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[FrostuTheNinja]

Seriously though, I really want to know what's happened in the last half hour.

I can't give a play by play but I think the suspect turned into a ghost.

 

[MThanded]

Cable news has been shit. So slow.

 

[Ryaaan14]

This is being tossed around on twitter:

Creepy as fuck

 

[GhaleonEB]

A police scanner is now "social media"?

We're listening to it because of social media.

 

[smokeymicpot]

NBC says that the link between tonight's events and the marathon bombing is possible, but not definitive

They aren't gonna confirm shit because of CNN.

 

[metalmania4evr]

THE SILENCE IS KILLING ME

 

[Bsigg12]

This is being tossed around on twitter:

Just don't pay attention. People are jumping ahead of themselves. Until the person is caught or killed, we have no proof of who it is.

 

[I H8 Memes]

No, the family has money and they probably thought he was behind the local bombs going off. They don't do a search for just a random person missing with no sign of foul play. FBI has much more important things to do

What local bombs going off?

It's also kind of wierd that the FBI had a case open looking for this guy, even if it was as a missing person, and the agents working the case didnt recognize him when the picture was released yesterday.

 

[PatzCU]

I might have to tap out here, getting way too late. BUT I HAVE TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENS!

 

[PopeReal]

http://tunein.com/radio/Boston-Police-Fire-and-EMS-Scanner-s146109/

^working great for me....

 

[stufte]

Seriously though, I really want to know what's happened in the last half hour.

http://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/1cnwms/mods_removed_thread_live_updates_of_boston/

 

[ronito]

Wait for the fucking real reporting, or official statements. Trusting fucking reddit and other amateurs will just make you look stupid (if not do harm). Hell they may get it right eventually, but the amount of garbage they are likely to spread before getting to the truth seems far likely. You aren't fucking Batman. You don't have all the information. Yeah the internet is great and it feels good to feel like you are part of something useful, but that's the exact same feeling every conspiracy theorists thrives on. Look at that fucking collage of photos that went around yesterday that turned out to contain no suspects. Not only that, but they were claiming a couple of the men were private security and thus was a false flag operation... People had to come out to say they weren't the bombers after these reddit vigilantes started pointing fingers.

Channel 7 dude.

 

[specialguy]

This is being tossed around on twitter:

that settles it, mark sanchez did it.

 

[Tawpgun]

Just got a text alert from school. Saying no danger at Northeastern.

 

[Joel Was Right]

Matthew Keys ‏@TheMatthewKeys1m
Eyewitness to NBC: Suspects lit explosive device, threw it toward officers, created huge smoke explosion

Matthew Keys ‏@TheMatthewKeys2m
Eyewitness to NBC: One suspect ran toward officers while firing on him

Matthew Keys ‏@TheMatthewKeys1m
Eyewitness to NBC: Second shooter got into SUV when first shooter was tackled

Matthew Keys ‏@TheMatthewKeys2m
Eyewitness to NBC: Second shooter who jumped into SUV backed vehicle in the direction of officers

This is odd. Usually, Jihadists are willing/prepared to die during things like this. It reads like these guys are trying to survive together

 

[Game-Biz]

Guys..don't hesitate after saying Officer down..

Seriously.

I was like...What the fuuu......oh.

 

[CountAntonius]

Damn, if it really is this kid, this video is fucking heartbreaking =(

Video of his family wishing he'd return home

This is just brutal. I can't imagine what they must be going through right now if that is him. Unreal.

 

[inm8num2]

The power of the internet is just insane.

Bordering on pure hysteria and farce at this point. I'm following updates like any other person, but I think some are taking it too far in wanting to "solve the puzzle" or be the first to post/report something. It's become a competition.

People are doing what they criticize major news networks of doing - jumping the gun and creating news rather than reporting it. I'm not criticizing anyone here in particular, but more commenting on the general frenzy this has caused around the web.

 

[EmCeeGramr]

yeah if he like chucks a grenade at u u can be like *knife* and da grenade explodes and he dies because da explosion kills his big nose!!!

i learned a karate move from my brother who learned it from his friend who went to jail (for being too strong) where you karate chop them in the face and it pushes their nose into the brain and they die and they had to ban it in japan because it was killing all the karate masters

 

[Smiley90]

NBC saying stronger possibility that this is connected to marathon

Channel 7 "confirmed" that there was a connection like 15mins ago, for what it's worth.

 

[Colonel Nasty]

that settles it, mark sanchez did it.

Revenge on Boston for the butt fumble

 

[smokeymicpot]

that settles it, mark sanchez did it.

Come on this guy has not ran into anyone's ass yet.

 

[tajd]

Creepy as fuck

but in the pic with the white hat he look like he lost more weight

 

[Something Wicked]

yeah if he like chucks a grenade at u u can be like *knife* and da grenade explodes and he dies because da explosion kills his big nose!!!

