Teh Stupid -- It Burns

[mdlbear]

MIT student arrested for entering Boston airport with "fake bomb" light-up T-shirt - Boing Boing

Short version: it wasn't a "fake bomb" at all, it was a wearable tech jacket on the body of a friendly young technologist who would have been *way* better off wearing something else to the airport today. Authorities in Massachussetts who've been accused of overreacting to tech art misunderstandings before -- remember the Mooninite Menace? -- are throwing the book at her.

... She wasn't even getting on a plane -- just picking up a friend.

Comments

[drewkitty.livejournal.com]

These aren't security guards. They are sworn peace officers.

Security guards with guns don't enjoy executive and statutory immunity and a good relationship with the same DA's office that prosecutes them if they err. Police do.

I also have to add, "You get what you pay for."