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Passenger: TSA Forced me to Remove my Nipple Ring With PliersMandi Hamlin says Transportation Security Administration agents in Lubbock, Texas, would not let her fly with her nipple piercings in place. According to the AP, TSA agents declined Hamlin’s request for a female agent to look at her piercings and confirm they were benign. They instead asked her to remove the piercings if she wanted to fly. Hamlin removed the bar-shaped piercing from one nipple, but had trouble removing a ring from the other. She said she could only do so with pliers, which were supplied by a TSA agent. The kicker: Hamlin says she was eventually allowed to pass through security without removing her belly button ring. “I wouldn’t wish this experience upon anyone,” the 37-year-old Hamlin said. “My experience with TSA was a nightmare I had to endure. No one deserves to be treated this way.” Her attorney, Gloria Allred, said, “The last time that I checked, a nipple was not a dangerous weapon.” Hamlin wants an apology from the TSA and an investigation by the agency’s civil rights office.
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COMMENTSIs it just me, or are flight horror tales getting freakier of late? As for a nipple not being a dangerous weapon, I guess that depends on the point of view… By Ling on 3.28.08 at 07:58 PM
This is unbeleivable… My husband works for TSA here in orlando and he just laughed in disbelief when I told him this but than again he said nothing surprises him anymore!I’m so sorry this had to happen to you, but just so you know not every TSA worker is as rude as those in the Airport where you went. By on 3.30.08 at 05:20 AM
apparently she could have chosen to do some other type of search but she was never given the option. The airports really don’t do enough to tell us our rights By Kylie on 3.31.08 at 04:38 PM
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