The video of a man telling TSA employee they better not touch his junk during a pat-down is going viral.
John Tyner, 31, a software engineer, who lives in San Diego, turned on his cell phone video camera and videotaped the conversation he had with a TSA employee when he was told he was going to undergo a pat-down after he refused the full-body scanner.
John was waiting to go through the metal detector line when they pulled him out and told him to go through the body-scanner.
John has posted three different videos of the event from just after he was directed to go through the scanner to him leaving the airport.
Part of the conversation goes like this:
TSA: "Come on over here."
John: "Alright"
TSA: "Do you have anything in your pockets?"
John: "I don't think so, they had me take it all out."
TSA: "No belt, no nothing?"
John: "Nope, no belt, no nothing."
TSA: "Do you have any external or internal implants that I need to be aware of?"
John: "No."
TSA: "We are going to be doing a standard pat down on you today, using my hands and going like this…"
John: "Alright."
TSA: "Also, we are going to be doing a groin check. That means I am going to place my hand on your hip, my other hand on your inner thigh. Slowly go up and slide down."
John: "Okay."
TSA: "We are going to do that two times in the front and two times in the back."
John: "Alright."
TSA: "And if you would like a private screening, we can make that available for you also."
John: "We can do that out here, but if you touch my junk I am going to have you arrested."
TSA: "Actually, we are going to have a supervisor here because of your statement."
A little later you hear:
John: "I don't understand how a sexual assault can be made a condition of my flying."
TSA: "This is not a sexual assault..."
John: "It would be if you were not the government."
Click here to read more details about the new pat-downs, "Be prepared to get groped before your flight to grandma's house".
Click here to watch video 1, video 2, or video 3
Read John's blog of the encounter here.
Click here to hear a song by "Featureman" called You touch my junk I'm gonna have you arrested.
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