Sunday, September 12, 2004

SLC Punk

...gets visit from Secret Service because of his bumper sticker.


Things getting sticky for owner of sticker
By Matthew D. LaPlante
The Salt Lake Tribune

Derek Kjar is not the president's biggest fan.
But the 19-year-old Salt Lake County man says he does not intend to harm President Bush with anything more than a vote for John Kerry come November.
Just to be sure, though, agents from the Secret Service recently paid Kjar a visit, telling him that his neighbors had alerted them to a potentially threatening bumper sticker on his car.
The sticker, which can be found on a number of Web sites, features a black-and-white likeness of Bush, a crown tilted slightly on his head. Under the image are the words "KING GEORGE - OFF WITH HIS HEAD."
Glen Passey, agent in charge of the Secret Service's Salt Lake City office, would not confirm that agents visited Kjar.
But Passey said his office investigates all threats against the president.
"Oh, please," said David Hudson, a research attorney who works for the First Amendment Center at Vanderbilt University. "It's political hyperbole. However distasteful you might think it is, it's pure political speech."


2 comments:

nonjuan said...

Well, where can the rest of us find one?
solidarity
united we stand
divided we're numbered

nonjuan said...

get yours here

http://www.killradiorevolution.com/images/kinggeorge.jpg