Welcome To The Police State
TSA/Meg McLain Edition

I think I've been pretty patient and cooperative with "security theater" at airports...but this shit is on the verge of getting out of hand.

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Sounds like part of this is an instance of a general problem with cops that I've long noticed. Somebody needs to tell a large percentage of them that, while they may in some circumstances have the authority to arrest you, they don't have the authority to yell and be disrespectful. I don't have a settled opinion on what our response to these ever-more-intrusive searches ought to be, but I have no doubt that the asshats in this case need to be fired and perhaps prosecuted. They have the authority to prevent her from getting on the plane; all this other fascist nonsense is right out.

[Update: The TSA responds with video footage.]