http://www.sptimes.com/2004/09/17/Hi...me_Totin.shtml
By JAY CRIDLIN, Times Staff Writer
Published September 17, 2004
TAMPA - For the past month, Kathryn Harrington has stared down the possibility of a criminal trial, a $10,000 fine and the stigma of being deemed a security risk at Tampa International Airport.
The reason? She had a bookmark with her as she passed through airport security screening.
"It was a bookmark," Harrington said. "It's not a weapon. I could not understand why I was being handcuffed and put into a police car. I cried for hours."
A month after airport police arrested her on a charge of carrying a concealed weapon - the bookmark - it appears Harrington, a 52-year-old special education teacher from Laurel, Md., could be clear of a potential $10,000 fine.
What makes this complete bullshit is that you're permitted to bring on a corkscrew, knitting or crochet needles with your carry on luggage into the cabin, but not your bookmark, think I am pulling your leg, look for yourself.
http://www.tsa.gov/interweb/assetlib..._7_14_2004.pdf
By JAY CRIDLIN, Times Staff Writer
Published September 17, 2004
TAMPA - For the past month, Kathryn Harrington has stared down the possibility of a criminal trial, a $10,000 fine and the stigma of being deemed a security risk at Tampa International Airport.
The reason? She had a bookmark with her as she passed through airport security screening.
"It was a bookmark," Harrington said. "It's not a weapon. I could not understand why I was being handcuffed and put into a police car. I cried for hours."
A month after airport police arrested her on a charge of carrying a concealed weapon - the bookmark - it appears Harrington, a 52-year-old special education teacher from Laurel, Md., could be clear of a potential $10,000 fine.
What makes this complete bullshit is that you're permitted to bring on a corkscrew, knitting or crochet needles with your carry on luggage into the cabin, but not your bookmark, think I am pulling your leg, look for yourself.
http://www.tsa.gov/interweb/assetlib..._7_14_2004.pdf
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