Originally Posted by MrFatbooty

The article made no mention of Bush's head on a pike.



Holding up an effigy of someone's head is far from holding up that person's actual head.

As people have stated in this thread already, it's the Secret Service's job to investigate threats to the president. This kid wasn't a threat, and it's regrettable that the Secret Service was even brought into the picture.

It's also distressing that the kid was disciplined in some way by the school district. He was given an assignment and as far as we know this was his way of fulfilling the assignment. Too much paranoia on the part of the school district for calling the cops, and too much paranoia on the part of the local police for calling the Secret Service.