(09/24/05 - CURRITUCK) - A high school student's class project on freedoms in the U.S. attracted Secret Service agents to his school this week. The agents visited Currituck County High School Tuesday after receiving a report that a student had created potentially threatening photographs of President Bush.an NPR story said that the student took his film to WalMart for printing, where someone in the photo processing department reported this high school student to law enforcement agencies.
Sandy Kinzel, a school spokeswoman, said the Secret Service questioned the student about a photograph he had taken for a class project on freedoms. In the student's photograph, a photograph of Bush is shown fastened to a wall with a thumbtack. Over the picture of Bush is a "thumbs-down" sign. The thumbtack in the photo was apparently placed somewhere on Bush's head, Kinzel said.
Concerned that the thumbtack might represent a potential threat to the president, the company that developed the student's film notified authorities. [whole article]
this is just insanity, when a picture of the president with a thumbtack in his head is considered a threat to the country's security. how are we so quick to judge and report fellow citizens for this? when did criticism of the president turn into treason?
art and free expression is under attack in this country. the thought police are coming.