I'll just hide behind the highway barrier, besides I just beat Far Cry 3 the other day. I'

 

[MIMIC]

NBC: Naked guy in wrong place at wrong time

 

[bjb]

Wait for the fucking real reporting, or official statements. Trusting fucking reddit and other amateurs will just make you look stupid (if not do harm). Hell they may get it right eventually, but the amount of garbage they are likely to spread before getting to the truth seems far more likely. You aren't fucking Batman. You don't have all the information. Yeah the internet is great and it feels good to feel like you are part of something useful, but that's the exact same feeling every conspiracy theorists thrives on. Look at that fucking collage of photos that went around yesterday that turned out to contain no suspects. Not only that, but they were claiming a couple of the men were private security and thus was a false flag operation... People had to come out to say they weren't the bombers after these reddit vigilantes started pointing fingers.

More misguided reddit salt lol

Especially with major news -confirming- what reddit users broke.

 

[Colasante]

Uhhh... "WHDH is no longer reporting one Watertown suspect dead."

 

[BuggyDClown]

Anyone else feel like we are living in 1984 right now watching these things happen live. It's bizzare.

 

[Trouble]

They need to send in all the guys that have specialties in shooting people in the dick.

Reporting for duty.

 

[Joel Was Right]

I really hope it isn't the missing kid. His family and friends are going to be devastated.

Me too. That YouTube video was heart breaking

 

[ambientmystic]

This is odd. Usually, Jihadists are willing/prepared to die during things like this. It reads like these guys are trying to survive together

Unless they're not? Has it even been confirmed they belong to any particular religious/political affliation?

 

[kyoya]

ABC is reporting in a special report that the suspect #2 (boston marathon bombing - guy in white hat) is in custody - this according to two different state police sources.

 

[Mariolee]

http://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/1cnwms/mods_removed_thread_live_updates_of_boston/

Thanks man!

 

[Cousteau]

Only thing missing from CNN's coverage tonight is "more than a feeling" bumper music.

.

 

[Fusebox]

This is being tossed around on twitter:

It's hard to deny there's a strong resemblance. We'll have to wait to know for sure.

 

[Lionel Mandrake]

Uhhh... "WHDH is no longer reporting one Watertown suspect dead."

Ghosts.

 

[smokeymicpot]

Unless they're not? Has it even been confirmed they belong to any particular religious/political affliation?

Nothing has been confirmed yet.

 

[BlazingDarkness]

This is being tossed around on twitter:

It could be him, having lost weight after a month.

 

[kirblar]

@hcpeterson has this link for explosives months ago on Brown's campus (and some possible information re: Sunil's family taking down a facebook page.) http://www.wickedlocal.com/hanover/news/x1037527396/Explosives-cause-concern-in-Hanover#axzz2QreVuvnH

 

[NoRéN]

NBC: Naked guy in wrong place at wrong time

NBC confirming naked guy is cold.

 

[cpp_is_king]

Wait for the fucking real reporting, or official statements. Trusting fucking reddit and other amateurs will just make you look stupid (if not do harm). Hell they may get it right eventually, but the amount of garbage they are likely to spread before getting to the truth seems far more likely. You aren't fucking Batman. You don't have all the information. Yeah the internet is great and it feels good to feel like you are part of something useful, but that's the exact same feeling every conspiracy theorists thrives on. Look at that fucking collage of photos that went around yesterday that turned out to contain no suspects. Not only that, but they were claiming a couple of the men were private security and thus was a false flag operation... People had to come out to say they weren't the bombers after these reddit vigilantes started pointing fingers.

Nobody is "trusting reddit" bro. In case you haven't checked it, the reddit thread is basically just a summary of the important things that have been said on the police scanner.

 

[MThanded]

Seems like media has a lot of conflicting stuff. Recanting dead suspect a whole bunch of stuff. Put that reddit ish on top and you got a great big misinformation pie.

Nobody is "trusting reddit" bro. In case you haven't checked it, the reddit thread is basically just a summary of the important things that have been said on the police scanner.

And made up shit.

 

[ZanzibarBreeze]

Anyone else feel like we are living in 1984 right now watching these things happen live. It's bizzare.

I feel more like Fahrenheit 451 when the protagonist runs away into the woods.

 

[Nibel]

This is odd. Usually, Jihadists are willing/prepared to die during things like this. It reads like these guys are trying to survive together

So you know more about them than any one of us?

First someone posted something about their noses, and now this - wow

 

[D23]

i really really need to sleep cuz i have work in a few hours

 

[tajd]

NBC: Naked guy in wrong place at wrong time

poor guy wonder if he gets compo for his ordeal get naked and all that

 

[RC]

Unless they're not? Has it even been confirmed they belong to any particular religious/political affliation?

Absolutely not. It's just wild speculation at this point. Which does everyone a disservice.

 

[Timedog]

Horses seem to be a popular escape method these days

hahahahaha, uhhhhhh

 

[criesofthepast]

Damn, if it really is this kid, this video is fucking heartbreaking =(

Video of his family wishing he'd return home

It really is. I don't think he's related to this personally. Very sad video.

 

[Persona7]

It would be a understatement to say that I am confuse