MIT student Star Simpson arrested at gunpoint at Logan International Airport
Filed under: News | By: Daniel
Posted on: September 21, 2007 | 25 Comments
19 year old MIT student Star Simpson was at Logan International Airport wearing a device on her chest that included lights and wires, she approached an airport employee with something that seemed like putty in her hands and walked away after being asked what it was.
Then as Star Simpson left the airport terminal she found herself surrounded by police holding machine guns, they thought that she had a bomb strapped to her body.
Apparently she had approached the airport employee to inquire about an incoming flight from Oakland.
After police seized her they learned that the device was harmless and just a piece of art that Star Simpson wore to stand out on career day, and that’s just what happened.
Although the police were concerned, they just followed protocol’s put in place and it’s a good job they did not have to use deadly force.
Imagine if she did not raise her hands when asked, the putty was apparently just some play dough.
She has since been charged with possessing a hoax device; bail was set at $750 cash and will have to return to court on October 29th.
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“So, If someone wears an art do they automatically becomes a terrorist. Who knows where else you will be targeted now for creative art.”
Most likely in the unemployment line!
Art? NOT
this girl should be kicked out of MIT and go to jail for 3 years i hate her
I think she should have her head cut off for doing that or at least shot in front of a firing squad.
c’mon… a stupid person saw somethin he/she didn’t understand an decided it was a bomb.
should she have taken her tshirt out to get into the airport? nobody can predict such a display of paranoia and stupidity.
everything is visible, a few leds a battery and a protoboard. but how to expect that somebody that has only studied how to handle a gun knows that. I guess that person would have cut the blue wire…too many films!
Once again our young and upcoming adults show their ignorance to the laws and safety of everyone. She’s lucky to even be alive let alone charged with a crime. Why would anyone dare to do what she did and then have the audacity to say it was art. Do you really believe the responsible citizens of this nation are going to accept this ridiculous excuse? She knew what she was doing and she pushed it to the limits. She got what she deserved.