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July 26, 2005
Woman molested by TSA agent fights back
The TSA apparatchiks routinely perform illegal, Orwellian searches at our airports, in clear violation of the 4th Amendment. When one TSA apparatchik fondled Phyllis Dintenfass's breasts, Phyllis decided she'd had enough and she fought back.
Dintenfass testified that she reacted out of instinct.
“I said, ‘I don’t like you feeling me up.’” Dintenfass testified. “She said, ‘I’m not feeling you up.’ I told her, ‘My husband’s been feeling me up for 40 years. I know what that feels like when someone’s feeling me up.’
“I felt violated. … She wouldn’t stop.”
Dintenfass denied that she shoved Gostisha, but admitted to putting her hands on the agent’s breasts.
“I was mortified that I had done that,” she said. “I was reacting to what felt like an absolute invasion of my body.
“I knew nothing had buzzed, so I had no idea why she was touching my breasts.”
Of course, now she's facing federal charges, so no doubt she'll be put away for a long time. Hopefully, the jury understands their right of jury nullification, but it's doubful.
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Posted by Peenie Wallie on July 26, 2005 at 12:29 PM
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Posted by: Robert on July 27, 2005 at 01:50 PM