Boston Explosions

[Nordling]

And apparently, CNN's Anderson Cooper has undergone a COMPLETE wardrobe change.

 

[MrRodry]

More at: http://www.fbi.gov/bostonbombings
Submit tips to: https://bostonmarathontips.fbi.gov

 

[Jupiter551]

It makes me sick with rage. What does this accomplish? What kind of fucking strategy IS this?

As much as it sickens me to think about it, it's what most terror acts are - a sick, brutal publicity stunt designed to raise public awareness of whatever their issue is. Unfortunately it works too - we're talking about it aren't we? If we treated these acts like any other crime they wouldn't happen anymore, sadly. They only do it for attention, and if we ignored them they'd do something else.

 

[Just Me]

It makes me sick with rage. What does this accomplish? What kind of fucking strategy IS this?

As much as it sickens me to think about it, it's what most terror acts are - a sick, brutal publicity stunt designed to raise public awareness of whatever their issue is. Unfortunately it works too - we're talking about it aren't we? If we treated these acts like any other crime they wouldn't happen anymore, sadly. They only do it for attention, and if we ignored them they'd do something else.

I agree with you. The media needs to stop filling up their air time with this kind of coverage. The media and the government love to feed into the public's fears and making these people infamous.

Two days later another explosion happens in West, Texas, with many more people killed and injured. Where is the national outpouring grief and sympathy for them? Why is something that was done purposefully considered more worthy of news coverage and sympathy than what was most likely an accident?

 

[Bocefish]

Why is something that was done purposefully considered more worthy of news coverage and sympathy than what was most likely an accident?

There are a couple reasons why the story of terrorists that killed innocent citizens is currently getting more coverage. First of all, the cowards are still free to inflict more carnage. Secondly, people very much want justice and rightly so. The most wanted men in America usually get a bit more coverage when the story is fresh. In this case, the more their faces are out there for the public to see, the better the chances are of someone seeing & recognizing the suspects.

Neither tragedy deserves more sympathy than the other, but it's difficult to cover a news story when there are toxins in the immediate vicinity and searches are still going on. The little news I watched today seemed to cover both stories equally.

I wholeheartedly agree the media overexposes mass murderers to the point of encouraging more of the same, but they go by ratings. If people didn't watch the incessant garbage, they wouldn't be doing it.

 

[emptiedglass]

And apparently, CNN's Anderson Cooper has undergone a COMPLETE wardrobe change.

Could be worse. Do you want to see him have a wardrobe malfunction? :lol:

 

[Kickaz]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... ead_module

I feel bad for this kid.

 

[PunkInDrublic]

Pretty crazy stuff the past few hours.

 

[HiGirlsRHot]

Pretty crazy stuff the past few hours.

Yes the black hat suspect is dead, and the white baseball cap suspect is being hunted by 10,000 cops. I would not want to be his life insurance company.
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[Bocefish]

http://tunein.com/radio/Boston-Police-F ... r-s146109/

Listen live if ya want.

 

[Bocefish]

Headline story from Boston newspaper: "Russia's Caucasus: breeding ground for terror"

http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe ... story.html

 

[RoseCavilla]

I saw a good comment on the news page about this.

The surviving suspect is supposedly in Watertown. Someone wrote, "Get your guns, if you still have any."

Gun control or not, people died and I hope they catch all of the sick bastards behind this. I am against control personally, but I still hope no citizen decides to take things into their own hands and ends up shooting an innocent.

*footnote! I'm not trying to spark a debate here. If that need is felt there is a thread for everyone to practice their marksmen skills!

 

[Bocefish]

COP ON SCANNER: 'He is posting online -- "I will kill all of you, as you killed my brother"

Hope they can take the scumbag alive for interrogation purposes... but it doesn't sound like the odds are in favor of that happening.

 

[Gen]

COP ON SCANNER: 'He is posting online -- "I will kill all of you, as you killed my brother"

Hope they can take the scumbag alive for interrogation purposes... but it doesn't sound like the odds are in favor of that happening.

Apparently this was proven fake? Everything's so convoluted right now, though, so I could be wrong.

Listening to the police scanner is so scary, I feel so bad for everyone in Boston right now.

