Two plead not guilty to Boston hoax charges

[gatorboy]

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/02/01/boston.bombscare/index.html

Assistant Attorney General John Grossman called the light boards "bomb-like" devices and said that if they had been explosive they could have damaged transportation infrastructure in the city.

(Yeah and if they were dinosaur eggs we'd be chased by raptors)

Asked by the judge to describe what the figure on the light box was doing, Grossman said, "Colloquially, he was flipping the bird, your honor."
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It's worth posting just for that last line alone.

P.S. CNN: it wasn't a hoax!

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

1. Looks like it'll be thrown out of court.

[Kingshakabobo]

2. Sure sounds like it.

Another clown-ass prosecutor.

[AX10]

3. Who was behind this campaign. They are the ones who..

should be brought into court. I'd like to see a huge settlement to the city too. There is no excuse for this kind of action.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

4. That would be the mayor.

[AX10]

6. No. Whoever was behind the marketing campaign should be...

held accountable. The Mayor did nothing wrong here. :eyes:

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

7. Marketing is a crime now?

Goodness gracious me.

"he Mayor did nothing wrong here."

Well, there's that whole fear-mongering and unlawful prosecution thing going on.

:shrug:

[AX10]

8. That's you opinion.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

10. Yeah, it's me opinion.

And we'll see what happens in court.

[AX10]

11. Justice is not always served.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

12. But it looks like it will be in this case.

[AX10]

14. No it will not be served.

Tasering a kid for not showing his ID in a public library is O.K, but this little stunt is wrong? :wtf: is wrong around here?

[uppityperson]

16. Tasering a kid for not showing ID in a public library is OK? Where'd that come from?

The reaction to what happened is, ultimately, embarrassing and makes a mockery out of Homeland Security. They need to take a look at the reaction, both nt'l security-wise but also media-wise.

[AX10]

18. Many around here were justifying the tasering of a college student...

at UCLA. At the same time, they are condemning the prosecutor here.

[uppityperson]

22. I think the prosecuter is going after the wrong people, IF there was even a crime.

Not everything is a crime and this doesn't meet my definition of one. Embarrassing? Yes. Hurtful to a lot of people by being very scary? Yes. Criminal? No. They need to look at wtf happened, why these were up for 2-3 wks before suddenly they got noticed enough to be taken as scary, why there was such a reaction by police, by media.

[AX10]

25. In my first post, I said they should go after the people who...

were behind this stunt. Not these two kids (foolish as they are), they should not be the one's prosecuted.

I agree that there are over reactions. We see them almost everyday on tv. The media did overreact here, as usual, but this "marketing campaign" was still a bad idea.

[uppityperson]

26. who fed into the scare? Who reacted how? Who over reacted how?

Not these kids. Not the ones hanging these in other cities all over the USA. Not the ones who thought up the ad campaign. Not the police, the authorities, the media in those other cities who saw these, checked them out, shrugged and went on with everyday crimefighting. None of them. But those that over reacted, those that fed the fear and paranoia. From the top down. They were wrong. I do not think criminal, but wrong.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

17. I'm not following.

These kids did nothing wrong. Justice would be served if the charges are thrown out of court.

And that looks like it's going to happen.

[trumad]

5. Boo

[rodeodance]

9. what was it about Boston, and not other cities that lead to this mess??

[devilgrrl]

27. That's what I'd like to know.

I guess these are around Los Angeles as well. Haven't seen any myself but the question was brought up on last night's local newscast. To me, this is just more John Karr, missing blond, Bradjalina, TomKat, duct tape, over hyped info-tainment bullshit. The 1970's hairdo obsessed "pranksters" do come across as serious ass clowns but ass clownery isn't illegal.

[uppityperson]

13. 2 plead not guilty, thousands react in anger to their fear and embarrasment.

They did a good job of saying "no comment" to reporters. Maybe they can grow up to be WhiteHouse spocksmen.

[gatorboy]

19. What gets me is how quick this caught on with all the media.

surely there are bomb scares all across the country. Hell, we'd get them at school every other week. But the speed that the media caught on to this almost feels like Boston was actually promoting the scare. And the MSM couldn't wait to lap it up.

"Quick! Get our best graphics guys to do a Boston Under Attack logo stat!

[uppityperson]

24. Indeed, the media needs to be help responsible in some part for this whole thing

Fear, danger, nastiness, all are sexy and sell tv time.

[Nutmegger]

15. TERRA!

Boo!

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

20. We need this as a new avatar.

[trumad]

23. Double Boo

[libodem]

21. Nine other cities withstood the campaign

without overreacting. Ignignoc and Err flip the bird. Ohhhhh, I'm so scared. People, get a grip. I can't wait for the movie. Master Fry rules.

[goodhue]

28. the criminals

[sendero]

29. This is a bullshit prosecution..

... done to try to save face. Legally, it's going nowhere and everyone knows it.