Experimenters
Posted on 07/04/2016 4:36:09 AM PDT by Ketill Frostbeard
The explosive that severely injured a man in New York's Central Park today was likely "an experiment with fireworks or explosives," but did not seem like a device made deliberately to hurt anyone, officials said.
It was still not clear exactly what the explosive was, but police said they did not believe it was connected to terrorism.
Mark Torre, commanding officer of the NYPD bomb squad, added that investigators are leaning toward considering this the work of an explosive "hobbyist," an amateur or someone who knows chemistry.
It could have even been some sort of "experiment" that was not meant to explode, as it did, when stepped on, Torre said.
Three men were walking in an area of the park not far from the entrance to the Central Park Zoo when the explosion occurred, severely injuring the foot of one of them, a New York Police Department spokesperson said.
Police identified the victim as an 18-year-old, and said his friends were interviewed, but they were not suspects, nor were they injured in the explosion.
The injured man was taken to Bellevue hospital with a "possible amputation," a Fire Department of New York spokesperson said. He was in serious but stable condition, officials said early Sunday evening.
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Grew up in the Bronx. As a kid in the fifties we would experiment by taking the powder out of ash cans (pre m-80) and pack it into larger vessels.
We were the lucky one....no parts missing. We read in the daily paper about some poor yutz who blew of his fingers-hand-foot..... Like my experiments with motorcycles in the early 70s, I wonder how I survived it intact.
I'm not buying it. A "hobbyist" playing with his chemistry kit would more likely play in his backyard, not leave a bomb in Central Park for someone to step on.
Keep in mind who the mayor of NYC is these days.
Who steps on a strange bag, if that's what the "firecracker" was in, on a path? I've never heard of "friction" setting off a "firecracker."
The only thing I believe is that the govermedia is lying, and is not competent to carry out government's basic function to protect its citizens.
We're on our own.
In the 70s in Queens, “Blockbusters” were common.
If it went off next to a person they could be vaporized.
You lit that thing and then ran like Jesse Owens.
I think this guy is even worse than Dinkins....he’s definitely crazier.
It was put far off the path as I understand it.
Experimenters
This is the most absolutely meaningless statement in officialese.
Unfortunately, that poor boy has to live with the lie. Undoubtedly, he’ll sue the city and I don’t blame him.
This is the most absolutely meaningless statement in officialese.
Yeah blockbusters were nasty.
Tossed one behind a dumpster which had a stockade fence around it. It blew a good deal of fence out which showered cars with wood chunks all over a parking lot I was traversing to enter a bar, one 4th. I decided to not enter that bar as the patrons filed out to see what all the noise was about
At the height of summer, near the Fourth of July, when tourism abounds and Central Park is a mecca for both tourists and cooped-up city dwellers, we’re supposed to believe this is about firecrackers?
Sadly, yes, and it seems that the authorities will never truly engage themselves with preventing another tragedy. Perhaps we can change this come November...
They are hamstrung by pc-ism. 9/11 taught them nothing.
Govermedia....yes, sadly. And dangerously.
I'm not so sure. I grew up in New York City. There are just as many "mad scientist" teen age boys per capita as anywhere else. Some of the things I did when I was that age...
He’ll sue the city/police on what grounds? How can anyone expect the city/police to keep everyone 100% safe, 100% of the time?
Muslim Brotherhood and other Islamic organizations teach in their internet instructions how to make home made IED.’s.
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