a soccer field. If she was actually beaten bloody like the headline states, then it is a different story.

Very unfortunate she sustained any injuries.

[Photographer]

35. Did you miss the part about her being disabled?

Confused and frightened?

[Akicita]

37. I missed the part where her diabilities were obvious and known to the TSA.

It didn't appear that the security at the European soccer pitches stopped to investigate any possible disabilities or the state of mind of the people before they were thrown to the ground either.

[Rex]

41. The mother kept trying to tell them, but like fucked up robots they ignored her.

Ain't that just swell?

[Akicita]

53. Not swell at all. More of a tragedy.

It's funny how a serious mishap like this becomes much more outrageous when the TSA's commander in chief is a black man.

It's curious that a much more accurate headline of "Disabled woman is injured when tackled while fleeing TSA officers at security checkpoint" becomes "Disabled woman beaten bloody by TSA agents after becoming confused and afraid at security checkpoint" when their CIC is a black man.

[niyad]

56. wow.

[Rex]

63. I cannot believe someone just typed that reply on DU.

WTF?

[Akicita]

66. I just don't like sensationalized stories with misleading headlines meant to incite. Beaten bloody?

[trumad]

88. Dude...

You need to check yourself.

[AntiBank]

108. she looks pretty fucking bloody to me

[uppityperson]

124. You keep questioning if she was bloody. Did you even look at the picture? Here

[smirkymonkey]

144. What an outrage!

That poor girl looks terrified! What a heartbreaking photo. I hope they are sued.

[Rex]

62. Seriously?

THAT is your reply?

[Tsiyu]

134. Just wow

that was an interesting comment.

Someone needs to tell that poster that the chief of the TSA is Caucasian, and it doesn't fucking matter what color you are if you will body slam disabled people because you're on too big of a power trip to listen to a mere fucking taxpayer who pays your goddamned salary.

OK I got that out...

[Nancyswidower]

111. A "mishap"???

[passiveporcupine]

125. wtf?

Nobody is talking about or even thinking about the CIC in this incident.

What the hell made you even think of bringing him into this? We've been complaining about abuses of the TSA since their inception, long before Obama was our President.

[Trajan]

152. Reading your posts here on this thread ...

I will NEVER read another ...

*
.

[LanternWaste]

48. your consistent rationalization of this quite bemusing... in a morbid and inadequate sort of way.

" I missed the part where her diabilities (sic) were obvious and known to the TSA..."

"Cohen said she tried to tell agents with the Transportation Security Administration that her 19-year-old daughter is partially deaf, blind in one eye, paralyzed and easily confused — but she said police kept her away from the security agents..."

On the other hand, your consistent rationalization of this quite bemusing... in a rather morbid and inadequate sort of way.


"Very unfortunate she sustained any injuries."
Given a fitting soundtrack (Hans Zimmer could pull it off) and three double Scotches, I'd give 3-10 odds on actual sincerity.

[Akicita]

64. Should a person who has just set off alarms at a checkpoint indicating she had something metallic on

her person that she did not declare be allowed to run through an airport potentially endangering fellow passengers or should she have been tackled? I don't know.

I do know that it is tragic she turned out to be disabled and was injured when tackled.

If her mother, the only person there that would know, had any inkling that her daughter might panic and flee the checkpoint, she should have handled that proactively with the TSA.

The sensationalized headline is very misleading and only serves to incite. Beaten bloody indeed.

[Joe Chi Minh]

84. Should a person who has just set off alarms at a checkpoint indicating

she had something metallic on her person that she did not declare be allowed to run through an airport potentially endangering fellow passengers or should she have been tackled? I don't know.

You don't KNOW???!!! Are you mad ? A metal thing in a bloody bra strap or some such oversight could trip such an alarm. Look at the woman's innocent, vulnerable face, for crying out loud !

I'll let you into what appears to be a secret that has been kept from you : people can sense another person's helpless, innocent panic, and very easily distinguish it from the reaction of a guilty fugitive from the law ; and would particularly be able to do so, in the case of a had-nosed terrorist.

[dflprincess]

117. Her mother was there trying to tell them she has medical issues

I would expect some consideration for people in these situations - at least listen to the caregivers that are traveling with them.

And this happened in Memphis, the home of St. Jude's Hospital. People come from all over the world to go to St. Jude's, I would think anyone working at the airport would have an awareness that they would be seeing people with medical conditions coming through security.

