“A Swedish 21-year-old’s birthday celebration was interrupted by the police, who showed up because the birthday balloons they hang inside, right next to the window, looked like ISIS propaganda.
21. As in how old Sarah Ericsson was turning. But flip those around, and to people outside the house, it looked an awful lot like “IS,” or the initials for the Islamic State.
According to The Local, three police officers came over to Ericsson’s house and explained why people were alarmed. Ericsson understood concerns and said, “Extremism should always be taken seriously, and we did take the balloons down immediately.”
*Read more here: http://www.mediaite.com/online/police-mistake-birthday-balloons-for-isis-propaganda/
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