Attorney General Martha Coakley was put in charge of the case and said the companies behind the promotion would be investigated. She said the felony charge of planting a hoax device could be broad enough to allow prosecution even if the stunt’s sponsors did not intend a panic.
“To do this kind of placement of devices the way it was, an individual had to know or should have that it was going to create the kind of panic it did,” Coakley said last night during a press conference.
....So I wonder, if someone’s child accidentally leaves their etch a sketch or a light brite on a park bench will they call the bomb squad, prosecute the parents and send the child to a foster home now?
A valid question when confronted with a State operating on fear and hysteria.