MIT Student Arrested For Wearing 'Tech Art' Shirt At Airport

Posted by Zonk on Friday September 21, 2007 @07:56AM from the don't-be-a-jerk-to-the-police,-they-have-guns dept.

SuperBanana writes "According to a report by the Boston Globe, MIT Student Star Simpson was nearly shot by Logan Airport police who thought she was armed with a bomb. She approached an airline employee wearing a prototyping board with electronic components, crudely attached to the front of her sweatshirt and holding 'putty' in her hand. She asked about an incoming flight, and did not respond when asked about the device. Armed police responded. 'Simpson was charged with possessing a hoax device and was arraigned today East Boston Municipal Court. She was held on $750 cash bail and ordered to return to court Oct. 29. "Thankfully because she followed our instructions, she ended up in our cell instead of a morgue," Pare said. "Again, this is a serious offense ... I'm shocked and appalled that somebody would wear this type of device to an airport."'"

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Re:from MIT, but not very smart by Hatta · 2007-09-21 08:00 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Yeah but she's hot.

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Re:"Yeah, those suspicious e-lectronics". by Jonathan · 2007-09-21 13:56 · Score: 0, Offtopic

What if it turned into a unicorn and spread rainbows around the airport? What then?

I'll tell you what would happen. There would be an outrage of how incompetent they were for not inviting the public to see the unicorn. Damned if you do, damned if you don't.

Let's be honest here ok? If someone is so ignorant that they think such a device is a unicorn (or an IED, for that matter, which is exactly as likely), they deserve to go back to their former job flipping burgers. What they did was basically scream "unicorn" in a airport. Fuck the unicorns! (which you actually can do in Second Life, according to BoingBoing, btw)