Wounded Iraq vet ordered to remove Marine dress jacket at security screening
Marine Cpl. Nathan Kemnitz was humiliated last month when he went through a checkpoint at the California State Capitol building. Kemnitz, who survived an IED attack in 2004, was checked because he had ‘too much metal.
A wounded Purple Heart Marine's humiliating experience at a security checkpoint in California has left supporters and an assemblyman outraged.
The extra scrutiny faced by Marine Cpl. Nathan Kemnitz last month — prompted because he was wearing “too much metal” — is the latest incident highlighting how injured veterans tackle strict security measures in a post-9/11 world.
Kemnitz’s supporters told the Military Times there was no need for the mistreatment by workers — and even wrote Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki about the incident.
“What does a uniform and heroism represent if our own citizens — in this case employees of the TSA and security personnel — have no regard for them?” wrote Patricia Martin, veterans services coordinator at Pasadena City College who was also with Kemnitz when he went through security.
Martin told the Daily News on Tuesday that security screeners need to employ “critical thinking” when it comes to checking wounded service members.
“Ask for a military ID, pull him aside — but don’t degrade him in front of everyone,” she said.
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