 

[Bocefish]

COP ON SCANNER: 'He is posting online -- "I will kill all of you, as you killed my brother"

Hope they can take the scumbag alive for interrogation purposes... but it doesn't sound like the odds are in favor of that happening.

Apparently this was proven fake? Everything's so convoluted right now, though, so I could be wrong.

Listening to the police scanner is so scary, I feel so bad for everyone in Boston right now.

I heard it myself on the scanner, they said it a couple times before I lost the feed.

 

[Gen]

I heard it on the scanner too; I meant apparently the online account the threats were posted from was fake.

 

[mynameisbob84]

It really is like something out of a Michael Mann movie. Just crazy and kinda surreal. I can't see him evading police much longer. The fact that he's only 19 surprised me too. Made me wonder what would have happened if he had been a few years younger. Would he have been tried as an adult?

 

[RoseCavilla]

I remember a murder case where two seventh grade boys killed a classmate together. They were tried as adults. I would think that pressure from media and the families of victims would ensure any minor that did this would be tried as an adult. And, in my opinion, rightfully so. If you're such a big boy that you can build/help build/plant a bomb, you're damn well old enough to be tried as an adult.

 

[emptiedglass]

It really is like something out of a Michael Mann movie. Just crazy and kinda surreal. I can't see him evading police much longer. The fact that he's only 19 surprised me too. Made me wonder what would have happened if he had been a few years younger. Would he have been tried as an adult?

The fact that his brother "was wearing explosives and a triggering device when he died" would suggest that maybe they weren't planning on being taken alive...

 

[Bocefish]

Screw arresting him! He's a military combatant AFAIC and deserves zero rights afforded Americans. The minute he's captured, he should be enroute to an all expenses paid, last class flight to Guantanamo, sleep deprived and stressed.... until we extract all the info we need. Then a quick General Courts Martial followed by execution.

Another Boston Po-Po scanner link: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/ma-rt-9-window-cam

 

[Shaun__]

I wonder if it is over.

7:08 p.m.: There have been multiple reports of shots fired in Watertown.

Read more: http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/04/19/wat ... z2QxC4wpQ9

 

[Bocefish]

So much for taking him alive. Sounds like they made sure he was well ventilated.

 

[Airwolfe]

Fuck arresting this guy.

I want to see his lifeless, bullet ridden body laying in a massive pool of his own blood.

Then I don't ever want to hear another God damned word about him.

I don't want to hear their parents say "They were such good boys. We don't know how they ever could have done this." I don't want to hear their high school friends say "They were such nice quiet guys in school and never caused any problems. I can't believe they did this." I don't want to hear bleeding heart liberals saying "How have we failed as a society to let these kids grow up to become such monsters. Where did we go wrong?".

I want to hear about the people that lost their lives, the people maimed for the rest of their lives, the people injured.

I want to hear about the brave people that ran towards the explosions and helped rescue the injured.

I want to hear about the lives of the brave law enforcement officers that died and were injured fighting these guys.

I want to hear about the families whose loved ones are never coming home again.


These two guys I don't ever want to see again or hear their names spoken again.

May death come quickly to the last guy and may they both be forgotten.

 

[Bocefish]

Now they say he's still alive.

 

[Bocefish]

http://abcnews.go.com/US/boston-bomb-su ... XHQpsGYDNy

He's in the boat surrounded, but still moving. They're about to remove the cover now.

Scanner: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/ma-rt-9-window-cam

 

[RoseCavilla]

The FBI interviewed the elder now deceased brother and their mother a while ago. Evidently they had identified him as a jihhad leader.

I'm not trying to downplay the effectiveness of the FBI, but don't they have high tech methods for watching the actions of their persons of interest? I mean, he had to have been communicating with other members. His mother told Russia Today that he did Skype sessions but didn't specify with who or what about. But why couldn't the FBI keep better track of his actions and plans?

http://m.cbsnews.com/storysynopsis....id=1&videoid=37&catid=57580534&nb_splitPage=3

 

[Bocefish]

FBI gonna throw a flashbang in the boat.

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/ma-rt-9-window-cam

 

[Nordling]

Unconfirmed. I just heard that the boat is on fire.

 

[Bocefish]

He's FINALLY in custody.

 

[Nordling]

Ha! The boat was in a driveway. I was confused there for a bit.

http://www.cnbc.com/id/100655686