Laura Adiele , an African-American woman, is accusing the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) of racial profiling because they searched her hair at an airport security checkpoint. Adiele says other women (non-black) with similar hairstyles, were never searched at the checkpoint.

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King 5 reports:

Laura Adiele wasn’t expecting any trouble when she put her hair up, packed her bags, and headed for SeaTac to catch a flight to Texas. So, she was quite surprised when she was pulled out of the security line after having gone through the Advance Imaging system (that see-through technology) and told she needed a pat-down.

“When I first heard her say, ‘We’re going to have to pat you down,’ I thought she was talking about my body. I was turning around and putting my arms out and she said, ‘no, we’re going to have to examine your hair,’ and I said, ‘no, we’re not going to do that today and you’re going to have to get security or your supervisor,’” said Adiele.

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