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Don't know if it has hit the news there yet, but all the news people are announcing an arrest in the Boston bombing case. Apparently a camera on a Lord & Taylor store across the street gave a really clear shot of a guy. Of course all the reporters/reporterettes are falling all over themselves with speculation
Roof-top dude?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-22190353
Don't know if it has hit the news there yet, but all the news people are announcing an arrest in the Boston bombing case.
😯
Give the roof top guy shout a rest man
was it a north korean muslim ?
was it a north korean muslim ?
he will be by the official press release
Roof-top dude?
More likely one of the guys reddit users identified.
Hundreds of photos were uploaded....and there was one guy that fitted the bill real nicely....pictured at the first bomb scene....carrying a bag with a similar strap as the bag identified by the FBI as being one of the bags that held a bomb....and he was photographed walking away from the scene without said bag.
I really wouldn't be surprised if the witch hunting redditors were actually right on this one....the thread was like a grim game of "Where's Waldo"....that race had literally thousands of high resolution photos taken.... I bet the fbi could identify the bloke even without cctv. In fact, I reckon the high res imagery taken by individuals will be used in court to give more weight to the usual grainy footage you get with cctv cameras.
Link to the reddit post?
I hope he burns in hell if they do get him.
No arrest so far according to CH4 news although a suspect has been identified on CCTV.
google image search "boston bomber"
Odd carrying a rucksak like that when it's designed to be on your back.
Easy to drop to the floor though.
Or this fella
people that do stuff like this live in their own personal hell, that none of us can even contemplate...I hope he burns in hell if they do get him
From Google images, is the bearded guy in red t shirt and blue jacket the Internet's prime suspect? ALLEGEDLY I should add...
Odd carrying a rucksak like that when it's designed to be on your back.
People often carry rucksacks like that in crowds as it makes it harder for pickpockets. Not to stand in the way of accusing a man based on the fact that he has a black bag which he likes to carry.
Odd carrying a rucksak like that when it's designed to be on your back.
I carry my camera bag like that a lot for easy access but yes it matches the suspect bag.
There's actually quite a few interesting candidates...off the top of my head... one white guy in blue....an iranian looking bloke in a brown jacket and purple t-shirt with a bag that matches the fbi release...he was seen walking away without the bomb.... two interesting blokes kitted out in covert military gear...that one was the weirdest one to me....they were dressed in a fashion that would make UK undercover police laugh their balls off.
etc
I often carry mine like that in crowded places as its easier to turn round without it getting in the way on your back.
That Reddit site is a bit pathetic some of their claims for suspects are laughable.
It's kind of addictive though
No arrest so far according to CH4 news although a suspect has been identified on CCTV.
As Drac's link indicated as well---once the speculation gets out there, it takes on a life of it's own. Comment above about all the pictures being taken by so many hi-res cameras is spot-on. Someone is pretty likely to have it in their phone/camera.
It's getting right into the rolling-news-bull**** phase now, one place reports an arrest, everyone else reports that someone's reported an arrest, and soon more people report an arrest... They were talking about "breaking news and broken news" on channel 4 news, the story is the story. I'd rather my news be a little slower and right...
allthepies - MemberOdd carrying a rucksak like that when it's designed to be on your back.
I do it often tbh- shifts the weight and it's much better in crowds, as above, makes you smaller and not so exposed to thieves if you're bothered about that.
The strap design's not exactly distinctive, I think every rucksack I've owned for about the last 20 years has been similiar...
But if you've got the same skin tone as someone else that's good enough for the reddit crowd. Terrorists often tan themselves the same so they can identify each other.
It's comical one of their suspects was a guy not watching the race, if you look he' watching a pretty girl on a bike wearing lycra.
I just realised I must not go on reddit for a few days or they'll have the FBI on me.
It's comical one of their suspects was a guy not watching the race, if you look he' watching a pretty girl on a bike wearing lycra.
🙂
That bloke is looking at the bike. It's got XTR on it.
Oooh the conspiracy theorists are going to love this one with those police type dudes there right before it happened. kaesae!
Well these are the guys Fox news and CNN are plastering all over their reports.
The FBI have reported they are looking for two guys, one with a white cap and black jacket.
Make of that what you will.
Live blog: Sources: Possible suspect sought
[b]After law enforcement sources told CNN[/b] that an arrest was made in Boston Marathon bombings, two senior administration officials and another federal official [b]told CNN contributor Fran Townsend that no arrest happened.[/b]
Hmm So he said, but she said, but but but - Wait for an official news conference.
OxymoronFox news
So it seems redditors may have gotten it right.
Right is something we will know once any suspect has had a fair trial rather than a game of point out the weirdo on the internet.
Damnit, FBI cancelled 8pm press conference.
It's like an episode of 24 that stops at the juicy bit.
It's probably some nasty assholes, same sort of nasty assholes that do this http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/assed-baig/boston-bombings-wests-selective-grieving_b_3091770.html
was it a north korean muslim ?
