Bomb found at MLK day parade in Spokane, WA - Polidicks

[quote=msnbc] SPOKANE, Wash. — A backpack found along the route of the Martin Luther King Jr. march in Spokane contained a bomb "capable of inflicting multiple casualties," the FBI said Tuesday, describing the case as "domestic terrorism." The FBI said the Swiss Army-brand backpack was found about 9:25 a.m. PST on Monday on a bench at the northeast corner of North Washington Street and West Main Avenue in downtown Spokane. In an interview on msnbc cable's "The Rachel Maddow Show," Spokesman-Review reporter Thomas Clouse said confidential sources told him that the device was equipped with a remote control detonator and contained shrapnel. A bomb disposal unit was called in and neutralized the device with a robot. The FBI said in a statement on Tuesday that "the backpack contained a potentially deadly destructive device, likely capable of inflicting multiple casualties." The FBI has refused to discuss how the bomb was constructed. "Suffice it to say it was of grave concern," Frank Harrill, special agent in the charge of the Spokane FBI office, told NBC News. "You could describe it as an improvised destructive device ... or improvised explosive device." The FBI has not established an official motive, but Harrill told NBC News "the timing and placement of the backpack (along the march route) is inescapable." "At that point, it falls directly in the realm and sphere of domestic terrorism," Harrill told the Associated Press. "Clearly, there was some political or social agenda here." No threats or warnings were issued before the march. Workers initially reported the suspicious package to Spokane police. The march was slightly re-routed and delayed. Television video on "The Rachel Maddow Show" showed the backpack sitting upright on a metal bench backed by a waist-high brick wall. In the interview with Maddow, [URL="http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2011/jan/18/fbi-says-backpack-spokane-parade-route-was-bomb/"]Spokesman-Review reporter Clouse said [/URL]sources told him the device was placed to direct the blast outward toward the marchers. "The three contract workers in the area who were there are unsung heroes," the FBI spokesman said. "We asked the FBI if we should be concerned, and he said it was some sort of device that was a real explosive device and something to be concerned about," Melissa Opel, who works at Auntie's Bookstore near the scene, told NBC station KHQ of Spokane. [URL="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41139894/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/#slice-1"]Video: FBI confirms bomb planted at Spokane parade [/URL] (on this page) Investigators were hoping two T-shirts found inside the backpack will offer clues to suspects in the case. [URL="http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2011/jan/18/fbi-says-backpack-spokane-parade-route-was-bomb/"]One reads "Stevens County Relay For Life June 25th-26th 2010" and another shirt reads "Treasure Island Spring 2009,"[/URL] the Spokesman-Review reported. The FBI is offering a $20,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of people responsible for placing the device found Monday. The FBI said it was seeking photographs or video taken in the area from approximately 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. People with information were asked to contact the FBI: [B]206-622-0460 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 206-622-0460 end_of_the_skype_highlighting or email [EMAIL="seattle.fbi@ic.fbi.gov"]seattle.fbi@ic.fbi.gov[/EMAIL].[/B] Another explosive device was found March 23 beside the Thomas S. Foley U.S. Courthouse in downtown Spokane. No arrests have been made in that investigation, Harrill said, and agents didn't know if the two incidents were related. The Spokane region and adjacent northern Idaho have had numerous incidents of anti-government and white supremacist activity during the past three decades. The most visible was by Aryan Nations, whose leader Richard Butler gathered racists and anti-Semites at his compound for two decades. Butler was bankrupted and lost the compound in a civil lawsuit in 2000 and died in 2004. In December, a man in Hayden, Idaho, built a snowman on his front lawn shaped like a member of the Ku Klux Klan holding a noose. The man knocked the pointy-headed snowman down after getting a visit from sheriff's deputies.[/quote] I have little to no doubts that a Neo-Nazi or other white supremacist is behind this. Because 1. hey, a bomb at an MLK day parade?! 2. Northern Idaho and Eastern Washington are hotbeds for white supremacist and and anti-government types. Also, it's about fucking time the FBI calls it what this is: Terrorism. Source: [url]http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41139894/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/[/url]

It's sad to see people who have intent of doing this shit still exist.

