{"product_id":"1984-olympic-pin-the-lone-terrorist-84-games-jimmy","title":"1984 Olympic Pin ~ The Lone Terrorist ~ 84 Games ~ Jimmy","description":"\u003ch3\u003eFake Bomb at the 1984 Olympics: The Lone Terrorist Pin\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn August 13, 1984, an LAPD officer named Jimmy Wade Pearson placed a homemade fake bomb on the baggage bus of the Turkish Olympic team at Los Angeles International Airport, then \"found\" it and defused it. Police Chief Daryl Gates praised him as a hero. A day later he failed a lie detector test and confessed. He pleaded guilty and received probation and a fine. The official 1984 security report calls the incident the Games' only blemish out of 645 recorded incidents, 61 of them bomb threats.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis pin appears to mock that story: dynamite, a clock showing almost midnight, \"The Lone Terrorist,\" \"84 Games\" and \"Jimmy.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003ewidth: 5\/8\"  height: 1 1\/8\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003esingle post with military type clasp\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePin Guide Reference: #124, page 77 (Government section, 1985 Pin Collector's Guide)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThe story came back in 1996\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter the July 27, 1996 bombing at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, the Los Angeles Times recalled Pearson's hoax when Richard Jewell, a security guard who found the bomb, became a suspect. Jewell was later cleared, and Eric Rudolph pleaded guilty to the bombing in 2005.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSources: Los Angeles Times, July 28, July 31 and August 1, 1996; Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee Official Report, Vol. 1.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePackaging\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll orders shipped in corrugated box for extra protection, we don't use bubble mailers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShipping\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eU.S. shipping is $4.95 flat per order, and free on orders of $35 or more.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pinpal","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67710441259296,"sku":"S1-28","price":115.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1021\/1252\/6624\/files\/image_78b59e55-1752-4b61-95fd-5a503d2d6f92.jpg?v=1791561674","url":"https:\/\/pinpalpins.com\/products\/1984-olympic-pin-the-lone-terrorist-84-games-jimmy","provider":"Pinpal","version":"1.0","type":"link"}