Is bothered by this news story:
http://www.wvec.com/news/local/stor...024ca 154.html
Secret Service investigated civics project
Reported by: Craig Civale
(CURRITUCK CO., NC) - A high school civics class project caught the attention of the U.S. Secret Service.
it called for Currituck County High School students to create a photograph to best illustrate the Bill of Rights.
One senior used a photograph of President George Bush with a super-imposed ‘thumbs down’ next to him. It was hung up using a thumb tack in his head.
The Secret Service got involved when that student developed a roll of film at Wal-mart in Kitty Hawk. An employee apparently was alarmed by the photograph and contacted police, who then contacted the Secret Service.
Agents visited the school and the boy's home. They took his school project and interviewed his teacher.
"Knowing the student and the teacher knows the student, it did not lead us to believe there was anything malicious involved in this project,” said schools spokeswoman Sandy Kinzell.
In a statement to 13News, an agency spokesperson would only say, "We certainly respect artistic freedom, but we also have the responsibility to look into incidents when necessary."
The attention has a lot of students talking.
Classmate Ryen Fey said, “He laughed. Everybody did. It was hilarious."
The teen has been cleared of any wrongdoing and the students say they’ve gotten a real lesson on our rights.
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And what I haven't been able to ascertain is if the school project was returned after it was found to not be "malicious".
Yeah, real fuckin' hilarious. Wal-Mart sees the need to call the Secret Service on a high school student, who then decide to conduct an "investigation" of "threatening behavior".
Yeah, I'm laughing, all right.
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