I don’t know where you refer to, and I’m certainly not disparaging that country or yours (whether or not they are the same). Does the TSA truly believe that groping a 6-year-old girl and reaching into the waistband of her pants is making us safer? The TSA does not respond to the rather serious issues of how do you teach children that they shouldn’t be touched in this manner… but it’s okay if a stranger in an airport does it. TSA has reviewed the incident and the security officer in the video followed the current standard operating procedures. Some folks are asking if the proper procedures were followed. Given the attention this story is getting, the TSA published a blog post, and in true tone deaf fashion, defended the patdown as being “standard operating procedures”:Ī video taken of one of our officers patting down a six year-old has attracted quite a bit of attention. The family videotaped the incident, as you can see here:Īt the end of this post, we also have a clip of the parents appearing on TV discussing the incident, their daughter’s reaction and how they feel about the whole thing. Yet here we are saying it’s ok for these people.” “We struggle to teach our kids to protect themselves, to say ‘no, it’s not ok to touch me in this way in this area. The girl’s mother, Selena Drexel, pointed out: Jonathan Adler notes “only the TSA can touch you this way,” in referencing the anger felt by the parents of a 6-year old girl who broke down crying after going through the patdown process. Many people were quite reasonably horrified when the TSA suggested that agents tell kids that the patdown was just a game - as that’s the type of language used by child sex offenders.Īpparently, the TSA remains completely tone deaf on this issue. There have been plenty of concerns about the new TSA groping procedures, especially when it comes to little children, who are properly taught from a young age that it’s inappropriate for people to touch them in certain ways. Thu, Apr 14th 2011 09:54am - Mike Masnick
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