Andrea Fornella Abbott Arrested For Yelling At TSA Over Daughter's Patdown

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A distraught mother, en route to Baltimore, caused quite a ruckus at the Nashville airport on Saturday as she tried to protect her daughter from the TSA's much-criticized screening procedures.

Andrea Fornella Abbott, 41 of Clarksville, Tennessee, was arrested at the airport after she lost it at a TSA agent for trying to pat down her daughter, according to the Daily News.

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Comments

[Bruce vain]

10:21 PM on 07/16/2011

I went thru the TSA patdown.....had no problems..but if these are the type of things that are going on..they need better supervision..simple women patdown women..men patdown men

[Macawmom]

10:18 PM on 07/15/2011

Since when do they grab the crotch?? They do run their hands up in the inside of the leg and across the crotch. No grabbing - can't do that with the back of the hand, plus honestly, would anyone with their eyes at that level really grab someone's crotch? Seems to me it's an instant invitation to a kick in a bad area. Plus, if she refused the metal detector, oh well. You don't have to fly, lots of other ways to go - boat, car, train, feet.

[dps2]

09:22 AM on 07/16/2011

do you know what sycophant means???

[janedoe31]

04:04 PM on 07/15/2011

gimme a break..........the mother is the pervert for thinking such dirty thoughts. i am sure tsa has more important things do.................like looking for banned items and banned substances. she should respect the rules or should I say LAW... if not stay home. she's a quack

[dps2]

09:22 AM on 07/16/2011

do you know what a lemming is???

[moroccantreasures]

11:12 PM on 07/16/2011

so you say wait, let the childs vagina be touched by a stranger then yell?
You obviously dont have little kids

[thereisonlyoneparty]

10:32 AM on 07/15/2011

Good.

I cannot stand these type of people.  Just go through the security theatre and board your flight.  Do not make a scene or stand up for your principles or some crap.

People have places to go.  They are not going to the airport to hangout.  Move through the line and get to your destination.  There you can tell all of your other intellectually differently advantaged friends how awful flying is and how you were assaulted.

[dps2]

09:24 AM on 07/16/2011

you like to bend over a lot, don't you?

[thereisonlyoneparty]

12:34 PM on 07/16/2011

No, I am just tired of everyone trying to make every situation into some big political point.

If you have a problem with it start a website or write a letter or just stop flying.

You will get no one on your side by inconveniencing people.  No one is going to be swayed by someone who is acting like a dick.

[dbrett480]

04:28 PM on 07/14/2011

Fornella was given the option of having her and her kids go through the metal detector. Since she didn't want that, she had to go through the pat-downs. If you don't like airport security, there is always cars, Greyhound, or Amtrak.

[moroccantreasures]

11:14 PM on 07/16/2011

you mean
there are

[Donns]

11:11 AM on 07/14/2011

This mom is just plain lucky that the TSA didn't just shoot her. Feeling people up is their job and they take it seriously, and maybe even like it.

[dbrett480]

04:27 PM on 07/14/2011

You don't know what you are talking about. First off the TSA doesn't carry any weapons, and secondly most law enforcement officers (I know TSA aren't cops, but bare with me) hate feeling up people, but they have to do it.

[moroccantreasures]

11:15 PM on 07/16/2011

no one forces them to have that occupation

[valeskas]

10:16 AM on 07/14/2011

Drive.

[Lovelyblue]

10:43 AM on 07/14/2011

through water?

[Samiiam]

01:44 AM on 07/14/2011

Don't fly honey.

[ftodd1]

01:21 AM on 07/14/2011

41, how old was the kid?

[Forrest Davis]

12:31 AM on 07/14/2011

If you don't like the way the TSA is treating you, DON'T FLY. The airlines are already are charging for every little service anyway. If enough people stopped flying and blamed the TSA, how long until their lobbiests got hold of Congress. Better yet, write your representatives yourself. Last time I checked, WE voted them in, not the airlines and not the lobbiests. Still need to fly? Go private. It seems to me that if all the companies and private plane owners got together, they could sell flights and earn income to support and justify the contined use of these expensive toys. Divert the revenue stream from the big boys. The commercial lines are cutting back on services anyway.

[Lovelyblue]

10:44 AM on 07/14/2011

So you can drive through water? Last time I checked some people have to fly.

[thereisonlyoneparty]

10:32 AM on 07/15/2011

There are boats.

They have existed for thousands of years.

[katylab]

11:56 PM on 07/13/2011

Absolute power corrupts absolutely. The TSA proves every day that the terrorists have won.

[Hiqutipie]

10:49 PM on 07/13/2011

Americans got to be getting tired of being Groped for Free...When is enough going to be enough.

Sign & pass on the petition: http://www.susiecastillo.net/news/2011/5/2/susies-tsa-petition-to-congress.html

Take back your Rights & Stand Up for your children...

[valeskas]

10:17 AM on 07/14/2011

Drive, my dear.

[Doug Holmes]

12:08 PM on 07/15/2011

Yeah, and if you need to get a Europe, I suggest buying a Delorean and getting to work on the flux capacitor (try bumping your head on the toilet, for starters) so you can get to the future and modify it to fly, then you won't have this problem anymore, "amirite gaiz?"

[khountrygirl]

11:44 AM on 07/14/2011

Thanks for the link. Signed.

[Hiqutipie]

03:19 PM on 07/14/2011

My pleasure Khounttrygirl besides I love the country!!!

[Seedomang]

10:30 PM on 07/13/2011

TSA I watched an agent push a cart of containers into a woman and trap her in a corner. The TSA agent didn't care my brother and I had to help the woman.

[ScienceGuy2020]

10:03 PM on 07/13/2011

You can be arrested for disorderly conduct for just about anything, however, this is the United States of America, why do we need such intense screening procedures and perpetually imposed upon the public citizenry. Would we impose the same procedures at a local mall if a terror attack happened at one of our mall? What about being frisked when entering a McDonalds or Walmart, or being asked for identification in order to pump gas or cross a state border? Laws could be imposed with further restrictions with minimal intervention or influence from US citizens, for example, the TSA. Maybe we could have more creative solutions on security from the commercial sector or private companies?

[AmigaMan]

10:59 PM on 07/13/2011

You are already almost molested when you leave a Walmart. That's why I never shop there anymore. The last time I went a door greeter kept insisting that she see my receipt. I told her to read the Constitution for a change.

[thereisonlyoneparty]

10:35 AM on 07/15/2011

People are stupid.

Security is not enough when it comes to other people and always too much when it comes to them being scrutinized.

They want all the security.  "Remember 7.11," they cry.  But they only want it for "bad people", who is everyone but them and their families.

[nightfly4257]

09:23 PM on 07/13/2011

TSA is a joke, look at the people they hire. Look at the TSA employee who was stealing people electronics from their luggage, got caught having an IPod stuff in his pants. To be perfectly honest I am more afraid of the TSA employees than of the terrorist.

[Captai]

12:36 AM on 07/14/2011

With good reason.

[Demgirls]

01:06 AM on 07/14/2011

You are not kidding. It is like a friggin' prison at the airport. The whole place is impersonal and unfriendly with tension. It makes me feel claustrophobic. My family and relatives are driving to vacations this year. Someone joked they don't want their diapers checked. Thousands lost in revenue, millions in public relations. The airlines are going bust.

[valeskas]

10:21 AM on 07/14/2011

Please people, everybody wanted more security after 9/11, talk to the victims of 9/11( oh they are dead) they would not mind if the TSA had searched them and the terrorists. But as we can see, people are never satisfied.If you don't want to be searched, take the train, bus or drive.