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| leph555 |
Nipple rings fall foul of airport check
| quote: | A woman who claims she was ordered by federal airport screeners to remove her nipple rings with pliers demanded an apology from the U.S. Transportation Security Administration on Thursday.
Mandi Hamlin, 37, also called for an investigation into the February 24 incident in Lubbock, Texas, saying that snickering male agents violated TSA policy by forcing her to remove the jewelry.
"I felt surprised, embarrassed, humiliated, scared and angry," Hamlin told reporters at the offices of her Los Angeles attorney, Gloria Allred.
"This situation was totally out of control. I will not sit quietly. No one deserves to be treated this way."
The TSA, a unit of the Department of Homeland Security that was set up after the September 11 attacks on the United States in 2001, said it was investigating the incident but that agents were trained to search people with piercings in "sensitive areas" with dignity and respect.
"TSA is well aware of terrorists' interest in hiding dangerous items in sensitive areas of the body, therefore we have a duty to the American public to resolve any alarm we discover," the agency said in a written statement.
The TSA said incidents of female terrorists hiding explosives in "sensitive areas" were on the rise and provided a picture of a "bra bomb" that was used in training its agents.
Allred said the incident began when Hamlin, who has a number of piercings, set off a hand-held metal detector and told a TSA officer that her nipple rings were the problem.
A small group of TSA officers gathered around Hamlin, Allred said, and told her she would have to remove the jewelry from her nipples if she wanted to board her flight.
Hamlin went behind a curtain and removed one of her nipple piercings but could not budge the other, tearfully telling the officers it could not be taken out without pliers, Allred said.
"As Ms. Hamlin struggled to remove the piercing behind the curtain, she could hear a growing number of predominantly male TSA officers snickering in the background," the attorney said.
Allred said TSA policy called for a pat-down under such circumstances but did not require the piercings to be removed. |
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| chach |
| So it's not like we have rights.... |
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| SuspicionVandit |
| any more incidents and we might have to remove women from flights altogether. |
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| Chris Crossland |
| quote: | Originally posted by SuspicionVandit
any more incidents and we might have to remove women from flights altogether. |
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| glass |
I had a dominatrix forcably take out a nipple ring once.
Do you see me complaining, noooooooooooo, cuzz I have values:rolleyes: |
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| tubularbills |
| quote: | Originally posted by SuspicionVandit
any more incidents and we might have to remove women from flights altogether. |
:stongue:
i thought about getting "teh rings" once. i can't imagine it hurting real bad...lol |
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| jpisani |
Everyone wants to loosen security restrictions until someone gets by these agents, and then its their fault. people and them wanting security to be tight until it hinders their day. If it was setting off the metal detectors then they have every right to make her take them out.
And for the 'growing number of predominatly male TSA agents snickering' ... are you ing serious? I'm sure thats legal jargon for 'it started with one guy, and ending with two guys, as the supervisor came over to see what was going on' |
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| HardTranceProd |
| quote: | Originally posted by SuspicionVandit
any more incidents and we might have to remove women from flights altogether. |
omg what a good one! :D |
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| wizniz |
i'm cool with loose security restrictions... if i'm allowed to bring a knife on board aint NO ONE gonna be hijackin that ...
streets of ny 10,000' in the air ftw |
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| DJ Mikey Mike |
| quote: | Originally posted by jpisani
Everyone wants to loosen security restrictions until someone gets by these agents, and then its their fault. people and them wanting security to be tight until it hinders their day. If it was setting off the metal detectors then they have every right to make her take them out.
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| DJ Mikey Mike |
| She should consider herself lucky; I would have made her remove it using just her teeth. 37 year olds shouldn't even be wearing nipple rings in the first place. |
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