[Toxick Bloging] TSA takes pliers to womans breast
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Chris_Titan
Mar 28, 2008, 6:55:55 AM3/28/08
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LOS ANGELES - A woman called Thursday for an apology by federal security agents and a civil rights investigation. Mandi Hamlin said she was forced to use unsterile pliers remove a nipple ring with in order to board an airplane .
"I wouldn't wish this experience upon anyone," Mandi Hamlin said at a news conference. "My experience with TSA was a nightmare I had to endure. No one deserves to be treated this way."
She could not remove them. She asked whether she could instead display her pierced breasts in private to the female agent. She was told that she could not board her flight until the jewelry was out.
"Still crying, she informed the TSA officer that she could not remove it without the help of pliers, and the officer gave a pair to her," said Hamlin's attorney, Gloria Allred, reading from a letter she sent Thursday to the director of the TSA's Office of Civil Rights and Liberties. Allred is a well-known Los Angeles lawyer who often represents high-profile claims.
She said she heard male TSA agents snickering as she took out the ring. She was scanned again and was allowed to board even though she still was wearing a belly button ring.
Hamlin said her piercings have never set off an airport metal detector.
"The conduct of TSA was cruel and unnecessary," Allred wrote. "The last time that I checked a nipple was not a dangerous weapon."
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Posted By Chris_Titan to Toxick Bloging at 3/28/2008 03:47:00 AM
"I wouldn't wish this experience upon anyone," Mandi Hamlin said at a news conference. "My experience with TSA was a nightmare I had to endure. No one deserves to be treated this way."
She could not remove them. She asked whether she could instead display her pierced breasts in private to the female agent. She was told that she could not board her flight until the jewelry was out.
"Still crying, she informed the TSA officer that she could not remove it without the help of pliers, and the officer gave a pair to her," said Hamlin's attorney, Gloria Allred, reading from a letter she sent Thursday to the director of the TSA's Office of Civil Rights and Liberties. Allred is a well-known Los Angeles lawyer who often represents high-profile claims.
She said she heard male TSA agents snickering as she took out the ring. She was scanned again and was allowed to board even though she still was wearing a belly button ring.
Hamlin said her piercings have never set off an airport metal detector.
"The conduct of TSA was cruel and unnecessary," Allred wrote. "The last time that I checked a nipple was not a dangerous weapon."
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Posted By Chris_Titan to Toxick Bloging at 3/28/2008 03:47:00 AM
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