TSA Bullies Little Girl For Having Texas Tech School Spirit
BY Herschel Smith
6 years, 11 months ago
TSA is not a fan of Texas Tech’s “finger gun” salute.
A 19-year-old sophomore from Texas Tech said she was pulled aside by a TSA agent when trying to board a flight over the holidays because she made a gun gesture to a man wearing a Red Raiders sweatshirt.
Diana Durkin told BuzzFeed News Texas Tech fans say “wreck em’ and guns up” to each other when they see each other, and their hand symbol is a finger gun. When she did this at the airport, the man gave her a strange look and TSA stepped in.
“It’s a cool bonding thing. I tried to make eye contact with him and I throw my hand gun up,” Durkin said.
TSA tapped Durkin on the shoulder and pulled her out of line, asking for her ID. Durkin said the agent told her she can’t make a gesture like that in the airport.
Durkin said she was terrified and thought “they think I’m a terrorist” and “oh my gosh I’m going to jail.” She also posted a tweet about her experience that quickly went viral.
“I’m just sitting there, almost in tears, like, ‘No, I’m just really dumb, I’m not a terrorist!'” Durkin said.
The 19-year-old was then given a full screening and a pat down. She said she tried showing TSA her student ID and attempted to explain the gesture.
TSA eventually let her off with a warning and she told the agents she’d never do the gesture again in an airport. She was happy all she got out of the experience was a story instead of a trip to jail.
Uh huh. A pat down for a pretty little girl. Did it get their rocks off to do that? The excuse was that the hall monitors didn’t like her school spirit. But we all know that’s not what really happened.
Listen folks. There may be good people working in the TSA, perhaps you know one of them. One in maybe a thousand or ten thousand who wants to do something good.
If you know somebody like that, persuade them to leave the TSA. It’s for their own good. The TSA is a federal jobs program for idiots, hicks, goobers, perverts, control freaks, and maladjusted anti-social types who cannot get work elsewhere.
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On January 15, 2018 at 8:57 am, Ned said:
TSA = security theater. Anyone who has traveled via air within the 10 years can see airport “security” is like putting a steel door on a grass hut.
TSA is also populated by just enough perverts to keep one ready to rub down your child for no reason.
On January 15, 2018 at 11:06 am, Henry said:
Good thing she didn’t try it with a Pop Tart, or they might have waterboarded her.
On January 15, 2018 at 12:46 pm, moe mensale said:
Don’t you hate it when blonde, blue-eyed, white girls with great teeth get mistaken for dark haired, dark eyed, muslim men who don’t even own toothbrushes? I know I do.
On January 15, 2018 at 3:24 pm, SGT.BAG said:
It is ALL about control, submission and instilling fear in the unwashed masses.
…..and it is working like a charm.
On January 15, 2018 at 10:46 pm, J said:
TSA=FAKE SECURITY