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Personal Narrative: Bergstrom International

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I had an unwarranted, ungloved pat down of my privates at Austin–Bergstrom International Airport‏ On July 8, 2016, I passed through TSA security between 4:00 a.m. and 4:12 a.m. After going through the full body scanner a new TSA agent suddenly appeared saying that I need to pat down an area on your pants and that he would use the back of his hand. This happened twice before a few years ago, they just patted down one of my pockets, so I didn't think much of it and agreed. However, the agent did not tell me that the area was my privates. Then, without gloves, he started from behind and went up my inner thigh on both legs up to my glutes using the inside, not the back, of his hands. Next, he got in front of me and using the back of his hand stroked my privates several times in a vigorous manner with plenty of contact and pressure. I don't know why you would have to touch an area like that more than once, especially when you are just repeating the same stroke (same direction and angle) over and over again. …show more content…

I was just frozen in disbelief while the whole thing was going on. And, just as quickly as he had appeared, he disappeared from sight once I gathered my belonging. Nothing was found and no justification was given as to why I was patted down. I fear that the agent just made up the need to pat down my privates. I wasn't wearing anything unusual. Just shorts and a golf shirt. I did go to the supervisor and talked to him about the issue. He became very defensive. I asked if I described the person if he would talk to him about it, but he said regardless he wasn't going to confront him. For the last few days, I have been stressed and depressed about this whole

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