The State of Madness (II)

[Ivo Skoric]

I think that any lawyer will have no troubles fighting that charges. 
Teen's note was clearly protected under the First Amendment, while 
the search of his bag might have been wrong under the Fourth - 
therefore his arrest should be unconstitutional and illegal (I guess 
unconstitutional and illegal is a tautology). Profanity is not a 
felony. Unreasonable search is. The note could not be understood as a 
threat, because it clearly said that there is no bomb to be found. 
This is yet another clear example of the US security apparatus 
chasing after the wrong people. Maybe those who arrested him could be 
charged with wasting the taxpayers money allocated to fight terrorism 
on frivolous arrests?!
ivo

On 16 Aug 2003 at 22:14, Miroslav Visic wrote:



Teen arrested at Logan for alleged bomb threat in his bag

 
http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/214/metro/Teen_arrested_at_Logan_fo
 r_alleged_bomb_threat_in_his_bag+.shtml

By Nicole Fuller, Globe Correspondent, 8/2/2003

A Paxton teenager was arraigned on a felony charge yesterday morning
after he and his family were removed from a plane bound for Hawaii
following the discovery of a profanity-filled note referencing a bomb
in his luggage examined at Logan International Airport.

...

According to the police report, the note, which was placed on top of
clothes in a black gym bag read: ''[Expletive] you. Stay the
[expletive] out of my bag you [expletive] sucker. Have you found a
[expletive] bomb yet? No, just clothes. Am I right? Yea, so
[expletive] you.''