That is, if the people in charge have *any* sort of brains left:
Hannah Cohen: disabled woman badly beaten by TSA on return home from brain tumor treatment
So, short form: a 19-year old woman with a brain tumor, deaf, partially blind, partially paralyzed and easily confused, was beaten bloody by the TSA (with some help by the local PD) in Memphis. Why? Because she was easily confused and didn’t understand why they wanted to run her through the scanner again. Hannah’s mother was *not* allowed to explain to the TSA agents what the story was; instead Hannah was hauled off to the hoosegow.
Authorities later threw out the charges, local news station WREG reported, but the Cohen family has filed a lawsuit against the Memphis Airport, Airport Police, and the Transportation Security Administration.
NO KIDDING.
They’re suing for a whopping $100,000. No, really, that’s it. If there was ever a time to sue for Insane Amounts of Money, this would seem to be it:
As the very first post on the relevant Fark thread said…
This is the face of your government. Have a happy 4th America. 240 years was a good run, wasn’t it?
Ah, now I remember why I haven’t flown in years…