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CHP arrests Rohnert Park street racers, finds illegal firecrackers
Press Democrat ^ | 21 Dec 2015 | Julie Johnson

Posted on 12/21/2015 10:27:03 PM PST by rey

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Were you law enforcement and you found two 20 year olds with no licenses driving cars that, while not super expensive, generally are out of the range for a 19/20 year old, wouldn't your interest be a little more than piqued? I know they are not supposed to profile, but they are into something that generates some decent income.

Furthermore, would you get the bomb squad out of bed at 1am to pick up a handful of firecrackers?

Seems a little under the mark in one area and a little over in another.

Speaking of going over, they had a hazmat team out in full suits to dispose of an and a chlorine container that fell off of some pool service guy's truck. Full containment equipment was used. When I was a kid the fire department would have hosed it down good, if anything had leaked. Perhaps they just used it as training, but quarantining the area was a bit much.

1 posted on 12/21/2015 10:27:03 PM PST by rey
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Have to legitimize or justify having Hazmat and bomb squad.
If they cannot be called- why have in the first place.

Although since they do not name size or type of firework, one wonders was it something else.


2 posted on 12/21/2015 10:36:55 PM PST by Nailbiter
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What are m-1000s? I remember m-80 was big enough to blow your hand off or kill.


3 posted on 12/21/2015 11:41:47 PM PST by Eagles6 ( Valley Forge Redux. If not now, when? If not here, where? If not us then who?)
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Real M-1000s are firecrackers 6" long and 1-1/4" in diameter.

If the found them in his pockets, he was wearing very baggy pants.

I suspect there is some exaggeration of what they really found.

4 posted on 12/22/2015 1:24:31 AM PST by CurlyDave
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I had my first In-N-Out Burger in Rohnert Park.


5 posted on 12/22/2015 4:24:04 AM PST by lormand (Inside every liberal is a dung slinging monkey)
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80 mph?!
Oh, the humanity!


6 posted on 12/22/2015 5:05:01 AM PST by cuban leaf (The US will not survive the obama presidency. The world may not either.)
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“80 mph?!
Oh, the humanity!”

Guess it depends on the street. Traffic averages 80 on my commute.


7 posted on 12/22/2015 5:09:20 AM PST by ConservativeWarrior (Fall down 7 times, stand up 8. - Japanese proverb)
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“possessing dangerous explosives”???

IDIOTS!

M-1000s go for about 5 cents apiece, so let’s get off of the “dangerous explosives” nonsense shall we?


8 posted on 12/22/2015 5:09:37 AM PST by G Larry (ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS impose SLAVE WAGES on LEGAL Immigrants.)
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Same here. And the road in the article is called.an expressway. It wasn’t Oak lane.


9 posted on 12/22/2015 5:24:41 AM PST by cuban leaf (The US will not survive the obama presidency. The world may not either.)
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Oh my God! Firecrackers? Someone quick, call the bomb squad, these must be terrorists.


10 posted on 12/22/2015 5:58:25 AM PST by DaveA37
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11 posted on 12/22/2015 5:59:37 AM PST by hattend (Firearms and ammunition...the only growing industries under the Obama regime.)
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http://www.tntfireworks.com/products/cat/firecrackers/2788-red-devil-firecracker-m-1000


12 posted on 12/22/2015 6:02:20 AM PST by hattend (Firearms and ammunition...the only growing industries under the Obama regime.)
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They are crap compared to a real M-80. They’re nothing but regular firecrackers in an M-80 package.


13 posted on 12/22/2015 6:39:06 AM PST by ebshumidors
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They haven’t made 350Zs since 2008. You can get a used one in the low teens ($13000) with “low” mileage, under $10k a little more used. Not terribly out of reach for a kid with a job. I knew a military kid who had a G37.

If you want to make a felony case out of the firecrackers I guess you do have to wake up the bomb squad. Someone’s racking up promotion points.


14 posted on 12/22/2015 7:36:40 AM PST by PLMerite (The Revolution...will not be kind.)
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Officer Blair Hardcastle

Angling for his own TV drama.

15 posted on 12/22/2015 7:47:05 AM PST by Larry Lucido
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Yeah, really.


16 posted on 12/22/2015 10:07:06 AM PST by Eagles6 ( Valley Forge Redux. If not now, when? If not here, where? If not us then who?)
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M-1000 video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3XylbCsYlI


17 posted on 12/22/2015 10:30:55 AM PST by minnesota_bound
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Firework store - wow. No smoking!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4u3jeRyGIg


18 posted on 12/22/2015 10:31:58 AM PST by minnesota_bound
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To: DaveA37

Well, this IS California.......


19 posted on 12/22/2015 11:30:51 AM PST by doorgunner69
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Hmm...doesn’t exactly look like you could blow up a school with one of those. Well, a Lego school maybe.


20 posted on 12/22/2015 11:33:34 AM PST by Billthedrill
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