[Akicita]

128. I would've hoped they had more awareness too. I also wish the mother would have said something

before the girl decided to flee.

[dflprincess]

146. Did you read the article?

the mother did try to intervene, they wouldn't let her or listen to her.

[passiveporcupine]

126. Perhaps you did not read the article?

If her mother, the only person there that would know, had any inkling that her daughter might panic and flee the checkpoint, she should have handled that proactively with the TSA.

They'd made this trip for seventeen years without a mishap. What on earth would make her mother think this time would be different? When something came up that made them want to pursue more scans, the mother did try to intervene to tell them she was disabled, but they wouldn't let her.

I think you are making a fool of yourself by persisting in this ridiculous attempt to blame this on the mother and the girl.

[Akicita]

129. I am not trying to blame the mother or the girl. I was just thinking that if I set off the scanner

alarm and was pulled aside for more scanning and I decided to make a break for the terminal I would expect to be tackled. Given that, I can sort of see why they, not knowing the girl was disabled, may have tackled her. It was a tragic mistake that I hope those who were involved are regretting and are learning from. I hope they tackled her with the intent of stopping her and not with the intention of hurting her. Hopefully that will be investigated and any wrongdoing punished.

[Tsiyu]

135. You appear to be justifying evil and cruelty

with all sorts of contortions. In my opinion, any normal person is appalled at this young woman's treatment, and at the treatment of the woman's guardian. There is no excuse for this treatment, no matter how hard you try to sell that sweet shit sandwich you're selling.

[Angry Dragon]

67. I feel sorry for you

[Akicita]

72. Thank you.

[Angry Dragon]

73. You are welcome

[Photographer]

109. Passive aggresive retort.

I don't buy it or any of your replies trying to make yourself sound empathetic to anyone other than the people that took the child down.

[tblue37]

42. They could have listened to her mother. nt

[niyad]

49. wow--your complete lack of sympathy for this disabled person (and do look at the pic)

and your complete acquiescence to the disgusting behaviour of the tsa goons is, to put it mildly, horrifying.

[niyad]

65. your words are much more polite than the ones I was thinking.

[rockfordfile]

71. This situation is completely unacceptable

Only a pig supporter would see otherwise.

[sangfroid]

76. Yes, so sad.

Please read Post #68.

I occasionally attend a support group for the blind, and EVERY single person has a story about thuggish, irresponsible TSA agents, ranging from being roughed up because we don't obey barked out orders quickly enough to having expensive equipment broken. They are shielded from consequences by a public more scared than smart. And in the end, our rights and comfort are sacrificed so you aren't afraid.

Just terrific.

[Aerows]

39. It gets worse

They arrested her and took her to jail!

Pure insanity!

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

54. And she was trying to catch a plane to have a BRAIN TUMOR removed!

Fuck these fucking fuckers!

[Glassunion]

61. Not quite correct...

It was the return flight after the tumor surgery.

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

86. Well, that's even worse! Thanks for the correction.

[Aerows]

89. Beating up a person that is unwell

and just had surgery. That's low down meanness.

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

96. It could definitely affect the outcome.

I would go as far as saying the perpetrator is a potential murderer. I'm an atheist, but in deference to anyone's God, I have no problem saying may God bless her, heal her, and protect her.

She probably has at least as much psychological damage from this. Watching that was just retching.

Positive thoughts for all.

[Aerows]

69. It's nearly enough

to make you lose faith in humanity.

[Glassunion]

90. Don't.

Much, much more here: http://faithinhumanityr.tumblr.com/

I give it a visit from time to time for a good pick me up.

[Akicita]

102. Thanks for the great link.

[Scootaloo]

132. Thanks for the link

[Separation]

43. Memphis-Come for the Blues, Beale st, BBQ & Elvis

Stay because you died there.

[Auggie]

45. Civil lawsuit ... sue the pants off them, collectively and individually

[dembotoz]

46. have 2 different friends with adult disabled children...both children look pretty normal

one of the kids, a man has bad eyes and is pretty deaf...his mom is convinced he is quite bright, i am much less convinced. Due to his vision and hearing problems he does not get the same data input normal folks do....Misinterpretations do arise.......

the other - a woman--god i look at the photo and i can like see my friends daughter....she seems normal enuf until you talk to her for a while....adult autistic? some other stuff too? She does not like crowds...seems she has a larger sense of personal space than others....you get her in a space like an airport and i go on full alert....and god help anyone who actually touches her....my heart goes out to this girl and her family

[Ligyron]

47. If she was tackled and had her head slammed into the ground

at what point was she "beaten bloody"?

