Secret Service questions teen about anti-war drawings

[G_j]

http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2004-04-27-artwo...

4/27/2004 9:26 AM

Secret Service questions teen about anti-war drawings

PROSSER, Wash. (AP) — Secret Service agents questioned a high school student about anti-war drawings he did for an art class, one of which depicted President Bush's head on a stick.
Another pencil-and-ink drawing portrayed Bush as a devil launching a missile, with a caption reading "End the war — on terrorism."

The 15-year-old boy's art teacher at Prosser High School turned the drawings over to school administrators, who notified police, who called the Secret Service.

"We involve the police anytime we have a concern," Prosser Superintendent Ray Tolcacher told the Tri-City Herald newspaper.

Secret Service agents interviewed the boy last Friday. The student, who was not arrested, has not been identified.

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The drawing that drew the most notice showed a man in what appeared to be Middle Eastern-style clothing, holding a rifle. He was also holding a stick with an oversize head of the president on it.

The student said the head was enlarged because it was intended to be an effigy, Cravens said. The caption called for an end to the war in Iraq.


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[knight_of_the_star]

1. What happened to Freedom of Speech and Expression?

I thought this was America, not the Soviet Union! Oh, I forgot, when Bush took over we had to leave our civil rights at the door.

[Zookeeper]

2. Our tax dollars at work....

You never know, the kid may have made it through *Bush's Secret Service Agents to attack him with a pencil or a glue stick.

[Christ was Socialist]

3. I emailed the aclu yesterday<nt>

[Wonk]

4. Here's the LBN thread on this

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...

[doni_georgia]

5. Has the 1st Amendment been repealed? n/t