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Mother’s Outrage After ‘Power-Tripping’ Airport Security Pat Down 13-Year-Old Son
Caught on camera by the boy’s mother (Picture: Viral Hog/Jennifer Willaimson)
March 31st, 2017 | 09:43 AM | 1687 views
METRO.CO.UK
This is the moment airport security patted down a 13-year-old boy who his mother has said was left ‘traumatised’.
Aaron Williamson, who suffers from Sensory Processing Disorder, was stopped while heading though security at Dallas/Fort-Worth International Airport.
His outraged mother, Jennifer hit out at the transport security agency (TSA) in a Facebook post, claiming her and her son were ‘treated like dogs’.
She was allegedly detained for ‘well over an hour’, during which time an airport officer patted down her son, who was wearing cut off shorts and a t-shirt.
As a SPD sufferer, it is not known whether or not Williamson took advantage of TSA Care which takes into consideration certain conditions for travellers.
The mum said: ‘He set off NO alarms. He physically did not alarm at all during screening, he passed through the detector just fine.
‘He is still several hours later saying “I don’t know what I did. What did I do?” I am livid. Please, share [and] make this viral.’
In her post, which has been seen 7.1 million times, she calls for the TSA to be ‘reined in’.
The American security agency brought in new rules recently calling for ‘comprehensive pat-down procedures’ for passengers.
Making searches more intrusive the standardised system replaces giving airport customers a choice between body scanners or other technology only if they set off alarms.
The TSA is standing by the controversial Texas incident.
‘In total, the pat-down took approximately two minutes,’ they wrote in a statement, ‘and was observed by the mother and two police officers who were called to mitigate the concerns of the mother.
‘The passengers were at the checkpoint for approximately 45 minutes, which included the time it took to discuss screening procedures with the mother and to screen three carry-on items that required further inspection.’
People on Twitter deemed the incident inappropriate with some calling it ‘near-molestation’.
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by Charles White
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