While it makes me sick that she was wrongfully treated this way by the TSA (or was it police) why can't journalists today get their facts straight?

[niyad]

57. soooo, getting one's head slammed into the ground is not a beating? and, when one's

head is slammed into the ground, you do not think there will be blood? wow. . . just. . wow.

oh, you might want to take a look at the picture.

[Demonaut]

75. where was her mother to calm the situation? the daughter was hurt in the altercation

but was she beaten bloody?

was she beaten at all?

she was tackled and hit her head, was malice involved?

what if she was a threat and she did have a gun and shot someone...nah, this is the US, that never happens

Nothing more than emotional innuendo , the writer is guilty of yellow journalism

[niyad]

150. you might want to read the story. ALL of it.

[Roland99]

50. That look of fear and pain in her face...omg...

it's breaking my heart and boiling my blood!

[niyad]

55. glad the family is suing these bastards

(note that this happened last year, and the family is now filing suit)


Disabled cancer patient sues airport and TSA after bloody checkpoint scuffle
Posted 9:36 am, July 1, 2016, by Tribune Media Wire


MEMPHIS, Tenn. ---Bloodied and bruised, Hannah Cohen was led from Memphis International Airport in handcuffs last year. The 19-year old was headed home to Chattanooga on June 30, 2015 after treatment for a brain tumor at St. Jude Hospital. It's a trip her family has made for 17 years.

This time, an unarmed Hannah set off the metal detector at a security checkpoint
“They wanted to do further scanning, she was reluctant, she didn't understand what they were about to do," her mother Shirley Cohen said.

Cohen told us she tried to tell TSA agents her daughter is partially deaf, blind in one eye, paralyzed, and easily confused, but said she was kept at a distance by police. “She's trying to get away from them but in the next instant, one of them had her down on the ground and hit her head on the floor. There was blood everywhere,” said Cohen.

. . . .

http://fox4kc.com/2016/07/01/disabled-cancer-patient-sues-airport-and-tsa-after-bloody-scuffle-at-security-checkpoint/

[red dog 1]

59. We should all contact TSA and express our outrage about how this woman was treated

Why the hell didn't they allow the young woman's mom to be with her while she was being screened?....If they had, all this could have been avoided.

TSA Contact E-Mail.."Your feedback is very important to us"
http://www.tsa.gov/contact/contact-forms





"Lawmakers Rip TSA for $90K Bonuses Amid Failed Security Checks"
(I was unable to post a link to this May, 2016 story - to see it, Google story title)

[whathehell]

105. Yes, we should-- This is despicable!

Thanks for the information, red dog.

[red dog 1]

141. You're Welcome

[Scootaloo]

131. I would be unable to convey useful thoughts in word form.

[rockfordfile]

70. Hopefully they get fired and other penalties are put forth

[lpbk2713]

78. They need training from someone responsible.

Obviously they don't know WTF they are doing.

[struggle4progress]

74. These are allegations in a lawsuit regarding 30 June 2015 --

so defendants, on advice of attorneys, won't be making statements to media

[PatSeg]

82. This is so disturbing

We live in a very scary reactionary world.

[shadowmayor]

91. When you have a hammer for a head

Every problem looks like a nail.

Can't believe the nonsense about whether she was beaten or tackled or whatever. She was goddamned bloodied! Bid Laden is laughing from his grave and too many Americans are more than willing to bend the knee for a phony feeling of security.

[Maynar]

93. This.

*nods*

[Warpy]

92. This is sad beyond belief

because her mother was right there, but they restrained her so she couldn't talk to her daughter and the agents refused to listen to the mother. 10 seconds of shutting the fuck up and LISTENING would have stopped this before it happened.

Stupid assholes are just 100% knee jerk reactive. TSA needs to hire a few adults to supervise these idiots.