[QUOTE=halflambada;27535905]It's sad to see people who have intent of doing this shit still exist.[/QUOTE] Welcome to america. :patriot:

In before the Tea Party accusations

That's only a few hours away from me.

I grew up in Spokane for the first five years of my life. I'm glad my family and I moved out of that hell hole.

Shhhhhowers in shhpokaaaane [editline]19th January 2011[/editline] Sorry couldn't resist

[QUOTE=Ridge;27536134]In before the Tea Party accusations[/QUOTE] shut up about your dumb persecution complex [editline]19th January 2011[/editline] whenever something bad happens you preemptively cry "YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO BLAME TEA PARTIERS/REPUBLICANS FOR IT" regardless of whether or not that will actually happen so you can pretend to be victimized without ever actually being victimized. You are creating an argument against yourself out of thin air so you can shoot it down before it has been genuinely made. no one cares about your "boo hoo you guys are so mean to me and my conservative buddies. I come and post inflammatory statements in your threads and you guys are mean to me in response" sob story [editline]19th January 2011[/editline] shut up or i will beat you to death with my fists of fury

[QUOTE=Sigma-Lambda;27536910]shut up about your dumb persecution complex [editline]19th January 2011[/editline] whenever something bad happens you preemptively cry "YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO BLAME TEA PARTIERS/REPUBLICANS FOR IT" regardless of whether or not that will actually happen so you can pretend to be victimized without ever actually being victimized [editline]19th January 2011[/editline] shut up or i will beat you to death with my fists of fury i swear to god[/QUOTE] That does happen a lot though, even when it isn't warranted. Also, what the christ, a bomb at a MLK parade.

[QUOTE=Zambies!;27536963]That does happen a lot though, even when it isn't warranted.[/QUOTE] those people are trolls. shitting up a thread with your whiny persecution complex isn't the proper response to them. Stop acting like some troll posting something like "tea partiers just want to kill black people" is representative of everyone who disagrees with you. you should know better than to make the same generalizations as the people you're raging against.

Point taken.

I can't believe there are still people who would do something like this. It's disgusting.

[QUOTE=Sigma-Lambda;27536996]those people are trolls. shitting up a thread with your whiny persecution complex isn't the proper response to them. Stop acting like some troll posting something like "tea partiers just want to kill black people" is representative of everyone who disagrees with you. you should know better than to make the same generalizations as the people you're raging against.[/QUOTE] Liberal media lets tons of "violent" anti conservative rhetoric go unnoticed, but anything the conservatives do is instantly bashed on msnbc,cnn,NY times. Its a double standard. Recent example: Anti Walmart rally at a private residence [img]http://michellemalkin.cachefly.net/michellemalkin.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/ZZ104BE058.jpg[/img] Crosshairs on the rollback guy, yet it goes completely unnoticed while people still bitch at Sarah Palin for her crossfire picture she took off.

[QUOTE=FHamster;27537263]Liberal media lets tons of "violent" anti conservative rhetoric go unnoticed, but anything the conservatives do is instantly bashed on msnbc,cnn,NY times. Its a double standard.[/QUOTE] Uhm, :foxnews:?

[QUOTE=staticman;27537271]Uhm, :foxnews:?[/QUOTE] Double standard is double standard.

