Bomb Found On Spokane MLK Parade Route
I would caution that we don’t know much about this:
An incendiary device found along the route of a Martin Luther King Day parade in Spokane, Wash., was “likely capable of inflicting multiple casualties,” the FBI said today.
A city employee found a backpack Monday morning, just before the parade was to start, in a parking lot that was both on the parade route and across the street from a performing arts center that hosted a pre-parade rally.
More than 1,000 people attended the parade, according to the Spokesman-Review.
Police responded, followed by the FBI. Several blocks around the parking lot were shut down, and the parade was re-routed. The area was shut down all day, as agents first dismantled the device, using a robot, and then called in hazmat teams.
Spokane is very, very lucky that an alert city employee noticed the backpack. I’m just glad they were able to avert disaster and hope they find the perpetrator(s) quickly.
I know that the guy from Dover, David Riley, with all the bombs was a teabag. I just have a few more interviews to conduct then it is “stop the presses” time.
Wow. That could have been disaterous. Thankfully someone didn’t ignore it.
I just watched Rachel Maddow discussing this. The bomb was noticed by employees of the convention center because it had wires sticking out of it. The FBI called it “very lethal” and it was on a timer, timed to go off when the parade was passing. It was also placed to direct damage out. The FBI statement called it “domestic terrorism” so I wonder if they know something.
24 hours from now, google “MLK Bomb planted by liberals to make Tea Party appear violent” and you will get 50,000 results. I guarantee it.
Sorry, I was wrong. The bomb had a remote control detonator, not a timer.
Another suspicious package found in Spokane.
http://www.khq.com/Global/story.asp?S=13869065