I hope Hannah wins millions and it hurts that agency enough to get a few incredibly stupid policies changed.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

95. They WANT to hurt us and are looking for an excuse.

[AntiBank]

110. THIS^^^^^^ THIS THIS ^^^THIS THIS^^^^!!!!!!!

[FixTheProblem]

98. I hope those who committed the assault go to prison for a VERY long time...

But I know they won't, and will probably be rewarded for their efforts, because that's how things are done here in America, where the disabled simply DO. NOT. MATTER.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

99. Police Riot. . nt

[raven mad]

100. I'm disgusted.

[yourpaljoey]

101. wowowowowow

When do we stop this?

[Judi Lynn]

103. That young lady is terrified. My God. One's immediate instinct is to comfort and calm her.

How stupid and vicious does someone have to be to do that? How stupid and vicious does someone have to be to allow them to do it? Is our country really this sick?

Apparently it is.

It has to be changed, somehow.

Someone courageous has to start stepping forward, all over the nation, or we're all lost. We're lost if we allow this to happen and not speak up.

[Hulk]

104. A crying shame.

This country has some of the most cold hearted, dumb ass, violent sons-of-bitches in the world. Many are working for the TSA, the US Border Patrol, and your local police force. Welcome to AmeriKKKa.

Shameful! This family should be able to sue the TSA and get each one of the bastards involved fired and charged as well.

[billhicks76]

106. We Are To Blame

Democrats haven't done crap to offset what republicans and 911 did to our country.

[davidn3600]

115. According to the NSA leakers...it's gotten worse since Bush left

Bush/Cheney started all this. They put it in motion. But it's been expanded on since... The Obama administration came into office and completely bought into the surveillance state and police state.

[billhicks76]

148. Trajectory Always The Same When Two Wings On The Same Bird

People didn't realize that when Bush Sr amped up the Drug War waged on the American People that Clinton would take over and increase the incarceration rate even further. We all thought ok now we have a Democrat that can slow it down and address these crimes against humanity that were suddenly becoming normalized. Well, that did not happen and Bill broke all of Bush's records. The question is why? It's obvious...they worked together and served the same masters. Bill was about PR. He created a liberal "image" but continued republican policies. And the American people look like fools now.

[postatomic]

116. There is no need for this. Ever.

I've often said that I'll take my chances that a Terrorist will light their shoes and blow up the plane I'm on than go through the TSA clusterfuck. Like 'rent a cops' (can you say Zimmerman) these fucks take their job too seriously. We've had a couple of run-ins with TSA. One almost got me arrested, when I - OMG!!!! - refused to take off my belt.

[Calculating]

119. Just plain sad

No need for this kind of behavior from our supposed protectors.

[mrr303am]

127. As long as we continue to live in a Police State void of rights,

unless your one of the privileged few, these kinds of brutal instances will continue, and will increase in both the brutality and frequency.

[Tsiyu]

133. K & R

This picture makes me so angry and disgusted with the 'good people' of Memphis I could spit


I started my own thread to name the chief: Neffenger who must GO now. But kicking and reccing this because fuck this Friday news dump shit. This story needs to be front and center until we get a new TSA chief. This is enough.

[Liberal_in_LA]

136. "partially deaf, blind in one eye, paralyzed and easily confused"

[marble falls]

137. When those who are supposed to protect us from terrorists become terrorists, its time...

end TSA.

[JEB]

138. I cannot stand to set foot in an airport.

Disgusting displays of ignorance and arrogance rule the day in those hell holes.

[christx30]

140. If it makes anyone feel better,

threads about this on conservative sites look pretty much like this, expressing disgust with what happened to this woman.
It's pretty much universal. The closest thing to support for the TSA's actions was a sarcastic post that wasn't marked as sarcastic.
Glad there is at least one thing we all can agree on.

[The Wizard]

147. bin Laden won

He convinced 19 guys with box cutters to commit a dastardly crime. That crime caused us to cease living the American creed. It was a traditional American value to question authority. Not anymore. Just a nation brainwashed into being permanently frightened so as to sacrifice all the rights and privileges we were brought up to believe made this a great country, the land of the free and home of the brave. Remember Occupy and how peaceful protesters were violently attacked by the government for exercising their Constitutional rights to assemble and petition the government. All Occupy wanted was the crooked bankers who looted the Treasury to return the funds they extorted from the tax payers, threatening world wide chaos if they weren't paid off.
We've become so desensitized that a TSA thug beat up a disabled girl in front of witnesses and no one intervened on her behalf.
bin Laden won.

[boston bean]

151. Dear goddesses, wtf?