[QUOTE=FHamster;27537263] Crosshairs on the rollback guy, yet it goes completely unnoticed while people still bitch at Sarah Palin for her crossfire picture she took off.[/QUOTE] and the conservative media (fox news being the most watched news source in the country) whitewashes away any violent rhetoric from conservatives. stop acting like the "liberal media" is out to get you when, in fact, the media is pretty damn conservative if you go by viewership. [editline]19th January 2011[/editline] also you can't really claim that a crosshair over an abstracted symbol of a corporate entity is the exact same as a crosshair over a representation of a real person (and a politician in a time of great political strife). Besides, no one of worth was [i]seriously[/i] blaming Palin for the assassination, you're just acting like they were because it feeds into your persecution complex

[QUOTE=Sigma-Lambda;27537302]and the conservative media (fox news being the most watched news source in the country) whitewashes away any violent rhetoric from conservatives. stop acting like the "liberal media" is out to get you when, in fact, the media is pretty damn conservative if you go by viewership.[/QUOTE] Fox is most watched because the liberal viewerbase is split between most other networks. Viewership doesn't count as media.

One more reason for me to move out of this city.

[QUOTE=FHamster;27537332]Fox is most watched because the liberal viewerbase is split between most other networks. Viewership doesn't count as media.[/QUOTE] no, I'm pretty sure viewership does define what is and isn't the mainstream media. If no one watches it, it obviously isn't the mainstream media. Plus Fox has as many viewers as msnbc and cnn combined. The conservative media is, in no way, by any stretch of the imagination, the minority

[QUOTE=Sigma-Lambda;27537361]no, I'm pretty sure viewership does define what is and isn't the mainstream media. If no one watches it, it obviously isn't the mainstream media.[/QUOTE] People watch MSNBC, CNN, and Fox News

[QUOTE=Sigma-Lambda;27536996]those people are trolls. shitting up a thread with your whiny persecution complex isn't the proper response to them. Stop acting like some troll posting something like "tea partiers just want to kill black people" is representative of everyone who disagrees with you. you should know better than to make the same generalizations as the people you're raging against.[/QUOTE] [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tea_Party_movement#Views_of_supporters[/url] [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tea_Party_movement#Controversies[/url] A large percentage of tea partiers have extremely ignorant views when it comes to race/sexuality equality. They think that gays have too many rights and that blacks are lazy and that the government favours them. They also reject moderate immigration laws and support states like Arizona in terms of immigration. Some of them are a bunch of completely intolerant hicks and if people want to call them out for that I say let them. The tea party has arguably been partially racially motivated from the start. It wouldn't surprise me in the least if one of the more intolerant tea partiers actually set this up. A bomb to squash the remembrance of a man who brought small amounts of freedom for a race a lot of the tea party see as "lazy". I'm not accusing the tea party, but saying that accusing them is ignorance is a statement that falls short of the truth.

i live in spokane

[QUOTE=Sigma-Lambda;27537302]and the conservative media (fox news being the most watched news source in the country) whitewashes away any violent rhetoric from conservatives. stop acting like the "liberal media" is out to get you when, in fact, the media is pretty damn conservative if you go by viewership. [editline]19th January 2011[/editline] also you can't really claim that a crosshair over an abstracted symbol of a corporate entity is the exact same as a crosshair over a representation of a real person (and a politician in a time of great political strife). Besides, no one of worth was [i]seriously[/i] blaming Palin for the assassination, you're just acting like they were because it feeds into your persecution complex[/QUOTE] Just you watch! Someone will murder Smiley, and then you'll see!

[QUOTE=FHamster;27537367]People watch MSNBC, CNN, and Fox News[/QUOTE] I was responding to your post that viewership doesn't define media. Yes, it does. [editline]19th January 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=sloppy_joes;27537383][URL]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tea_Party_movement#Views_of_supporters[/URL] [URL]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tea_Party_movement#Controversies[/URL] A large percentage of tea partiers have extremely ignorant views when it comes to race/sexuality equality. They think that gays have too many rights and that blacks are lazy and that the government favours them. Some of them are a bunch of completely intolerant hicks and if people want to call them out for that I say let them. The tea party has arguably been, at least partially, racially motivated for the start. It wouldn't surprise me in the least if one of the more intolerant tea partiers actually set this up. A bomb to squash the remembrance of a man who brought small amounts of freedom for a race a lot of the tea party see as "lazy". I'm not accusing the tea party, but saying that accusing them is ignorance is a statement that falls short of the truth.[/QUOTE] i know how terrible the tea party is. I'm just refuting the point that "they hate black people" is the only reason anyone could ever have to dislike them. Whenever anyone posts any legitimate criticism of the tea party, tea party apologists respond with "YOU JUST THINK THEY'RE RACIST REDNECKS BUT THEY'RE NOT" without addressing the actual criticism that was made

