Boston Marathon Bombing Thread

[TheCommandTent]

And the surveillance video

The FBI is advising to only use their official photos to ID suspects and not anything the media puts out beyond that.

[LongBlade]

Hmmm.

Two young males.

Possible middle eastern descent?

Why am I not surprised?

[Longdan]

OMG!!  Ethnic stereotyping!!!  Maybe they just came from the "Mr. Big Nose and Beards Tanning Salon."   :P

[Staggerwing]

I wonder if the bomber is one of the many severely wounded and is somewhat out of it right now. With that in mind, I'm fairly certain that all the victims are probably getting a visit from the FBI photographers.

[TheCommandTent]

I wonder if the bomber is one of the many severely wounded and is somewhat out of it right now. With that in mind, I'm fairly certain that all the victims are probably getting a visit from the FBI photographers.

I am sure they did that before releasing the pictures to the public.

[MetalDog]

Great bit about the Marathon bombing on Colbert's show: http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/425527/april-16-2013/intro---4-16-13

Here's the one that really got to me.  The Bruins game just after the attack at the "Gahd'n"  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KXHN-ETDig

If this version of the National Anthem doesn't bring a tear to your eye, nothing will.

Chris--

I heard that anthem played three times on ESPN this morning.  I teared up each time.  Hearing that makes me wonder why people take us on.

[Steelgrave]

I honest to God thought this article must be a parody when I clicked on it....but it's not. This dirtbag makes the assertion that he hopes the bombers are white Americans, because if they are Muslim or middle eastern, why....we will play on that stereotype and portray them as terrorists!

Some folks....some folks, it should be legal to beat some sense into them, or at least beat them because they're so frickin' stupid. Or just beat them because it's good therapy. I hope the Hells Angels move next door to this dude and take a special interest in him.

http://www.salon.com/2013/04/16/lets_hope_the_boston_marathon_bomber_is_a_white_american/

[W8taminute]

Let's also note which side loves to politicize everything and how the sheeple gobble it up with thunderous applause.   >:(

What happened in Boston is a tragedy and an insult, period.  Find the bad guys and off them.  That's all that needs to be done.  There is no need to talk about stereotypes or finger pointing at any group or groups.  Just find the bad guys and punish them. 

[Con]

+1

In fact I hope it doesn't come to a trial.  Do away with them Bin Laden style no matter where they are from and with no fanfare or giving them any more air time.

Con

[LongBlade]

+1

[LongBlade]

Users on reddit are crowdsleuthing to find the suspects and are apparently doing a pretty good job of it.

http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/technology/2013/04/findbostonbombers_reddit_vs_the_media_in_search_for_boston_bombing_suspects.html

[Arctic Blast]

Not sure what exactly is going on, but Twitter is lighting up big time with talk of a police shootout in Watertown, Mass. There's talk of potential bombs, but everyone is so freaked out right now that who the Hell knows. There definitely IS some sort of shootout happening, though.

And apparently a cop was gunned down at MIT earlier this evening.

Good grief.  :(

EDIT : Okay, it sounds like 2 guys engaged in a shootout with police somewhere in or around MIT. One cop was killed. The same two guys then stole a car and were somehow stopped around Watertown, where a second battle occurred. We're talking hand grenades, armored vehicles, the works. Both are now apparently in custody, and one may be dead.

NOW there's talk that the bomb squad has been called to a hospital.

And now it seems one guy is still loose. Here's hoping they catch him quick.

No idea at this point if there's a connection to the Marathon bombing or not.

[Arctic Blast]

Okay, the NY Times has a pretty good early entry on this. Scary, scary stuff.

Two young men, armed with guns and explosives in what appeared to be backpacks, engaged in a violent standoff with dozens of police on a street in Watertown, Mass., Thursday night, a resident said.

Andrew Kitzenburg, 29, said he looked out of this third floor window to see two young men of slight build in jackets shooting at dozens of police officers from behind a black Mercedes SUV. The officers and the men were 70 yards apart, he said, and engaged in "constant gunfire."

A police SUV "drove towards the shooters," he said, and was shot at until it was severely damaged. It rolled out of control, Mr. Kitzenberg said, and crashed into two cars in his driveway.

The two shooters, he said, had a large and unwieldy bomb. "They lit it, still in the middle of the gunfire, and threw it. But it went 20 yards at most." It exploded, he said, and one of the two men ran towards the gathered police officers. He was tackled, but it was not clear if he was shot, Mr. Kitzenberg said.

The other, he said, got back into the SUV, turned it towards officers and "put the pedal to the metal." The car "went right through the cops, broke right through and continued west."

The two men left "a few backpacks right by the car, and there is a bomb robot out there now." Police had told residents to stay away from their windows, he said.

The standoff came within hours of an incident at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, located across the Charles River from Watertown, in which a campus police officer was shot and killed.

The officer, who was not named, responded to a report of a disturbance near Vassar and Main Streets, the Middlesex County District Attorney Michael Pelgro said in a statement early Friday. He was found, the statement said with "multiple gunshot wounds" and taken to Massachusetts General Hospital where he was pronounced dead.

M.I.T. said in an update on its campus alert Web site after midnight that the "shooter remains at large, police continue to search the campus," and asked students to stay indoors until further notice.

At the campus, helicopters whirred overhead, and police cars were dotted through the streets. A crime scene was cordoned off, and at least one dog unit was on the scene.

The two incidents came as the area was already on edge following the bombings at the Boston Marathon on Monday.

[GDS_Starfury]

well so far this week Ive learned that we need to ban the sale of pressure cookers, ball bearings, back packs and nitrate based fertilizer.  actually the fertilizer would be safe if we banned fire first.

[MikeGER]

new EU regulation from Brüssel:
....all rucks have to be see-through and may not exceed a volume of 1liter,
and they must withstand a buildup pressure inside of 4500 psi without deform and have a safty valve ::)