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[Eighty Deuce]

Purely speculative, but its tax day, a militia group threatened violence because of upcoming gun laws, its close to the 20th anniversary of Waco, and its patriot day.

Stop

 

[Seda]

Is 'graphic' synonymous with 'gruesome'?

More like vividly descriptive , with a negative connotation.

 

[The Main Event]

I'm at 46th and 6th and I'm gonna be walking home here in a second. I'll let you guys know if I see anything.

Also: guy arrested at Boston Common:

What am I looking at?

Hope they catch those assholes.

 

[Terbinator]

Just saw this on twitter...

Dunno if it means anything, but figured I'd post it...

Ex-army dude/copper on a etailer's forum i go on pointed this guy out straight away:
http://forums.aria.co.uk/showthread...ton-Marathon?p=2342267&viewfull=1#post2342267

 

[Good Job Bob]

Just saw this on twitter...

Dunno if it means anything, but figured I'd post it...

Creepy.

 

[Ludicrous Speed]

Fucking creepy as hell. Hope that's just a random marathon watcher.

A lot of people have roof decks in Boston. I wouldn't jump to conclusions yet.

 

[MThanded]

Um, what is this about NJ, now...?

What the heck is going on in NJ?

Huh?

 

[InsertCredit]

Purely speculative, but its tax day, a militia group threatened violence because of upcoming gun laws, its close to the 20th anniversary of Waco, and its patriot day in Boston.

Please don't do this. Let's wait for more specifics before jumping to conclusions.

 

[Crisco]

Kinda crazy that you could even pull something like this off in this day and age. I'd imagine an event like the Boston Marathon has mad security with surveillance all over.

 

[YAWN]

My heart goes out to the victims.
One minute your living a decent life then the next your arm randomly gets blown off. How horrible...

 

[Wario64]

It could be a shop.

No

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BH6fCgFCQAERWMB.jpg:large

 

[RDreamer]

Man, that wheelchair pic... wow...

 

[Akainu]

Were the two people who died runners? Did they die from their injures?

 

[ronito]

There should be an ebrake on social media.
I need to discuss that with my social media team. You don't want people's twitters to read

Boston
Boston
Boston
Check out our new offering!
Boston
Boston
Boston

 

[vatstep]

What the fuck does some guy on a rooftop have to do with ANYTHING? There are tons of people hanging out on roofs and out of windows every year on Marathon Monday.

 

[JCizzle]

Man Rich, from toucher and rich, was basically right there. Nuts. It was his building

 

[lingiii]

That's actually pretty cool. Gross, but pretty cool. I'm interested that it didn't cauterize the wound at all though. How big was the blast by the way? Have they released that information?

maybe not a shithead:

I'm becoming a medic, so bodily injuries are fascinating to me. I don't go out looking form them though.

Cool wasn't the right word here, I agree. I apologize for my dickheaded remarks about this incident.

I'm gonna bet big bucks that the certain "religion of peace" people are behind this.

Heaven forbid we speculate as to the origin of the attack

defending shitheads

oh cmon, people have had the same joke post type reactions in many threads where people's lives were changed by a disaster.

shithead index, cont.

by no means comprehensive, moving real fast in here.

part 1
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=54026343&postcount=1141

part 2
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=54030327&postcount=1727

 

[Napoleonthechimp]

That above picture just looks like some guy on top of a building about to get a good look at what's going on. What's the big deal with it?

 

[SlowRevolution]

Fuck what's happening in NJ that you guys are talking about? North or south?

 

[LyleLanley]

Just saw this on twitter...

Dunno if it means anything, but figured I'd post it...

I saw this earlier as well but I didn't think much of it, it just looks like a guy on a roof.

 

[dripdripsplash]

I'm gonna bet big bucks that the certain "religion of peace" people are behind this.

I'm betting big bucks that you are one islamophobic little man in real life.

 

[equap]

This is one of the most scary things I've ever seen in my life

 

[Guevara]

Jesus. People have rooftops. People watch the marathon.

 

[dc89]

He's looks like a nice fella.

Yup. Amazing what technology can do.

 

[Zero-Crescent]

Just saw this on twitter..

Dunno if it means anything, but figured I'd post it...

Not worth much consideration. As the New York Times quickly pointed out, major events tend to have heightened police security, including snipers stationed on roofs.

 

[papercamm]

Just saw this on twitter...

Dunno if it means anything, but figured I'd post it...

You can see it here too.

