Woman searched at airport after feminine hygiene product alerts scanner

[Suzanimal]

Pull out your tampon and throw it at them.

CHARLOTTE, N.C.

A Charlotte woman said she was headed home from a work conference in Tampa Bay, Florida, but was stopped after going through a Transportation Safety Administration body scanner, according to WSOC-TV.

She said she was told by TSA agents at the airport in Tampa Bay that she needed to be searched again after part of her body lit up on the scanner's screen, the exact spot where she was wearing a typical feminine hygiene product.

"The ladies were like, ‘We're going to have to search your vaginal area and buttocks,’ and I'm like, ‘That makes no sense to me. You can clearly tell that that's a feminine product.’"



She refused the search and argued with TSA agents for about 20 minutes.

“(They said) ‘Ma'am, this is just standard procedure we have to do this. If you don't allow us to do this, you will not be boarding your flight,’" she said. "I'm crying the entire time because to me, this is very personal for you to search me in those areas, and I don't feel comfortable. They called in the police and everyone's standing there looking."

Eventually, she agreed to the search in a private room.

They went up my leg, down my leg, in the front, then up my leg and down my leg in the back with my arms up. The entire time I'm crying," she said. "I felt like a criminal. She's patting me down and they're holding my hands up and they're going on my waistline."

When agents found nothing, they let her go.

Three days later, she's still confused, devastated and wants other women to know what happened.

"That's a real issue not just for myself, but for other women like that's so embarrassing to have to be stopped and searched like that," she said.

TSA Statement:

"We take reports of alleged impropriety very seriously and regret any distress the security screening process may have caused the passenger. TSA conducted a thorough review of the passenger's screening and concluded that all security protocols were followed as our officers worked to resolve an alarm. TSA officers must work to resolve all alarms at the checkpoint to ensure everyone arrives safely at their destination. However, incidents such as the one described are extremely rare and women should not be concerned about going through the security checkpoint."

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[Danke]

Menstruating women shouldn't be traveling. Period.

[euphemia]

On my recent flight to and from NYC, I was searched because I was wearing visible knee braces. In Nashville, they searched the braces. At LaGuardia they gave me a chair and allowed me to remove the braces for a trip through the xray machine.

[dannno]

Iron?

[euphemia]

They are steel hinged braces. I don't wear them all the time, but when walking long distances they are necessary, and I'd rather wear them than pack them. My cane is aluminum and glows in the dark. I call it Gammie street cred. These days you can't be cool with a cane unless it does a trick. Mine glows in the dark.

I also save $2 bills so daughter can give them as Tooth Fairy money. The grands tell their friends Gammie is the Tooth Fairy.

Adding, a woman on her period is not a security risk, unless they also search every woman TSA agent. And these days, it looks like men can have periods, too, so what do they do about that?

[Suzanimal]

They are steel hinged braces. I don't wear them all the time, but when walking long distances they are necessary, and I'd rather wear them than pack them. My cane is aluminum and glows in the dark. I call it Gammie street cred. These days you can't be cool with a cane unless it does a trick. Mine glows in the dark.

I also save $2 bills so daughter can give them as Tooth Fairy money. The grands tell their friends Gammie is the Tooth Fairy.

Gangsta Granny?

[euphemia]

You bet. My grandchildren think I am awesome. They are definitely unique, creative, awesome little people.

Suz, you are such a fun, original woman, I hope you have just as much fun as a grandmother as you have as a mom.

[Valli6]

Iron?

That was my first thought - unless they've started using staples to attach the string.
More likely it was some error.

[PierzStyx]

Trump isn't the only one grabbing the pussy of unwilling women. This whole thing is a perfectly distilled example of the State. Its "standard procedure" is to violate you at will.

[PierzStyx]

Iron?

She was going through a body scanner. The tampon probably just showed up as a darker spot inside her body.

[Danke]

I wonder why they just didn't have a dog sniff her for explosives there.

[Suzanimal]

They are steel hinged braces. I don't wear them all the time, but when walking long distances they are necessary, and I'd rather wear them than pack them. My cane is aluminum and glows in the dark. I call it Gammie street cred. These days you can't be cool with a cane unless it does a trick. Mine glows in the dark.

I also save $2 bills so daughter can give them as Tooth Fairy money. The grands tell their friends Gammie is the Tooth Fairy.

Adding, a woman on her period is not a security risk, unless they also search every woman TSA agent. And these days, it looks like men can have periods, too, so what do they do about that?

School Calls Police After Eighth Grader Pays For Lunch With $2 Bill

http://twentytwowords.com/school-cal...erm=influencer

[euphemia]

School Calls Police After Eighth Grader Pays For Lunch With $2 Bill

http://twentytwowords.com/school-cal...erm=influencer

Shows what they know at school. A girl wasn't going to accept dollar coins at a drive through. "Honey, call your supervisor." I got the coins at the post office. Again, it's the street cred. Give money, but make it cool.