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GoldenRod
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Woman Told to Ditch Bra to Enter Court
Oct 4, 10:47 PM (ET)
COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho (AP) - Security guards refused to allow a woman into a federal courthouse until she removed a bra that triggered a metal detector.
Lori Plato said she and her husband, Owen Plato, were stunned when U.S. Marshals Service employees asked her to remove her bra after the underwire supports set off the alarm.
"I asked if I could go into the bathroom because they didn't have a privacy screen and no women security officers were available," Plato said Wednesday. "They said, 'No.'
"I wasn't carrying a shank in my bra. If it's so dangerous, why did they give it back and let me put it on?"
Patrick McDonald, the U.S. Marshal in Boise, said appropriate security protocols were followed in the Sept. 20 matter, and guards suggested she simply remove the bra in her car outside, or find a restaurant bathroom.
"She's inflating it," McDonald said. "All of a sudden she just took it off. It wasn't anything we wanted to happen and it wasn't anything we asked for her to do. She did it so fast."
Plato, of Bonners Ferry, said she was parked on a busy street and wasn't familiar with downtown Coeur d'Alene businesses. So her husband held up his coat to shield her from the rest of the people in the courthouse lobby while she removed her bra underneath her shirt.
Generally, McDonald said, undergarments aren't considered a danger to security.
"I don't think they're considered a weapon, really, the last time I looked," he said.
He declined to discuss other ways the federal courthouse guards could have screened Plato for weapons.
Plato wants the Marshals Service to apologize and stop forcing women to disrobe.
"It was very humiliating," her husband, Owen Plato, said. "They could have handled it with a much more professional attitude."
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kellsbells7
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Re: Woman Told to Ditch Bra to Enter Court
Riverhead makes you do this...
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| Posted 10/5/07 3:48 PM |
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evnme
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Re: Woman Told to Ditch Bra to Enter Court
i got pulled aside in an airport once b/c my underwire set off the metal detector.
a female officer felt me up!
but i've flown many times before then and since then, and that was the only time that has ever happened ot me.
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| Posted 10/5/07 3:48 PM |
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dpli
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Re: Woman Told to Ditch Bra to Enter Court
Wow- that must be some sensitive detector. I have worn underwires for about 20 years and have never triggered a detector.
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| Posted 10/5/07 3:49 PM |
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nrthshgrl
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Re: Woman Told to Ditch Bra to Enter Court
While it's nice she wasn't smuggling in a shank, I'm sure others have tried.
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| Posted 10/5/07 3:50 PM |
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Chica
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Re: Woman Told to Ditch Bra to Enter Court
Seriously, I'd be pizzed. The girls need to to be restrained . . . they need their bra. I understand the security concerns, but I would much rather the security officer take me some room and see that I wasn't hiding a shank.
My bra has set off a metal detector at the airport once before. They simply used the wand thing, felt me up and I was on my way. Sure, it was a little embarrassing, but a lot more dignified than hanging loose!
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| Posted 10/5/07 3:55 PM |
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neener1211
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Re: Woman Told to Ditch Bra to Enter Court
I was wanded at an airport once, the lady felt me up, and asked if I was wearing a wire bra. I said, "Well these ladies don't stay up on their own." 
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| Posted 10/5/07 4:00 PM |
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Re: Woman Told to Ditch Bra to Enter Court
Posted by Chica
Seriously, I'd be pizzed. The girls need to to be restrained . . . they need their bra. I understand the security concerns, but I would much rather the security officer take me some room and see that I wasn't hiding a shank.
My bra has set off a metal detector at the airport once before. They simply used the wand thing, felt me up and I was on my way. Sure, it was a little embarrassing, but a lot more dignified than hanging loose!
Seriously! I could NOT take mine off and then go somewhere. NOT possible. I'd rather just leave altogether and go home and put on a sports bra.
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| Posted 10/5/07 4:14 PM |
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GoldenRod
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Re: Woman Told to Ditch Bra to Enter Court
Posted by evnme
i got pulled aside in an airport once b/c my underwire set off the metal detector.
a female officer felt me up!
but i've flown many times before then and since then, and that was the only time that has ever happened ot me.
You sound disappointed..... 
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