The TSA is under fire again after a video went viral of their loooong agonizing search of a 96-year-old woman.
Here’s the video that was posted on FB about a month ago:
The Hill has more:
Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agents are facing heavy criticism on social media after a video of a 96-year-old woman in a wheelchair being searched by agents at Washington Dulles International Airport was seen by almost 9 million people last month.
Jeanne Clarkson told CBS News that she was furious that her mother, who is seen in the video being patted down by TSA agents in her chair with a metal detector, was treated in such a manner.
“I was just shocked. I’ve traveled with her before, I’ve been in a wheelchair myself unable to walk through the machines and I’ve never had that kind of a pat-down ever. I was just shocked. I couldn’t believe they were doing this to my 96-year-old mother,” Clarkson said. “It was just shock, and frustration because they would not talk to me. I felt helpless.”
Clarkson can be heard protesting in the nearly six-minute video, which was posted in mid-May, sarcastically asking if agents expected her elderly mother would try to set off a shoe bomb.
I can see why they think this kind of stuff is justified – terrorists are not above strapping a bomb to an elderly woman. They do similar things all over the world. It could even be done without her knowing. SO that’s why they feel the need to do this kind of stuff. I also understand the outrage over the video. It just seems far too extreme and invasive.
To be honest, I’m not sure which side I fall on. And that’s OK. Too many people pretend they know 100% of the answers all the time. I’m gonna be honest and admit I’m not sure what the best option here is.
Now enjoy a Saturday edition of the open thread!!!