Star Simpson Fake Bomb Fiasco... an LED != IED

[uchimeo]

Wow if anyone ever seen C-4, that is exactly what it looks like. Please explain to me why she was caring Play Doo in her hand? There are four components to most bombs and she displayed all four. The point is she knew exactly what she was doing.

[ribhkum]

yeh ! if it was really cold outside that day would she wear a skimask into a bank?

[SpiritRevised]

i can where it was artistic.  i think this is something she prolly had all mapped out.

[Galliao]

She wore what can only be described as suspicious. And she could have easily been charged with disturbing the peace.

I'm not going to walk into a bank with a ski mask on. I know what I'm doing with that type of clothing. I would not be surprised if I were to get tackled by someone or some other person freaking out next to me.

She could have worn that sweater any other day, but she chose to wear it to the airport, which is treated with more security than any bank.

She got what she deserved.

[maynurd52404]

Everyone says this was stupid and police over reacted. BUT, nobody seems to be asking WHAT IF she was holding explosives instead.....

[alleyghost]

breadboard + LEDs + battery = BOMB

[maynurd52404]

Just to point out a couple things here. This was handeled entirely by state police and local law enforcement. TSA was not involved as she had not reached any screening areas before being intercepted. Second the basic components of an IED, the power source, initiator, switch or timer and explosive. How many could you readly see, and would you like to search her for the rest yourself? It wasn't known to be playdough untill after the fact.

[mrjugger]

think she got 2 years in prison for her prank

[megamarsvin]

No they ended up giving her community service for being a 'disorderly person' because they couldn't make any real charges stick (because, obviously, she did nothing wrong.)

[lucapher]

just found out there wasnt even blinking lights on it.

[morghanphoenix]

Terror? I don't see much of it coming from the "terrorists" nowadays, looks like we're doing a good enough job scaring the shit out of ourselves.

[redcollargedeon]

Wait a minute. What's this about "WE"?

Where in this retarded suicide attempt am I concerned? What part of this "doesn't watch the news" disfunctional moron's life relates to me?

And this "smart chick from MIT" reveals how I nervous I am?

If I am nervous (and I am) it's because of real threats. Documented threats. "In the news" threats.

She is lucky that her story didn't end there. She was thiiis close to having a Darwin Award. Damn!

Cops doing their job, man. Cops doing their job.

[megamarsvin]

We're not talking about you, we're talking about the airport staff and police completely freaking out, losing it and almost killing a US citizen for a perceived threat when there was no indication of any threat at all. The supposed "plastic explosives" she had with her was a hard-baked pink clay rose.

Doing their job my ass.

[freespeachrulez]

"Our Idea is working"!!!! Scare people into submission, mention the word Terrorism, Terrorism, over and over.. Mention how many deaths of our soldiers, over and over.. Initiate Patriot Act and eliminate people from owning guns.. Make everyone afraid to leave their house. People are getting too smart and are figuring out our agenda for globalization. So lets scare them even more..

[Kidiot]

Fucking upsetting.

[IPDUDE]

should have used the song Teenagers by My Chemical Romance as the soundtrack

[JimmyJoeLard]

What a sick country at the moment. And what cowardly irresponsible press. And what a profoundly ill-trained and stupid airport police unit who can't recognise a crummy little blinking star for what it is.

[redcollargedeon]

...what about stupid students who should be smarter than that since they go to one of the most prestigeous schools on earth?

Why is this the cops, the press and everybody else's fault instead of her?

[megamarsvin]

So if you're wearing something that the police find 'provocative' that makes you guilty by default? How is that any different from saying a rape victim was 'asking for it' for wearing a skimpy outfit?

[chrisinflames]

the dyke is a fucking moron.. she should of been shot

[provoko]

What the hell were those people thinking. I hate the comment, "she was lucky". How disgusting someone would say a 19 year old girl was lucky she wasn't shot for wearing a battery on her shirt.

[beehivedevine]

go to israel dressed like that you moron, its sad we have to act like this however many people have died at the hands of terrorist. MIT student,profondly intelligent, wow

[zouhairy]

Israel is a terrorist state.