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[NEWS] Explosions near Boston Marathon Finish Line (UPDATE: MIT/Watertown shootout w/ suspects)

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  1. studogg

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  2. SC1211

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    Obama sent Ricin letter per CNN, breaking now
     
  3. BEAT LA

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    Let what go?

    I cant say the man with burn marks from the explosion who was there when it happned was never a suspect? I was right and I still am. You just can't see past something. I think it misled a lot of people and now we have nothing.
     
  4. Clutch

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    CNN is reporting there has been "substantial progress" in the criminal investigation in the Boston Marathon bombings, according to a law enforcement source, saying there has been a significant development in the case.
     
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    What im sure that the FBI is most likely doing is looking at victims close enough to the site of explosion...By categorizing the victims that have had the most extensive injuries to the ones that have lesser injuries, we can have a frame of a group of individuals to comb thru...looking at CCTV still frames, we can isolate the possibility of individuals within a given area and ones that are no longer in those shots...who knows...but i really think that these pics and the help of the internet, we will catch these social degenerates...Go Reddit!!! Go FBI!! lets catch these scum
     
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    Suspicious letters found at Hart Senate/Russell Senate buildings in DC. Deploying bomb squad there.
     
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    SPeaking of CCTV, sugrlndkid... where did all those people who thought "OMG OMG OMG, there are cameras everywhere!! DOWN with the government" now? I bet they're thanking peeps who do have cameras everywhere that we can be vigilant and show stuff that can help us bring these emmeffers to justice. :eek:
     
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    I know online users scanning photos of the crowd have pointed fingers at many, many different people, but this one is interesting given the backpack.
     
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    I've read some comments saying it's probably not that dude or the backpack because the bomb would be way too heavy to be holding it like that without any visible strain.
     
  10. SwoLy-D

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    The dude can just come out of hiding and show that he still has the backpack... and the one destroyed belonged to someone else... or... damn it, he may have an alibi by buying two. :(
     
  11. RV6

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    Aren't those jackets giving out to finishers? :confused:
     
  12. BEAT LA

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    he does not look arab to me bro. What do you think?
     
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    Definitely not. Older white males would be #2 on my profiling list so as long as they keep narrowing down from here it will speed up the investigation process.
     
  14. Nice Rollin

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    how do you know he was holding it like that for that long? maybe he had it on his back, but when the picture was taken he was holding it like that
     
  15. Nice Rollin

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    man those jackets are going for $115 on ebay. i doubt you're allowed to have more than 1 if they are free
     
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    I dont think that bad left out by the mailbox makes sense. Wouldn't the gate basically act as a barrier between the bomb and the targeted crowd? It wouldn't stop all of the shrapnel flying from it, but it seems like a really poor choice of location, if you're trying to hurt people.

    Or maybe the bomber pointed the bomb the wrong way? that location would have been perfect, if they were trying to hurt the actual runners.
     
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    They are going for that much because of what happened.


    I'm not saying they were allowed to get more than one, but there is difference between people literally stealing jackets that were meant to be on sale and runners and their family picking up what they basically already paid for. It could explain the casualness of some people. Some do look guilty of stealing, and probably are, though.
     
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    CNN now citing a source saying that Boston officials may have a suspect and that the breakthrough came from analysis of video from a department store (Lord and Taylor) near the second explosion.

    EDIT -- John King of CNN was given a good description of the suspect, but given sensitivity, the only thing he would reveal is that he is a "dark-skinned individual."
     
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    How do you know it's the same bag? Obviously it's not even the same bag. That grey/white stripe is not even in the same area and the bag he's holding. They need to find out what brand backpack that is so that it will make it easier to find their target.
     
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    why even reveal that and stir up the pot again?
     

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