Double down on your blood pressure meds before you read further.
Ah, the TSA: Protecting the land of the free and the home of the brave with security theater.
And if you’re partially deaf, blind in one eye, suffering from a brain tumor and easily confused – NO PROBLEM! Your friendly TSA goons will tune you up too.
It happened in Memphis, just in time for this family’s Independence Day.
(Raw Story) – A disabled woman was beaten bloody by federal agents during an airport security screening while on her way to undergo treatment for a brain tumor.
Hannah Cohen set off the metal detector at a security checkpoint at the Memphis International Airport, and she was led away for additional screening, reported WREG-TV.
“They wanted to do further scanning, (but) she was reluctant — she didn’t understand what they were about to do,” said her mother, Shirley Cohen.
Cohen said she tried to tell agents with the Transportation Security Administration that her 19-year-old daughter is partially deaf, blind in one eye, paralyzed and easily confused — but she said police kept her away from the security agents.
They had this all taken care of. Because this woman might be carrying 11 pounds of C-4 in her vagina, ready to scream “Aloha Snackbar!” before blowing her fellow Americans to smithereens.
The confused and terrified young woman tried to run away, her mother said, and agents violently took her to the ground.
Because a woman half-crippled up is a deadly security risk. She’s probably got a black belt in Martial Arts that are classified! Those Paul Blarts at the TSA checkpoint were probably in fear for their Twinkies.
“She’s trying to get away from them, but in the next instant, one of them had her down on the ground and hit her head on the floor,” Cohen said. “There was blood everywhere.”
The young woman, who was returning home after finishing treatment for the brain tumor at St. Jude Hospital, was arrested and booked into jail.
I think this was heard shortly after they saw the blood: “Oh damn! We better arrest her and take her to jail to cover our asses!”
Authorities eventually threw out the charges against Hannah Cohen, but her family has filed a lawsuit against Memphis police, airport police and the TSA.
Finally someone with some sanity stepped in and tossed the charges. God bless the Cohen family and their suit against the idiots involved. May they perform security screening in Syria next time.
Neither police department commented on the suit, but a spokesperson for the TSA said passengers should notify agents ahead of time if they have special needs.
Ah, the “spokesperson”: It’s Hannah’s fault for not notifying our goons in their native language of grunts and crotch grabs that she had some issues.
“Passengers can call ahead of time to learn more about the screening process for their particular needs or medical situation,” said TSA spokesperson Sari Koshetz.
Crikey.
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