[TW] The State of Madness (II)

[Ivo Skoric]

he is an angry punk like I was - since when is youth rebellion in the 
US a felony? America marketed James Dean and rock and roll 
relentlessly to the rest of the world, didn't they? now they are 
going to start to behave like Iran's mullahs?! where the [expletive] 
is then that celebrated freedom left? DISGUSTING.
ivo

On 18 Aug 2003 at 16:24, Frank Rose wrote:

Ivo, From the note, how would you describe the state of the mind of
the teenager? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ivo Skoric"
<ivo at REPORTERS.NET> To: <TWATCH-L at LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU> Sent: Monday,
August 18, 2003 10:02 AM Subject: Re: [TW] The State of Madness (II)


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> 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:
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> Teen arrested at Logan for alleged bomb threat in his bag
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> http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/214/metro/Teen_arrested_at_Logan_f
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>  r_alleged_bomb_threat_in_his_bag+.shtml
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> By Nicole Fuller, Globe Correspondent, 8/2/2003
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> 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.
>
> ...
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> 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.''
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