Video: Former TSA Agent So Upset With ‘Intrusive’ Patdown She Gives One to Old Supervisor — and Gets Arrested
- Posted on June 20, 2012 at 10:37am by
Erica Ritz
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Carol Price (Photo: Police Handout via NY Daily News)
At least one TSA supervisor at Florida’s Southwest International Airport seemingly has different standards for herself, and for everyone else.
After Carol Price, a former TSA employee, went through the security line on April 20 and was given a thorough pat-down, she went over to Kristen Arnberg, her former supervisor, to complain about what she felt was “intrusive touching of her genitals and breasts.”
Price’s lawyer says that the supervisor asked Price what she meant by “intrusive,“ so Price ”demonstrated” on her.
The two did not get along when they worked together through 2007, reports indicate, and now Arnberg is alleging Price “intentionally and without consent [grabbed] the victim and [slid] her hands into the crotch area.”
See more security footage of the ironic incident via ABC:
After demonstrating the TSA pat-down Price tried to walk to her flight, ignoring a police officer’s instructions to stay in the area. She was consequently arrested for battery and resisting an officer, and is due to appear in court on July 2 for the misdemeanor battery charges.
Price’s lawyer says they have received three plea offers, and have turned down each one.
“She doesn‘t feel like she’s done anything wrong, and I agree with her,” he said.
Kate Hanni, the director of FlyersRights.org, commented that TSA screening is “the most degrading, undignified process,” and that we really ought to reevaluate who we are hiring and what training they receive.
The TSA maintains: “The pat down was conducted correctly in accordance with our procedures. Violence against our officers who work every day to keep the traveling public safe is unacceptable.”
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Comments (58)
mobynowak
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 3:06pm“Violence against our agents won’t be tolerated.”
So that’s what it is is? Violence? Thanks for clarifying. I suppose there’s something in the Constitution allowing the govt. to commit violence against peaceful citizens, especially children? As a part of the normal duties of an agent’s job?
Report Post »johnjamison
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 3:31pmmy thoughts exactly, how is a pat down an act of violence on a TSA agent and just a minor incovience on the airport patrons.
Report Post »Maji
Posted on June 21, 2012 at 1:41amTSA agents need to be exposed online!
Report Post »Most of these “officers”( a term used lightly in this case) are crooks themselves.
While I’m very pro-cop these people aren’t in the same categorie.
Report their names and home addresses,phone# online.
Gamaliel
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 2:45pmShe can dish it out but she can’t take it!
Report Post »betterthantv
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 2:29pmSo when it‘s done to them it’s deemed “violence to our police” but when they do it were just supposed to suck it up and take it? Absurd!
Report Post »OneTermPresident
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 2:52pmAs soon as the government gets involved…. things are made up as the go.
Report Post »SuperSuineg
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 2:12pmHa-ha-ah-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha! ( inhale ) ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!
Report Post »whatthecrazy
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 6:57pmlol that inhale thingy too funny
Report Post »paperpushermj
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 1:31pmBureaucratic Newspeak.
Report Post ».The TSA maintains: “The pat down was conducted correctly in accordance with our procedures.
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In other words our procedures are correct because… well their written down right here… See they exist therefore they are correct.
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OniKaze
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 2:18pmDang right.. That is EXACTLY how it is….
Report Post »MRMANN
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 12:38pmGood for former agent Price!
Report Post »I know that due to the groping, I’ll never opt to fly again.
billrow
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 12:34pmI know for a fact Romney won’t put a stop to this.
No matter who we get into office they never seem to remove the anti-constiutional agencies of their predecessor.
Report Post »freedom for sale
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 12:56pmRomney wont stop anything. He is Obama #2.
Report Post »LostInTheSpin
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 1:59pmAgreed.
Report Post »Tri-ox
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 12:02pmI have been through TSA pat-downs at least a dozen times – the procedure has always been explained to me in advance, and the patting of private areas has always been done with the back of the hand – it is sheer fantasy to calls these pat-downs intrusive groping. It’s very simple – if you don’t want to go through security procedures, don’t fly – flying is a privilege, not a right.
Report Post »FaithfulFriend
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 12:21pmSo groping with the back of the hand isn’t groping at all? Glad you cleared that one up.
Report Post »Getoffthecouch
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 12:29pmHey Tri ox please read the 4th amendment. These are unwarrented searches, they are intrusive and have no basis, they are extremely intimidating in their nature and need to be stopped and the TSA disbanded immediately. Have you seen old ladies in wheel chairs taken to the back rooms for pat downs, I have, have you seen little girls and boys touched, I have. Do they look like the terrorist profile that has purported these crimes, no, are these people on the no fly list, no. Every one of us have a profile, just check yours out on the internet. The gov‘t has everything about us they need to know they don’t need to touch my private parts or anyone elses to prove they are keeping us safe, I don’t feel any safer, I feel safe knowing there are folks around me on that plane that are willing to stop any sort of act from happening as civilian folks have since 9-11 and during 9-11. “Death by a thousand cuts”….
Report Post »freedom for sale
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 1:00pmWhen people touch my junk, I prefer back hand touching. Its just the way I roll.
Report Post »spotster
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 3:11pmgood when the back of my hand hits you, its not assault
Report Post »Mr. Oshawott
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 4:09pm@Tri-Ox
I suppose you must’ve have overlooked the Fourth Amendment of the Constitution in which it forbids the government (the TSA) from exercising unwarranted searches and seizures?
