Official Thread: Tragedies in Boston; bombing, shootings, and city shutdown for manhunt (Seattle, prison)

[banjomike]

It goes around and comes around.
Sooner or later, the Westboro bunch will get some payback in one form or another.

[northnut]

Originally Posted by Packard fan

To older people: a "native" American is a person of ANY family BORN in the US, not just some American Indian. Sheesh!

Actually, I think of native american as indian too. But I understood what that poster meant when they said it.

[CheyDee]

A report of another death.

[FancyFeast5000]

Originally Posted by Book Lover

Why announce its just a drill RIGHT BEFORE THEY EXPLODE? Give me a break dude...people can not be this freaking gullible.

That's right, people should not be that gullible, which is why it's clear there was no such announcment. AGAIN, has any other person corroborated that story? Anybody? Anybody else who was there?

[plannine]

Originally Posted by highcotton

Says who? And why?

Covered under a federal statue.
(U.S. Code Title 18)

[T-Rob123]

The WBC people are the "trolls" of the real world. If everyone ignored them, they'd go away. They just want attention, they're useless.

[TrapperJohn]

Originally Posted by dreamofmonterey

The Westboro church flies an upside down American flag at its headquarters.
The people who fund them should be put in federal prison.

That's sorta against the constitution. They are scum, but we must defend their right to expression while secretly hoping they stumble across an unexploded device. Or that some crazed guy in a van mows them all down. Or that Obama orders a drone strike to Bosnia and they accidentally program Boston.

That's how it has to work in a free society.

[NVplumber]

Originally Posted by LargeKingCat

Who is behind it? LET's see

Al-Qeada: PROS: They have been quieet for too long, so they were due for something evil
CONS: This is too small scale for their usual methods, and most of their leaders are dead anyway.

North Korea: PROS: Dumb enough to try it, and they have motive
CONS: Dumb eough to make a bomb that does not do much ?

Iran : PROS: Sponsors of terror, could be behind this, or at least inspiring it, and kept this attack small, on purpose, as a trial run
CONS: Too Busy trying to cover up pictures of President Abadabadu hugging M Chavezto have time

Cuba: PROS: Mad because they did not have anyone running in the marathon
CONS: Would be bad PR for uncle Raul who wants to be friends with the US

Christian Terrorists (Domestic) : Pros Dislike events which bring people of different nations together (like olympics)
CONS: Usually explode bombs at Higher level to kill more people, also quiet in recent years

Rogue/Independant Bomber: PROS Would be able to fabricate the bombs with little cost then disappear into crowd. Would need no agenda or motive.
CONS: None really

Some of this is just a tasteless cheap shot, others can get us on topic.

At any rate, this one smells home grown. Just a feeling I can't shake. I'm smelling Skinheads or some such. Or, its a damn vood job of making it look that way. Whoever did it, they will find. Gloves are coming off. This is gonna be messy.

[KrazeeKrewe]

CNN: reported a Penske truck is being sought that tried to access the race area and was turned away.

CNN: reporting that a law enforcement official is saying they have a Saudi National injured in the hospital. He is a "person of interest" has been questioned, is being guarded but not under arrest.

MSNBC: reported the FBI said they have persons of interest & are intensively questioning one of them pretty hard.

Picture from a guy on Boston Bruins forum that I was following. Caption some dude in a white baseball hat detained by BPD nearby



Another photo from his twitter account.
Photo of man detained by police in #Boston #prayforboston (photo via @Eric_Twardzik) pic.twitter.com/wquciGC8KH

[MauriceP]

just say the briefing

There is no suspect told by the bpd comissioner