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Posted on 04/18/2013 10:05:07 PM PDT by bd476
911 Operator @911BUFF 1m
BOSTON: BREAKING NEWS - 'MASSIVE EXPLOSIONS, GRENADES AND SHOTS FIRED' REPORTED ON POLICE SCANNER! MULTIPLE OFFICERS DOWN! #911BUFF
Matthew Keys @TheMatthewKeys 45s
WCVB: Gunfire, explosions reported in Watertown neighborhood of Boston - http://bit.ly/11jwbKG
Three block perimeter to be established around 98 Spruce in Watertown, Mass
old white guy who they think/thought had a dead man switch in his hand
Ah, thanks.
That is EXACTLY the world democrats want.
From what I have gleaned from reading here, he has changed his stories (I have not seen the interviews).
Also read here, they have several relatives in the area, none of which made any calls to LEO to identify.
FWIW.
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Yes it does.
John Kerry ” Foreign students are afraid to come to the US because of all the guns!”
Robot to the left. 60 y/o to the right. Robot coming to check the guy out. From what I gather from srecapitulation of scanner pickups, the guy was holding what the cops thought was a deadman switch for an IED.
Seems more going on than told
Muslims create vast conspiracy theories to explain how what happened really didn’t happen.
Maybe you should just sit back and take a good look at what is going on here.
If you enjoy seeing Military and para Military police armed to the hilt terrorizing a City, then perhaps you should find a site more to your liking.
But, it is the people responsible for their own safety and security. The Supreme Court has routinely upheld it is the responsibility of the individual citizen and the police are under no duty to protect you; even in uniform, even on the clock.
However, the wars we are fighting today are not against conventional forces. If we we wait for the Reds to invade....don't hold your breath.
That said, the military is for the defense of the homeland in cases of insurrection and attack. That does not mean the attackers have to be ones that follow the Geneva Conventions - fall under competent authority and wear identifiable uniforms.
The state should be allowed to call up the militia, to include the National Guard, for repelling attack. To call up Active Duty and Reserves, should be Congress.
That does not give the militia/NG/military the right to usurp Constitutional Rights of the individual citizen. The police should not be a para-military force, nor should the military be a police force.
It's either "terrorism" and an act of war, or it's a crime. Maj Hasan (spit) is either guilty of an act of terror as an unlawful combatant, or he is guilty of workplace violence akin to any other common criminal. You (general; not you) can't bitch and complain that the police are being too militarized and expect them to combat the likes of the Boston terrorists and then turn around and say 'oh the National Guard shouldn't be here because they're not the police,' and then sit idly by and do nothing.
Do I think the citizenry (read unorganized militia) needs to be involved? Yes. Do I believe they should just be off willy-nilly to play army-man in the streets of Boston?
No. Once a situation arises and the public takes to guns, they should be organized under competent authority. Hence Article I Section 8 of the Constitution reserves the right to the States to appoint officers and train the militia.
Not only is "unity of command" (one of Mattis' flat ass rules by the way) good tactics and good discipline, it increases the odds the situation will be resolved effectively.
As an aside, I don't have a problem with the average citizen owning "military hardware" that is not detrimental to national security (for example cypto, nukes, advanced radar etc - things that if fell into foreign hands would compromise our war effort and negate our force multipliers.). In other words, I see no problem with people owning machine guns, mortars, grenades etc. But I do think they should be properly trained and certified before purchase.
dead suspect could walk 50 feet with boxing gloves on ..on his hands..according to boxing coach
dead guy -extrovert
manhunt guy -introvert
ABC News reports 15 police officers were taken to St. Elizabeth’s Hospital for injuries suffered in the pursuit in which the suspects threw explosives at officers.
18.38 (13.38) Telegraph correspondent Raf Sanchez, who is currently filing from a bagel shop in Montgomery Village, Maryland, is reporting on what is being described as “small arsenal” pipe bombs, grenades and improvised explosive devices that were in the suspects’ possession:
Dzhokhar, the younger brother, hurled some of the bombs at officers as he drove through police lines and broke out of their closing cordon, leaving his older brother dying behind.
Over the police scanner, shocked officers could be heard shouting: “Loud explosion, loud explosion, loud explosion, shots fired, shots fired.”
One police officer was badly wounded in the battle.
Congressman Dutch Ruppersberger, a member of the House intelligence committee, said: “They clearly amassed a small arsenal of explosives.”
Police said this afternoon they were carrying out at least one controlled explosion on Norfolk Street, in Cambridge, not far from where the bombers reportedly share a home.
As well as the two bombs that killed three people at the Marathon, authorities will carefully analyse the latest explosives to figure out how they were built and whether the brothers received help from outside.
The analysis is likely to take place at the government’s specialist lab at Quantico, Virginia.
Hope they catch him before dark. I would guess he is wounded and holed up somewhere in a house, slowly bleeding out.
ABC:
15 Police officers injured last night
Suspect may now be in CT. Green Honda Civic.
If you think it’s OK to let a terrorist go, than maybe you should find another site. Who made you the site police anyway? Sheesh...
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