Shadi Petosky, a writer and producer for Puny Entertainment, has been live tweeting after being detained at the Orlando airport after TSA found an “anomaly.” She says she was then stopped, patted down, locked in a small room, and was then told to get back in the scanning machine “as a man” or “it was going to be a problem.”
Follow Shadi Petosky on Twitter to see how the situation unfolds.
I am being held by the TSA in Orlando because of an “anomaly” (my penis)
— Shadi Petosky (@shadipetosky) September 21, 2015
The TSA has left me in a room alone. There is an officer holding the door. pic.twitter.com/aFA0cQxAGx — Shadi Petosky (@shadipetosky) September 21, 2015
TSA agent Bramlet told me to get back in the machine as a man or it was going to be a problem.
— Shadi Petosky (@shadipetosky) September 21, 2015
I am through. It was about 40 minutes, 2 full body pat downs, fully disassembled luggage. I missed my flight. pic.twitter.com/wLTvP3md9W — Shadi Petosky (@shadipetosky) September 21, 2015
This police officer was very helpful. He told lecturet @AmericanAir manager that he wasn’t going to remove me pic.twitter.com/qJweZxZXrO
— Shadi Petosky (@shadipetosky) September 22, 2015
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