Tyner Requires TSA Not Touch His Junk
Airport security verification is a lot more close-up and personal than ever before, and individuals like John Tyner have had enough. ABC News reports that all Tyner had been trying to do was hop a flight out of San Diego. Tyner objected to the full body scanner, then objected to a patdown on the inner thigh (a procedure he called “sexual molestation”). For the trouble of defending his dignity, Tyner was shown the door to leave the airport terminal. Source for this article – Passenger John Tyner calls TSA patdown sexual assault by Personal Money Store.
John Tyner said ‘If you touch my junk, I’m going to have you arrested,’ to protect himself
Passengers like John Tyner have decried the painfully slow process of airport security screening for some time. Many passengers and pilots are claiming that the patdown procedures have turned to sexual molestation or sexual assault as the TSA has authorized front hand aggressiveness. About 30 minutes of video coverage is accessible to anybody who wants to view it on YouTube. John Tyner used his cell phone video camera to record it his ordeal with TSA security. The response Tyner gave to the TSA official was “If you touch my junk, I’m going to have you arrested.” As you would guess, it seemed like a very serious threat to the TSA official. John Tyner wasn’t going to readily submit to an invasive search. A clip from the video contains the following dialogue:
TSA Supervisor, in regards to the groin patdown: “If you’re not comfortable with that, we can escort you back out and you don’t have to fly today.” John Tyner: “OK, I don’t understand how a sexual assault can be made a condition of my flying.” TSA Supervisor: “This is not considered a sexual assault.” John Tyner: “It would be if you were not the government. … I’d like only my wife and maybe my doctor to touch me there.”
Patdowns because of Opt Out Day
As a protest to Homeland Security and TSA’s policy of using either the Advanced Imaging Technology that strips people naked in a virtual sense or submitting to “enhanced” patdowns, Brian Sodegren and the online group Opt Out Day are encouraging Thanksgiving fliers to take a stand. Make the government notice whenever you refuse both the quick scan option, says Sodegren, and the patdown option. Janet Napolitano is the Homeland Security Secretary who is urging people to “use some common sense.” Obviously it didn’t matter since there has been a backlash of anger from passengers like John Tyner, flight attendants and even pilots.
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