EDIT - north korean muslim white supremacist...?
whoever it was i hope they catch them and stick their nuts in a vice before getting the hammer and blowtorch out...
[url= http://www.fbi.gov/news/updates-on-investigation-into-multiple-explosions-in-boston/photos ]the official suspects[/url]
Really clear picture of the guy with the no3 polo baseball hat in the reddit link from bwaarp.
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If they're trying to suggest there's some seriously heavy ordnance in the bag on the right then I'm afraid that holds no water at all.
all this a day after the NRA managed to buy the vote shutting down the already watered down restriction on gun control
http://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/1cntea/holy_shit_marathon_suspect_in_car_chase/
sounding pretty mental out there.
Sounds like they've got one of them. Is Gitmo still open for new guests?
I got a question... the fella in the white cap.
If he is a perp (I believe the saying is), why hasn't he turned that cap around so that he can't seen quite so blooming easily ?
It's comical one of their suspects was a guy not watching the race, if you look he' watching a pretty girl on a bike wearing lycra.
Presumably the FBI will be arresting Peter Sagan fairly soon then.
Useful threads on Reddit with minute by minute updates:
http://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/1cnwms/mods_removed_thread_live_updates_of_boston/
http://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/1co395/live_updates_of_boston_situation_part_2/
Started thread on this before I saw this one;
Live Boston Police radio feed, compelling;
[url= http://singletrackmag.com/forum/topic/live-boston-police-radio-feed ]http://singletrackmag.com/forum/topic/live-boston-police-radio-feed[/url]
It's amazing to be able to listen to officers on the ground while reading experiences of local people on twitter.
Take it all with a pinch of salt until confirmed by multiple sources.
oh bore off ohnohesback
I'm not going to post the actual picture on here but this just makes me think 'how does someone get to the point in their head where they justify an action like this'
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it's as the bomb is planted, with the kid who died standing next to it.
'how does someone get to the point in their head where they justify an action like this'
It's easy and you can see the starting of it on many threads on here.
Just demonise/dehumanise a whole section of society (lefties, tories, fatbikers, 29ers, whatever) for their beliefs/behaviour, add in a little bit of mental illness/environment/psychopathy/etc and it goes a step further to the point where you're willing to kill.
you can see the starting of it on many threads on here
do you realise the irony of your post?
Maybe 😉
It's all very weird seeing the whole thing play out on live TV/twitter etc. Uncomfortable but strangely compelling in a way.
Just demonise/dehumanise a whole section of society (lefties, tories, fatbikers, 29ers, whatever) for their beliefs/behaviour, add in a little bit of mental illness/environment/psychopathy/etc and it goes a step further to the point where you're willing to kill.
I definitely blame 29ers. I'm gonna email fox news and tell 'em.
Being reported that the suspects are "from near chechnya" on BBC.
'Got a Russian sounding name' according to the beeb. That'll make them slightly less annoyed then!
Why would Chechen terrorists choose a soft target in the us?
Chechnya has lots of oil...[/alexjonesfalseflag]
technically the Beeb are reporting that an american network are reporting they are from Chechnya
News agency Associated Press is reporting that the Boston bomb suspects are from a Russian region near Chechnya, and have lived in the US for at least one year. That information is as yet unconfirmed.
Sounds like someone is either well connected or good at making stuff up. Odds on the remaining chap being taken alive?
police channel says pipe bomb just gone off.
Islamists then?
Islamists then?
I though they all wore beards and dresses? 😉
nah, that's singlespeeders
Some pro-Russian Chechens aren't fans of the US re stirring up of the Independence movement plus there are claims that the US aided Chechen terrorists.
police channel says pipe bomb just gone off.
Controlled detonation? Seems like they've found another suspect package. Scary shit.
there are claims that the US aided Chechen terrorists.
In all fairness, they did do that.
This is all playing perfectly into the hands of US adherents of a bit of shock doctrine. 🙁
Anyone see the student interviewed on BBC news earlier?
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That isn't a student, That is Marcus a well known Bristol Triathlete who ran the Boston Marathon he is an Engineer.
deadlydarcy - Member
This is all playing perfectly into the hands of US adherents of a bit of shock doctrine.
In what way?
does that explain it somehow? is this a different sort of triathalon than the ones on TV?
the boston police do like their tents !
Look like they are closing in on him.
The suspect's uncle in Russia was just interviewed on CBS over the phone. He said the older brother was a loser who dropped out of college. The last time he spoke to him in 2009 he was going on about extreme Islamic views.
He didn't know that the older brother had been killed. His response was that they were bastards and deserve to die.
[*]some poor sod in a black hoodie is going to cop it soon !!!
"obviously we cannot jump to conclusions" - standard BBC disclaimer before asking someone to jump to conclusions.
Sounds like they have found another explosive device, in the same buildings as the chap with the hoodie is hiding in.
you have to say getting a helicopter on scene early with a thermal camera don't half save a lot of faffing about.