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Manchester bombing: Security 'did not check bags' at arena (Mom warned police; told she's racist)
Sky News ^

Posted on 05/23/2017 6:54:57 PM PDT by TigerClaws

A mother who was at the Ariana Grande concert with her daughter has criticised security checks carried out as they entered the venue.

Dawn Waddy was at the Manchester Arena with her daughter Holly and a friend when the explosion took place and said there should have been more security staff in the arena.

She said: "We walked through the doors when we had our tickets and they scan your tickets and we wasn't even checked.

"They never checked bags at all, I never saw them check anybody's bags

She told Sky News: "We had somebody sat next to us, looked very suspicious, she was fidgeting all the time with a bag - on the floor, across her - she was by herself.

"She was looking in the direction of where the explosion actually happened all night and smirking to herself.

Mrs Waddy told security personnel of her concerns and staff monitored the woman but did not take any action.

She said: "They were up and down the stairs where she was sat discreetly watching her. Nothing was actually done about it.

"One to two minutes before the concert finished this lady disappeared and then of course the explosion went off at the other end of the stadium."

A Czech woman who was also at the concert in Manchester said there was only a cursory search of bags as people entered the arena

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To: Steven Tyler

Im not going to click on that i hate that song and it gets stuck in my head


21 posted on 05/23/2017 7:29:53 PM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom Its a Joke friends)
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To: El Cid

A significant percentage of Muslims are sympathetic to such terrorist atrocities as Manchester, a minority to be sure, but more than enough to fuel terrorist recruitment into the distant future.


22 posted on 05/23/2017 7:31:22 PM PDT by luvbach1 (I hope Trump runs roughshod over the inevitable obstuctionists, Dems, progs, libs, or RINOs!)
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To: DBrow

Early reporting included a second explosion. People there reported same.

“The stewards were trying to calm people down but everyone was running in a stampede,” recalled James, who made his way out of the arena through another exit. James said he believed he heard a second explosion as they were running out.”

http://wtvr.com/2017/05/22/manchester-blast-witness-bodies-scattered-about-everywhere/


23 posted on 05/23/2017 7:35:38 PM PDT by glenduh
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To: TigerClaws

Not checking bags?

Sounds like a class action waiting to happen.

I asked last nite, “How do you get a bomb into a concert?” There is your answer.

I thought it had to be a member of the crew to get past security.


24 posted on 05/23/2017 7:37:19 PM PDT by joshua c (Cut the cord! Don't pay for the rope they hang you with.)
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To: glenduh

I’m actually looking for an official answer from the authorities. They were able to identify the terrorist bomber, so it would seem they’d have determined exactly what type bomb it was and how he carried and concealed it, but maybe they haven’t.


25 posted on 05/23/2017 7:42:38 PM PDT by Will88
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To: Diogenesis

Just like 9/11/01. We had warnings. They were ignored. Funny how the govt always grows more powerful every time they make a “mistake.”


26 posted on 05/23/2017 7:42:47 PM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: montag813

In another article, this mom said security scolded her for complaining i.e., guilted her over profiling and said, “How would you like somebody to treat YOU that way?”


27 posted on 05/23/2017 7:43:58 PM PDT by GnuThere
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To: TigerClaws

Checking purses/bags is racist.


28 posted on 05/23/2017 7:47:09 PM PDT by rainee (Her)
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To: Will88

“I’m actually looking for an official answer from the authorities.”

Oh... how about this?

“Former head of the UK’s national counter terrorism office, Chris Philips, told BBC Radio 4: “This person was more organised, the suicide vest, the explosives - whether made or bought.”

http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/808029/Manchester-Arena-bombing-terror-attack-Ariana-Grande-22-dead-suicide-bomber


29 posted on 05/23/2017 7:50:38 PM PDT by glenduh
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To: joshua c

He didn’t have to go through security———he was outside an a lobby area.

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30 posted on 05/23/2017 8:05:00 PM PDT by Mears
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To: glenduh

The use of a suicide vest in Europe might be a turn for the worse. They might have been used before, but it seems most terrorist attacks there have been guns, vehicles and other types of explosives. It will be all too easy for someone wearing a suicide vest to mix with any large crowd leaving an event or in many other types of gatherings.


31 posted on 05/23/2017 8:11:16 PM PDT by Will88
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32 posted on 05/23/2017 8:14:00 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Happy days are here again!)
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To: Mears

So I have been reading the many stories at the Daily Mail including one about the singer returning to FLA via private jet. Methinks a more appropriate action is to schedule a two-three hour live telethon or concert or whatever back in England and start singing songs until she can’t sing anymore. She should sing some real songs like Vera Lynn’s “When the Lights Go On Again” and such. Get off the feeling sorry for yourself and get back in the saddle and show these cretins how we seriously don’t back down.

Now I don’t know Grande from from a latte, and I understand she’s a little skank. So be it. She should stand up on her hind legs and go toe to tow with these “Losers” She should get on the microphone and say “how dare they blow up her concert goers-fans... etc, etc, etc...”

But instead a candle will be lit and little Union Jack and Muzzie Flags will be distributed and we will all have a group hug and ignore the problem living right down the street. Radical Islamic Terrorism.


33 posted on 05/23/2017 8:25:22 PM PDT by abigkahuna (How can you be at two places at once when you are nowhere at all?)
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To: TigerClaws

Okay, thanks. The video was having issues playing on my phone, that’s why I asked if it was stated in the videos.


34 posted on 05/23/2017 8:28:32 PM PDT by snarkytart
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To: TigerClaws

A troglodyte Muslim, already known to the West’s massive security apparatus but allowed to roam free, sets off a bomb at a concert of a Disney-created porn star, attended by children

Oh, what a society we live in !!


35 posted on 05/23/2017 8:34:44 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: DBrow

Moreover, the public area was right next to Victoria station, which would have been an equally target rich location had the killer not gotten into the entry area.


36 posted on 05/23/2017 9:14:30 PM PDT by ArmstedFragg (So Long Obie)
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To: TigerClaws

whoever told her she was racist and did NOT check those bags should be held accountable for helping and abetting a terrorist! What a scumbag he,she,they were for ignoring this woman! Now 20 some odd folks are dead because of their incompetence!


37 posted on 05/23/2017 11:13:17 PM PDT by Bob434
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To: Diogenesis

>> WHEN WILL ANYONE BE ACCOUNTABLE ?????

Seriously? Europeans voted for their demise. Spend your concern elsewhere.


38 posted on 05/24/2017 12:15:50 AM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: El Cid

The only one who has ever spoken out on the danger has been so far President Trump.


39 posted on 05/24/2017 4:09:29 AM PDT by Biggirl ("One Lord, one faith, one baptism" - Ephesians 4:5)
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To: al baby

LOL, I know what you mean!

Seriously, if the injured formed a class action suit and hired slip and fall Lawyers, could we send people to prision or motivate the Politicians to do their job?

I would not want to see a cash fine/penalty, as that sort of thing simply increases cost ie. medical malpractice suits


40 posted on 05/24/2017 4:10:09 AM PDT by Steven Tyler
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