Boing Boing » you’ve got to be fucking kidding me http://boingboing.net Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 22 May 2013 02:48:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Artist arrested at Oakland airport for wearing ornate watch http://boingboing.net/2012/11/18/artist-arrested-at-oakland-air.html http://boingboing.net/2012/11/18/artist-arrested-at-oakland-air.html#comments Sun, 18 Nov 2012 19:01:08 +0000 Cory Doctorow http://boingboing.net/?p=194806 Geoffrey McGann, a southern California artist, was arrested at Oakland airport for wearing an assemblage sculpture/watch he'd made. The TSA were also worried because he had a lot of insoles in his shoes. He was eventually released on $150,000 bail.

OAKLAND, Calif. -- A Southern California man was arrested at Oakland International Airport after security officers found him wearing an unusual watch they said could be used to make a timing device for a bomb, authorities said Friday... McGann told Transportation Security Administration officers that he's an artist and the watch is art, Nelson said.

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