banana fish Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 Woman passenger ordered to remove nipple rings Heathrow terminal opens in chaos Gallery: Terminal 5 disaster A WOMAN in the US says she was forced by airport security guards to remove her nipple rings with a pair of pliers before she could board a flight. Mandi Hamlin, 37, is demanding a civil rights investigation, as well as an apology from federal security agents after being forced to remove a nipple ring before boarding a flight from Lubbock to Dallas in Texas. During a press conference today, Ms Hamlin said she was scanned by a female Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agent using a handheld detector that beeped when it passed in front of her chest. Ms Hamlin told the agent she had nipple piercings. The female agent then called over her male colleagues, one of whom said she would have to remove the body piercings. Ms Hamlin said she asked if she could display her pierced breasts in private to the female agent but several other male officers told her she could not board her flight until the jewellery was removed. Curtain call She was taken behind a curtain and managed to remove one bar-shaped nipple piercing but had trouble with the second, a ring. “Still crying, she informed the TSA officer that she could not remove it without the help of pliers, and the officer gave a pair to her,” Ms Hamlin's lawyer, Gloria Allred, told the director of the TSA's Office of Civil Rights and Liberties. Ms Allred, who also represents Paul McCartney's ex-wife Heather Mills, used a nipple ring on a mannequin at the press conference to show what happened. “After nipple rings are inserted, the skin can often heal around the piercing, and the rings can be extremely difficult and painful to remove,” said Ms Allred. Ms Hamlin said she heard the male security agents snickering as she took out the ring, before being scanned again and eventually allowed on the plane. Ms Allred said Ms Hamlin had filed a complaint to the TSA's customer service manager at Lubbock airport, who said the screening was handled properly. What the woman had in her nipples The lawyer said Ms Hamlin was “publicly humiliated and has undergone an enormous amount of physical pain to have the nipple rings reinserted' because of scar tissue”. “The conduct of TSA was cruel and unnecessary,” said Ms Allred. “The last time that I checked a nipple was not a dangerous weapon.” The TSA, a unit of the Department of Homeland Security that was set up after the September 11 attacks in 2001, said it was investigating the incident but agents were trained to search people with piercings in "sensitive areas" with dignity and respect. "TSA is well aware of terrorists' interest in hiding dangerous items in sensitive areas of the body, therefore we have a duty to the American public to resolve any alarm we discover," the agency said in a statement. The TSA said incidents of female terrorists hiding explosives in "sensitive areas" were on the rise and provided a picture of a "bra bomb" that was used in training its agents. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) spokesman Dwayne Baird said he had not heard of the nipple ring incident. Mr Baird said the TSA had no specific policy about body jewellery but if it was big enough to sound an alarm, the person wearing it would not be allowed to pass security until the alarm was investigated. "I'd be really curious to know what this woman had in her nipples," Mr Baird said on CBS. "Sometimes they have a chain between their nipples, or a chain between their nipples and their belly button. It would have to be made of heavy metal to be detected." “I wouldn't wish this experience upon anyone,” said Ms Hamlin. “My experience with TSA was a nightmare I had to endure. No one deserves to be treated this way.” Ms Allred said the incident followed a similar claim by reality TV star Nicole Richie, who said she had her breasts inspected by security at an airport because of her nipple rings Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sneak Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 gutted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dosa312 Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 I saw the pic of this broad... the TSA should be suing her for having to look at her ass nekkid... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malin Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 Sue them bastards whether they are in the right or wrong. America is a lawsuit haven. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
debo Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 that's some real bullshit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banana fish Posted March 28, 2008 Author Share Posted March 28, 2008 I saw the pic of this broad... the TSA should be suing her for having to look at her ass nekkid... haha co-signed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drue_Down Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 'Bout time she removed them anyway, that shit is played. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllTheWrongWords Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 I work for TSA and that is not supposed to go down like that. She could've just shown the female officer her nips and that's that. Jackass dudes just wanted to mess with her. Chances are they might not even be fired for that. A write up maybe but tsa is very fucking leaneant (sp?). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest spectr Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 haha... the tsa is talking about a bra bomb.. these people are fucking retarded... seriously fucking retarded... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoeLarryCurly Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 haha co-signed i had a feeling it was some big-butched looking lesbian making a big stink about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STYLEISKING Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 move the prins albert too..... ha ha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bojangles Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 "I'd be really curious to know what this woman had in her nipples," Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fist 666 Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 i had to show my dick to tsa folk when the wand set it off. the just saw it and sent me on my way... i'd sue. (college ain't paying for itself!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CALIgula Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 smash gloria allred (the lawyer) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eatso Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 I got through the checkpoint thing with a gasmask once. they just looked at me weird. if you're a terroist, fly from philly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edward Orenthal Norton Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 S&M at TSA? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xXCoeOneRXx Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 I work for TSA and that is not supposed to go down like that. She could've just shown the female officer her nips and that's that. Jackass dudes just wanted to mess with her. Chances are they might not even be fired for that. A write up maybe but tsa is very fucking leaneant (sp?). [/color] I also work for TSA the rule is she couldve went into private screening by herself removed the ring and be rewanded while other tso search the private screening room.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D0WN Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 texas.... tsk tsk tsk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fist 666 Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 there is no legal reason for tsa to have said they had to be removed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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