 

[dorkimoe]

What the fuck does some guy on a rooftop have to do with ANYTHING? There are tons of people hanging out on roofs and out of windows every year on Marathon Monday.

People just like to speculate

I do like how hes considered more suspicious than the thousands of people standing in the crowd

 

[Glowingmonx]

Geez. Any chance that's a random photoshop, or just some cameraman?

Bet this will start some reptilian conspiracy theories, I already have someone on Facebook with strong bias that it's the government's doing

It's not shopped. He's in the original photo too.

 

[Dany]

Very sad situation. My heart felt condolensces and prayers go out to all the injured. When it comes to suspects and motivations, Has anyone mentioned anything about north korea? Although i don't think this is something they would dare do. Sleeper agents?

No. Because noone knows anything about who did this or why it happened.

 

[lenovox1]

From @LukeRussert

This was waved away by the Boston police after FOX News and the NY Post first reported it. May not mean anything.

 

[User 100115]

Thank you so much for the update. I'm 30 minutes away from the city but I'm just worried about my sister right now.

No problem, if I hear anything at all related to Mass General I'll let you know. Monitoring a lot of feeds right now.

 

[LordCanti]

WCVB reports SWAT team now at Brigham and Women's, with automatic weapons

Holy shit.

 

[DangerStepp]

Technology is wonderful.

http://google.org/personfinder/2013...ogle.org/person.24094029&query=John&role=seek

That's fantastic to hear and glad he's alive and well!!

I hope more people have as good of news as that.

 

[jbug617]

WCVB reports SWAT team now at Brigham and Women's, with automatic weapons

I hope it is for protection rather than something being there.

 

[Keyser Soze]

Just saw this on twitter...

Dunno if it means anything, but figured I'd post it...

It is a bit weird, but it should also be noted that people; work on roofs every day. People even go out for smokes if they have access

 

[B-Dubs]

No

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BH6fCgFCQAERWMB.jpg:large

Could just be a police sniper. They're routinely deployed for marathon security, in Boston and NYC anyway.

 

[TriniTrin]

Pretty sure it was the Boston Globe clip

http://live.boston.com/Event/Live_blog_Explosion_in_Copley_Square/72926110

wow, please be safe Boston!
You can see the dude from the wheelchair pic with the cowboy hat in that vid..

 

[dc89]

Sky News said President Obama is going to address the US at 11PM GMT. 18 mins time.

 

[thebeeks]

Any new info on the situation in Jersey or was it fake?

 

[grimshawish]

That picture might not even be a person.

 

[ironcreed]

Um, what is this about NJ, now...?

Yeah, I'm guessing there is an effort to downplay this and there is more going here. This is looking like an orchestrated attack in different areas.

 

[Amibguous Cad]

We don't know shit.

I'm aware. I'm bringing the attention of the thread to one data point that makes one hypothesis more plausible than another, similar to the people who posted the (debunked) NYPost story about a Saudi national being held in custody in relation to the attack. If you practiced rudimentary reading comprehension instead of immediately going into outrage mode, you would have understood that quite easily.

This sounds like Domestic Terrorism to me. Wonder if any group will claim responsibility.

You're a shithead for saying this, apparently.

 

[Bad_Boy]

people on my fb feed blaming this bombing on obama's lack of leadership.

wow.

 

[ElFly]

Prolly just a random guy on the roof that went back to his dept scared by the explosions.

 

[Joel Was Right]

edit, will highlight it

 

[Raxus]

did you even read this?

UPDATE: The Federal Aviation Administration has lifted a temporary ground stop that halted inbound flights to Logan International Airport

Oops. fixing that now.

 

[VeryGooster]

Huh?

Some people here mentioned something here in NJ, and keep seeing "Car with IED in Morris County" tweets with links to the police scanner...

 

[Starphoenix]

Any new info on the situation in Jersey or was it fake?

Considering nobody is talking about it, hard to tell.

 

[OriginofHysteria]

My guess is that's what it is. Times like these, there's going to be all sorts of fake and/or unrelated news.

It has to be. if you look at the guy in the photo, he's as big as the 3rd story floor window. His head would be hitting the ceiling lol.

 

[Chuckl3s]

Geez. Any chance that's a random photoshop, or just some cameraman?

Bet this will start some reptilian conspiracy theories, I already have someone on Facebook with strong bias that it's the government's doing

Not shop..here is the original posted on the first page of this thread...

Edit: on second thought it just looks like something like resembles a person. Hasn't moved in between two different pics.