student arrested wearing hoax device at airport

SuperBanana writes: According to a report by the Boston Globe, Star Simpson was nearly shot by Logan Airport police who thought she was armed with a bomb. She approached an airline employee wearing a prototyping board with electronic components, crudely attached to the front of her sweatshirt and holding "putty" in her hand. She asked about an incoming flight, and did not respond when asked about the device. Armed police responded. Her actions seem purposefully designed to elicit a reaction from airport security- or this is further proof of the poor judgment of Boston area college students.

Just the facts, Mam.

[bob_herrick]

This might be a more accurate portrayal of what actually happened:nnhttp://www-tech.mit.edu/V127/N40/simpson.html [mit.edu]. The picture from IW (lost the url, sorry) looks like art to me. Hard to see a bomb there.