Mother Arrested for Not Wanting Her Daughter Groped

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Here is the story:


A 41-year-old Clarksville woman was arrested after Nashville airport authorities say she was belligerent and verbally abusive to security officers, refusing for her daughter to be patted down at a security checkpoint.
Andrea Fornella Abbott yelled and swore at Transportation Security Administration agents Saturday afternoon at Nashville International Airport, saying she did not want her daughter to be “touched inappropriately or have her “crotch grabbed,” a police report states...
The arrest comes on the heels of public outrage over a video showing a pat-down of a 6-year-old girl at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport. The April video prompted a new policy that took effect last month in which airport security screeners must try to avoid invasive pat-down searches of children.

Note they use the TSA's term "pat-down" rather than what it is, a grope. Since I wasn't there, I don't know whether the mother crossed the line into truly being belligerent or was simply defending her daughter. When I opted-out in Memphis Monday, the matron was upset with me even though I was entirely within my rights to do so. So, when the TSA people turn nasty, it is easy to understand how the parent might respond in kind.

I'll be going through security in Nashville tomorrow. Can hardly wait.

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  1. AnonymousJuly 13, 2011 at 7:25 PM

    Might I suggest that grope is too nice a word. What the TSA agents are doing is sexually assaulting someone when they touch the genitals, whether inside or outside the clothes. It is totally unacceptable to my view.

    I will not visit the US by air as I refuse to be irradiated or assaulted by government officials. If they extend the screening to buses and trains then I won't come at all.

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  2. AnonymousJuly 14, 2011 at 8:42 AM

    He grasped me firmly, but gently, just above my elbow and guided me into a room, his room. Then he quietly shut the door and we were alone. He approached me soundlessly, from behind, and spoke in a low, reassuring voice close to my ear.

    "Just relax."

    Without warning, he reached down and I felt his strong, calloused hands start at my ankles, gently probing, and moving upward along my calves, slowly but steadily. My breath caught in my throat.

    I knew I should be afraid, but somehow I didn't care. His touch was so experienced, so sure. When his hands moved up onto my thighs, I
    gave a slight shudder, and partly closed my eyes. My pulse was pounding. I felt his knowing fingers caress my abdomen, my ribcage.
    And then, as he cupped my firm, full breasts in his hands, I inhaled sharply.

    Probing, searching, knowing what he wanted, he brought his hands to my shoulders, slid them down my tingling spine and into my panties.
    Although I knew nothing about this man, I felt oddly trusting and expectant. This is a man, I thought. A man used to taking charge. A man not used to taking 'No' for an answer. A man who would tell me what he wanted.

    A man who would look into my soul and say . . .

    "Okay ma'am, you can board your flight now."

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