I didn't see this on the local or national news. Protestors and Bomb Scare Greet President

bush may not read the newspapers, but there was no way to shield himself from the protest signs!



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Protestors and Bomb Scare Greet President

The Associated Press

Published: April 24, 2006

WEST SACRAMENTO — A bomb squad was called in Saturday, after a man dropped a knapsack in a crowd of protesters outside a building President Bush was touring. Authorities later said it appeared to be a “sophisticated hoax device.”

West Sacramento Deputy Police Chief Henry Serrano said the man dropped the knapsack in the middle of a street outside the California Fuel Cell Partnership, where Bush was giving an Earth Day talk on hydrogen fuel technology.

The suspect then ran into the crowd of about 1,500 protesters. Police who caught him said he appeared intoxicated and refused to identify himself.

The bomb squad later blasted the knapsack with a water cannon, and no explosives were found.

The bag, however, contained wires, junction boxes and heavy metal components fashioned “in a way that would lead one to not rule out that it was an explosive device,” Serrano said. It appeared to be a sophisticated hoax, police said.

“The package was found while the president was in town. We’re taking it very seriously,” Serrano said.

Authorities said the suspect likely would be charged in the hoax. The man initially told officers that he found the bag and dropped it after being startled by its contents.

Saturday’s protest was otherwise peaceful, but demonstrators were no less angry with the president’s visit to the area.

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