Boston Marathon Bombing Discussion

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**SagesStone**

Cause they're on the edge.

**KalashnikovMarine**

Ouze wrote:
If you want to follow it on fark, they have a thread here - go to the last page and just keep refreshing.

Not sure which source is better, if either, but I'm sure they're both better than the Dewey defeats Truman info CNN keeps posting.

I'm confirming the twitter stuff as it goes up, I'm listening to the police scanners where I can too, keep losing the feed though.

**Breotan**

Police car in Boston stolen? o.O

This is playing out like an episode of 24.

**DA's Forever**

Sounds like there setting up a press conference, they keep talking about getting the media together at a mall?

**KalashnikovMarine**

They've been moving media to the mall on Arsenal, or the Statie Barracks nearby. Probably just want them out of the way/line of fire.

Confirmed: Boston Transit officer was shot in the fire fight, officer is in stable condition.

**DA's Forever**

Ah that makes much more sense, just got the scanner to fuggin work.

Thats good to hear.

**Ouze**

If you guys want to listen to the scanner, it is here

Hit F5 if it drops, which it does sometimes.

**Breotan**

**KalashnikovMarine**

Apparently suspect #1 of the 2 identified by the FBI was the suspect shot and killed during the confrontation with the police.

**Breotan**

http://www.wcvb.com/

**Ouze**

Scanner is saying they're going to wait until daylight, they think they have him cornered, if I'm hearing this right.

**DA's Forever**

Yeah they keep saying the got a good quarantine on the affected area, weather hes cornered or not...

Also they keep mentioning moving some ''devices''?

**Breotan**

Waiting for daylight because of the explosives involved.

**Ouze**

NYT has a good wrapup here.

**DA's Forever**

The cop in the yellow jacket doesnt look like he has a gun? Or am i just missing it?

**KalashnikovMarine**

On the NYT article? He's got a Glock in his hand.

Apparently bomb squad is about to do a det in place on an IED in Watertown.

**Breotan**

Play-by-play map showing the events where they happened.

https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=200082141349599835237.0004daaf434ba5147dce8&msa=0&iwloc=A

**KalashnikovMarine**

SWAT is moving to a building where motion detectors are going off. Looks like they might have him.

**Breotan**

FARK showing this image from BPD feed:

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Press Conference. Detailing the events.

http://livewire.wcvb.com/Event/117th_Running_of_Boston_Marathon

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Is Wyldfire following this thread? o.O

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Cops just said, "We believe this to be a terrorist." S#!7 just got real.

**thenoobbomb**

Police said it's a terrorist.

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Ninja'd.

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Police officer was found dead with multiple shots in his body in his car, shortly before the carjack.

Suspect number #1 IS dead

**Breotan**

Looks like there's a pic of dead suspect on Yahoo!

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CNN finally admitted that they were wrong about the naked guy, and said that he was let go.

Yea. CNN being wrong. Way to differentiate yourself from FOX / MSNBC, guys. /slowclap

**DA's Forever**

Warning that he may have explosives on his person, damn

**KalashnikovMarine**

Breotan wrote:
Looks like there's a pic of dead suspect on Yahoo!

That's not the dead suspect, or either of the suspects actually. That's just a dude who got put on the deck, checked out and released. I was watching that live.

**Breotan**

From FARK:

RT @CNN Breaking: Germany has surrendered. #AlliedVictory

Sweet! now as soon as those damn japs surrender I can finally make out with a nurse!

And apparently Yahoo! is NOT any more reliable than CNN. Should have known better. Thanks, KalashnikovMarine.

Edit: Concern by police because it's getting to the time where people are getting up to go to work.

**KalashnikovMarine**

I bet that dude's shorts died though if you know what I mean, old boy had a LOT of guns pointed at him.

If MSNBC is the short bus of new services (I'd rather watch Faux...) then Yahoo! News is a chimpanzee's attempt to imitate MSNBC, as painted in feces.

**Breotan**

Interesting that this is all BPD and not FBI.

**DA's Forever**

Just had someone on the scanner ordering someone to his knees.

I though the same thing, I thought the FBI were still around. Figured they'd pitch in.

They cleared the guy.

**Ouze**

I have found Fox News is substantially better at covering breaking news then any of the other networks. This was the second presidential election they had faster numbers, even if, uh, some factions weren't too sure if they were true.

Not that I'm a fan of what Fox does, they're just awful. But quick on the draw, when that's what you need.

**KalashnikovMarine**

Breotan wrote:
Interesting that this is all BPD and not FBI.

They have the command and control in place, and there's no confirmation that these guys are international or intrastate, so it'd be a serious pain for the feds to take command on this one, so they're jumping in and helping sure, but this fight's gonna belong to Commissioner Davies and Boston's finest since they have the manpower and jurisdiction.

AP confirms that suspect 1 died in the hospital of acute lead poisoning.

**Breotan**

KalashnikovMarine wrote:
Breotan wrote:
Interesting that this is all BPD and not FBI.

They have the command and control in place, and there's no confirmation that these guys are international or intrastate, so it'd be a serious pain for the feds to take command on this one, so they're jumping in and helping sure, but this fight's gonna belong to Commissioner Davies and Boston's finest since they have the manpower and jurisdiction.

AP confirms that suspect 1 died in the hospital of acute lead poisoning.

Except that the Feds have been deeply involved pretty much since the first bombings.

Ouze wrote:
Not that I'm a fan of what Fox does, they're just awful. But quick on the draw, when that's what you need.

Separate the news reporting from the punditry and you'll find FOX is actually a pretty damned good news agency. You're right about the talking head shows, though - drama llamas all of them.