[hennie pennie]

There was a firsthand eyewitness account of the Mall of America book signing event posted I think it was last night, and the poster said that they went through detectors AND had their bags searched AND evidentally any liquids, like soda pop, were confiscated.

However, it looks like nobody looked UP to whereever it was that the tomato was thrown from.

I also heard that a crowd of shoppers apprehended Tomato-Boy and kept him "safe & sound" until security had the opportunity to arrive.

Does NOT sound safe - although the line of people apparently was thoroughly & carefully checked & wanded.

[Sarah Barracuda]

The crowd should have kicked his ass, I would have done that had I been there. This is why book signings of this magnitude should NOT be at malls, you can’t shut down the whole mall, yes you can have detectors to make sure that no one brings in a weapon, etc..but other people in the mall walking around, they can throw something or do something much much worse