[QUOTE=FHamster;27537263]Liberal media lets tons of "violent" anti conservative rhetoric go unnoticed, but anything the conservatives do is instantly bashed on msnbc,cnn,NY times. Its a double standard. Recent example: Anti Walmart rally at a private residence [img_thumb]http://michellemalkin.cachefly.net/michellemalkin.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/ZZ104BE058.jpg[/img_thumb] Crosshairs on the rollback guy, yet it goes completely unnoticed while people still bitch at Sarah Palin for her crossfire picture she took off.[/QUOTE] The crosshairs on an advertising character are the only thing that seem anywhere near violent, and that's more of a "targeting a problem" instead of a violent message.

[QUOTE=sloppy_joes;27537383][url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tea_Party_movement#Views_of_supporters[/url] [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tea_Party_movement#Controversies[/url] A large percentage of tea partiers have extremely ignorant views when it comes to race/sexuality equality. They think that gays have too many rights and that blacks are lazy and that the government favours them. They also reject moderate immigration laws and support states like Arizona in terms of immigration. Some of them are a bunch of completely intolerant hicks and if people want to call them out for that I say let them. The tea party has arguably been partially racially motivated from the start. It wouldn't surprise me in the least if one of the more intolerant tea partiers actually set this up. A bomb to squash the remembrance of a man who brought small amounts of freedom for a race a lot of the tea party see as "lazy". I'm not accusing the tea party, but saying that accusing them is ignorance is a statement that falls short of the truth.[/QUOTE] There are idiots that will spout off hateful words in every large group. Not just political groups, but all groups. Intolerant people exist in every faction of society.

[QUOTE=mastermaul;27537417]The crosshairs on an advertising character are the only thing that seem anywhere near violent, and that's more of a "targeting a problem" instead of a violent message.[/QUOTE] nope, that smilie is a real entity. he lives in spokane washington and if he doesn't get out of our town real soon, he might have an unfortunate accident

inb4 TH89 bans everyone in here for Racism. :v:

[QUOTE=Ridge;27537438]There are idiots that will spout off hateful words in every large group. Not just political groups, but all groups. Intolerant people exist in every faction of society.[/QUOTE] ok, the tea party is not racist, sure. but their economic and social ideas are still terrible. The fact that they want to gut social programs is terrible, the fact that they, en masse, oppose gay rights is terrible, the fact that, statistically, the majority of them think Obama was born in kenya is terrible. There are lots and lots and lots of good reasons to hate the tea party aside from them supposedly being racist. Stop acting like they're some misunderstood underdog who, if we just took the time to learn about them, we'd come to love. I understand the tea party completely and i still don't like them

[QUOTE=FHamster;27537263]Liberal media lets tons of "violent" anti conservative rhetoric go unnoticed, but anything the conservatives do is instantly bashed on msnbc,cnn,NY times. Its a double standard. Recent example: Anti Walmart rally at a private residence [img_thumb]http://michellemalkin.cachefly.net/michellemalkin.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/ZZ104BE058.jpg[/img_thumb] Crosshairs on the rollback guy, yet it goes completely unnoticed while people still bitch at Sarah Palin for her crossfire picture she took off.[/QUOTE] The thing you posted isn't directly violent anyway. If you're going to make some kind of blanket statement like "big liberal news ignores violent liberal rhetoric" you should actually find some proper violent liberal rhetoric. The burden of proof lies with who makes the claim. Don't tell me to Google it because I really don't care.