Posted on 09/21/2007 7:56:37 AM PDT by Erik Latranyi
(AP) BOSTON An MIT student has been arrested at gunpoint after allegedly walking into Logan International Airport with a fake bomb strapped to her chest this morning.
State police say 19-year-old Star Simpson, a sophomore from Hawaii, had a computer circuit board, wiring and a putty that later turned out to be Play-Doh in plain view over a black hooded sweatshirt she was wearing.
Stay with wbztv.com and WBZ-TV for the latest on this developing story.
I don’t care what she did—on the basis of that pic and profile page, I forgive her for now, but of course, I’m not a prosecutor. She is the cerebral version of Julia Butterfly Hill.Naaah... Julia Hill preserved a 600 year old part of our cultural heritage as Americans. The whole fake bomb thing doesn't do it for me.
The airport people don't appreciate "performance art" at all~~~~~~~~~~~~~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bye, bye Star.
LOL!! Not really offended — I just forgot my sarc tag! LOL
I love to build things and I love crazy ideas.
And it shows.
That's another point that I absolutely agree with. The passengers nowadays have the mindset that if the plane is being taken over that it is going to be crashed and that will illicit an immediate response.
For all the people who thought the Boston PD overreacted to a circuit board strapped to a bridge earlier in the year, how do they feel about this?
“had a computer circuit board, wiring and a putty that later turned out to be Play-Doh” I mean it was only a circuit board and play-doh. That can’t hurt anyone, right.
On a serious note, what the hell are these people thinking? I am sure they were yelling about Bush taking their rights away or some other moon battery.
She has an excuse. She says it was art.
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he he he!! J/k
They showed the “device” on FoxNews a few minutes ago. It was a black sweatshirt with a small panel on the front (about the size of a removable car stereo face plate) and to the side of it was an electrical plug. Apparently it had LED lights that were lit up.
One of my questions is: What was she doing at the airport?
Seeing her sweatshirt made me wonder if she was just a clueless idiot who didn’t realize the serious reaction she would receive. Not enough info yet.
Don’t encourage Coug, he’ll do anything for an extra drink and bag of peanuts.
ROFLOL!!
A look into the mind of the crazed left.
Star Parker is what many of us wish was the prototype for young black women!
Si, only posting to the hippie chicks that Americans won’t.
I hope she gets jail time. This “stunt” was no joke.
At 4 bucks per drink you are darned right. I can usually strongarm the stewardess for extra peanuts though.
That and your native charm.
In the end, this is going to be a fairly minor deal. She didn’t make any threats and didn’t try to get through security, which would have made it a Federal affair.
Hey, have you ever had a stewardess give you a shoulder rub?
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