Report Post »whatthecrazy
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 7:01pmgood one spotster
Report Post »America4God
Posted on June 21, 2012 at 11:08amI disagree. Flying is my prerogative in free America. Intrusive ‘screening’ and pat-downs of an innocent American citizen is an over-reach of my freedom and sovereignty. As is everything else the government is dictating to me of what I can and cannot do; ‘buckle up’, ‘wear a helmet’, ‘how many electrical outlets I have to have on my bedroom wall’…. These are personal decisions that I must make for myself, and I’ll live with and deal with the consequences of my choices. It‘s not the government’s business, responsibility or right to decide for me.
Report Post »Taco_Bob
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 11:54amIt’s interesting that they acknowledge the pat-downs to be “violence”. Hmmmm.
Report Post »wdittgasn
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 1:15pmGreat point!
Report Post »THX-1138
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 11:42am“Violence against our officers, who work every day to keep the traveling public safe, is unacceptable”
If only the Irony weren’t wasted on this Nazi…
Report Post »loriann12
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 11:54amThey don’t like it when the tables are turned, even by one of their own people. No one likes to be felt up and they need to realize that.
Report Post »johnjamison
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 12:26pmDid the TSA spokesman just refer to a full body pat down as an act of violence because it sure sounds like he call the on the TSA AGENT AS VIOLENT
Report Post »justangry
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 11:37amAgain, we ALL should know which members of our, so to speak, party support this crap. Are we going to hold them accountable and ship their sorry butts home or give them a pass because they sound good ripping on Obama?
Report Post »BeingThere
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 11:36amThis will only get worse until the sheep stop tolerating it!! It amazes me how the government, just like Hitler, can always find people to do its evil deeds. I would not work for the TSA for ANY amount of money. Nazi motherfrakers!!!!
Report Post »LOJ
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 11:31amWell whats sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander. These people have proved this is not about National Security its about Domination and humiliation. No rationality applied…. some little child of 3 years of age groped and scared…see it all the time…Seniors having to take apart their J pouch, or urine bags to prove their are not terrorists. This agency needs to be done away with and professional screeners brought in. Racial profiling works in Israel, they check out your status, and your behavior patterns.
Report Post »AntiWrong
Posted on June 21, 2012 at 7:52amWell put!
Report Post »lfoa
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 11:27amWhats good for the goose (pun intended) isn’t good for the gander!
Report Post »Countrygirl1362
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 11:24amBut violence against the traveling public is acceptable.
Report Post »justangry
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 11:32amLots of R’s think so. I hope we can change that soon, because I don’t think I could handle a government pervert touching my daughter without going off.
Report Post »Vanguard17
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 11:24amand what exactly ARE the TSA’s procedures? What constitutes “correct” screenings and who exactly is a threat in the eyes of our government? Why are these guidelines not clearly displayed on the screening lines? Transparency won’t give the terrorists any power.
Report Post »RetUSAFVet
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 11:20amStating that the former agent committed “an act of violence” against her, this TSA supervisor has admitted that the TSA “patdowns” are a violent act and therefore, all TSA agents should be charged and prosecuted for police (government) brutality.
Report Post »justangry
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 11:30amRight on, brother!
Report Post »ContinentalArmy
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 11:12amHow many American terrorists have the TSA caught? The few articles that I have read about the TSA catching a terrorist has been them coming into the country, not going out. They are paid molesters.
Report Post »hidden_lion
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 1:43pmThe TSA has not caught any terrorists. All the thwarted terror attempts were detected and countered by regular people, the TSA made the arrest after the work was done by the people.
Report Post »AmazingGrace8
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 11:05amThis gives a new slant on an employee that goes “postal”. Actually, it was not a “violent” move and that is a good thing.
Report Post »Sad.
CulperGang
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 11:02amTSA=Molestors. Government sponsored with YOUR taxes. I WANNA SEE NAPOLITANO “Patted down” by Bundy types.
Report Post »Rogue
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 10:45amSo, let me get this straight…. the difference between an approved safety procedure and a violent criminal act is consent? Just when I thought I’d heard it all from the TSA.. LOL!
Report Post »Individualism
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 10:43amo wow a former gropper doesn’t like being gropped, hmm.
Report Post »mamabearCali
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 10:43amSo it is not intrusive when a TSA agent does that to a child, but when it is done to her it is battery? Hmmmmmm.
Report Post »CulperGang
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 11:08amChildren are told not to talk to strangers and then told to allow strangers to grope them. Mixed message = psycho kids. STAND UP AND GET THE PSYCHOS OFF OF TAXPAYERS PAYROLL. ARREST NAPOLITANO AND THE REST FOR VIOLATING THE FOR AMENDMENT. No?? then let the psychos humiliate you and your wife and sadly your kids.
Report Post »mamabearCali
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 12:42pmWell not my kids…..I won’t fly, no way, no how. What is scary though is that they want to expand this to all transportation….great…..this is not the country I was born into.
Report Post »teddrunk
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 10:43amDon’t want a pat down. Simple. Don’t Fly. Watch the airlines get rid of these morons when they start going broke.
Report Post »GardenoftheGods
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 11:40amI agree with Teddrunk…I used to fly all over the world, but have not put my foot on a plane since the TSA started their invasion of our persons. More people need to do the same…it’s expensive to drive, and I don’t get to visit the places I love in Europe; but I’m done with Govt intrusion.
Report Post »loriann12
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 12:02pmI’ve already adopted that policy. My brother in law and his wife fly at least once a year to the Netherlands (where she is from). She said every single time she has flown internationally, she gets “randomly” selected for the pat down. i think I’m getting to her. She used to say whatever it takes to keep her safe, but this last time she made the comment when they said that it was a random selection…she said it’s funny how every single time she has flown internationally she has been selected. She said the TSA agent’s eyes got real big.
Report Post »kaydeebeau
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 10:41amI always thought that if it was illegal for a private citizen to do it was supposed to be illegal for the government to do…..
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