Boston Bomb Scare: Outraged Menino vows no mercy for stunt - Sham suspect jailed

Boston Herald ^ | February 1, 2007 | Laura Crimaldi & Michelle McPhee

[bondjamesbond]

So, today we find out that Berdovsky was following the police bomb squad around, filming them removing the devices as if they were bombs, without informing them that they were harmless. He stood by and let the city be paralyzed and filmed it all for his little guerrilla marketing campaign...

The plot thickens!

[AmishDude]

Maybe this explains why this whole thing came out in Boston and none of the other cities.

I'd said before, the signs themselves should not have indicated a bomb scare and by this standard, if you happen to drop your mp3 player, you might end up in the pokey.

But if these guys were responsible for the bomb scare (or negligent in informing police when they knew it was a problem) then they should be prosecuted.

[Doc Savage]

Nice try. What year are you in Mass Art??? Having attended several of your graduations I can say that the vast majority of your so-called classmates are mentally ill!

[wizecrakker]

You're so witty!

Were you a vaudevillian way back in your prime?

[Petronski]

...removing the devices as if they were bombs, without informing them that they were harmless.

They were plainly harmless, the cops should know this once examining the devices, without waiting to be "informed."

[bondjamesbond]

Clearly the bomb squad was not aware that the devices were harmless. This was obvious to Berdovsky as he taped them removing the devices as if they were bombs. He could have stopped the whole business and saved everybody a lot of grief by coming forward, explaining what the devices were, where they were placed, and why. Instead he chose to let the city be paralyzed for a day.

So, even if you contend that the initial plan to set the devices out was not intended to generate publicity by causing a police response, and I have pretty much given up on convincing some folks of that, clearly Berdovsky's decision to let the police response move forward as if these items were bombs generated publicity by causing a police response.

And, of course, Berdovsky just happened to be there with his camera to tape it all... Funny how that worked out, isn't it?