These TSA folks are taking things wayyyyyyyyyyyy too far!
A picture showing a baby reportedly receiving a pat-down by airport security has ignited a debate over whether screening procedures have gone too far. The photo tweeted by Rev. Jacob Jester was taken at the Kansas City International airport Saturday after he cleared security. The photo shows an infant – only a few months old — being held up by a woman and searched by two Transportation Security Administration agents. The family involved has not been identified.
“Just saw #tsa agents patting down a little baby at @KCIAirport Pretty sure that’s extreme,” Jester tweeted. The baby’s stroller set off an alarm during a screening for explosives, according to the TSA. Although the Kansas City airport uses screening agents from FirstLine Transportation Security, a company contracted by the TSA, they still adhere to TSA guidelines.
The TSA released the following statement in response to the screening:
“TSA has reviewed the screening of this family and determined that the officers involved followed proper current screening procedures. Per protocol, officers had to conduct additional screening on the family after the child’s stroller alarmed during explosives screening. The family was very cooperative and the process was completed without incident.”
SMH.
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