This is hilarious. But not only where the officials in Boston idiots to fear these stupid looking boards (they where the only city, of ten that had them, to make any deal about them). The guys arrested for it play this off too…
[...] Both men were cooperative with authorities, and neither has a previous criminal record in Massachusetts, Grossman said.
At a news conference after the hearing, Stevens and Berdovsky stepped to the microphones and said they were taking questions only about 1970s hairstyles.
When a reporter accused them of not taking the situation seriously, Stevens responded, “We’re taking it very seriously.” Asked another question about the case, Stevens reiterated they were answering questions only about hair and accused the reporter of not taking him and Berdovsky seriously.
Reporters did not relent and as they continued, Berdovsky disregarded their queries, saying, “That’s not a hair question. I’m sorry.”
Their attorney said the two were putting on a “performance,” and noted that he had told them not to discuss the case.
[Full article at CNN.com]
I hope that the city fesses up to over-reacting and the guys get off. Slapped down for illegal signs perhaps. But putting up threatening hoaxes? That has to show intent. And there is videos of them installing them, proving that they didn’t have intent to create a threatening hoax.
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