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Charles Starmer (Free subscription) | 04/04/2008
Forget the pain and embarrassment of Terminal 5 for a second, and spare a thought for one poor lady at Lubbock Airport in Texas, who was ordered by security officers to forcibly remove her nipple rings with a pair of pliers. Pliers: not something you want to be handed at security Mandi Hamlin, 37, from Dallas was trying to board a flight back to her home city when a handheld scanner,...
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Gridskipper (Free subscription) | 04/02/2008
Mandi Hamlin, the woman whose nipples were seen round the world when she challenged TSA authorities after being forced to remove her nipple rings in order to fly, was honored yesterday. Hamlin, 37, was given the Bold Spirit Award by the Women's Leadership Exchange —"a social networking and professional group that helps women with new or small businesses" — in Frisco, Texas. You...
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The WOW Report (Free subscription) | 04/01/2008
Phil ST John writes: When I heard about Mandi Hamlin, who was briefly detained at LAX because her nipple rings set off a metal detector, I got really angry. Hamlin, according to her attorney, was forced by snickering male...
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The F-Word Blog (Free subscription) | 03/31/2008
When 39-year old Mandi Hamlin set off the metal detectors at Lubbock airport, she probably didn't imagine she'd end up using pliers to remove her nipple piercings while airport security snickered. The Curvature has more about the incident, pointing out...
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Mail & Guardian (Free subscription) | 03/31/2008
A woman who claims she was ordered by federal airport screeners to remove her nipple rings with pliers demanded an apology from the United States Transportation Security Administration on Thursday. Mandi Hamlin (37) also called for an investigation into the February 24 incident in Lubbock, Texas.
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WCBSTV.com: Your Source For New Yor (Free subscription) | 03/29/2008
The Transportation Security Administration says it will change they way its officers search passengers with body piercings after a Texas woman complained she was forced to remove a nipple ring with pliers in order to board an airplane. Mandi Hamlin had demanded an apology and her Los Angeles-based attorney sent a letter to the TSA this week requesting a civil rights investigation.
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cbs4denver.com: Water Cooler (Free subscription) | 03/29/2008
The Transportation Security Administration says it will change they way its officers search passengers with body piercings after a Texas woman complained she was forced to remove a nipple ring with pliers in order to board an airplane. Mandi Hamlin had demanded an apology and her Los Angeles-based attorney sent a letter to the TSA this week requesting a civil rights investigation.
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Chicago news (Free subscription) | 03/29/2008
The Transportation Security Administration says it will change they way its officers search passengers with body piercings after a Texas woman complained she was forced to remove a nipple ring with pliers in order to board an airplane. Mandi Hamlin had demanded an apology and her Los Angeles-based attorney sent a letter to the TSA this week requesting a civil rights investigation.
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kare11.com - Business News (Free subscription) | 03/28/2008
Click here: Mandi Hamlin demonstrates what happened A Texas woman who said she was forced to remove a nipple ring with pliers in order to board an airplane called Thursday for an apology by federal security agents and a civil rights investigation.
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Truemors (Free subscription) | 03/28/2008
The TSA has prevented a major terrorist attack by requiring a 37 year old lady to remove her nipple rings with pliers before allowing her to board her plane. Mandi Hamlin of Texas used a small busted mannequin to demonstrate how she removed the nipple rings, which were apparently also attached to her bra. What, [...]
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Drudge Retort (Free subscription) | 03/28/2008
A Texas woman said she was forced by federal security agents to remove a nipple ring with pliers in order to board an airplane. "I wouldn't wish this experience upon anyone," Mandi Hamlin said at a news conference. "No one deserves to be treated this way."
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Shakespeare's Sister (Free subscription) | 03/28/2008
I mean, super-deadly weaponized nipple piercings of doom have to exist, right? Otherwise, what could possibly explain the TSA requiring a woman to rip out her nipple piercings with pliers in the middle of the airport? [After a handheld detector beeped when it passed over Mandi Hamlin's chest, the female TSA agent using the wand] called over her male colleagues, one of whom said she would...
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elliott.org (Free subscription) | 03/28/2008
Longtime readers of this blog know that I have a special interest in body piercings, especially as it relates to travel. One of the first Travel Troubleshooter columns took on the issue of security screening and various kinds of rings . So when airline passenger Mandi Hamlin held a news conference yesterday about her TSA nipple ring trouble, I had a few questions that the otherwise competent...
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Houstonist (Free subscription) | 03/28/2008
Good morning, Houston. Sure, we may grumble when TSA agents ask us to take our laptop out of our bag when we go through airport security, but we should look on the bright side: At least we aren't Mandi Hamlin, a Dallas-area woman who says she was forced to remove her nipple ring with pliers so she could board a plane last month. Hamlin, 37, was on her way to Dallas from Lubbock...
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Impact Lab (Free subscription) | 03/28/2008
A Texas woman who said she was forced to remove a nipple ring with pliers in order to board an airplane has called for an apology by federal security agents and a civil rights investigation. Mandi Hamlin, 37, said she was trying to board a flight from Lubbock to Dallas on Feb. 24 when she [...]
