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[Vire]

How big is this neighborhood they're searching? If everything in Boston is shut down, it seems like it'd be pretty easy to find a used Honda driving around the city.

You would think...

 

[SeaOfMadness]

"He is the brother of the suspects father."

Can you make it any more complicated reporter lady? Just say it's their uncle. That whole segment is pretty dumb. Why am I watching CNN?

Well, to be fair, it could be the mom's brother. It might matter.

 

[smr00]

Well they found the Odyssey.

If they announce another Honda i am going to lose my shit.

 

[Bam Bam Baklava]

Friend interviewed:"He was sociable, not a loner."

Analyst on fox: "He was a quiet guy, kept to himself."

Trying to write a narrative.

 

[Dreams-Visions]

http://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/1coqwo/live_boston_update_thread_part_5/

EDIT 224 2:32 PM: Father told media the boys were planning on going back to Russia in a few days.

if so...why would they rob a store? in a few days, they may have been scott-free.

 

[speculawyer]

I wonder if these kids are somehow related to the Chechen terrorists in Russia.

I kinda doubt they are directly linked to them. I'd guess it is more that they sympathize with them & their cause and thus this may have been their contribution to the cause. Sorta like some of the other lone-wolf attackers such as the guy who shot up the base in Texas or the guy that left the car with explosives (which failed) in NYC.

 

[RotBot]

I can't help but think of the movie, Wag the Dog. Something else is definitely going on.

Yeah, the dead 8-year-old boy was probably just a bag of chips.

 

[vagabondarts]

I'm getting like nothing at all done today.
Now that things aren't quite as hectic and seem to have slowed down a lot I'm going to try to get some stuff done before the day is gone totally.

 

[Lotto]

Why do people normally rob things?

Spoiler

Money???

Spoiler

big gulps

 

[HK-47]

Why is there such a huge crackdown on Boston for one guy?

My brain cells...

 

[HoosTrax]

I believe Hondas are pretty easy cars to steal, right alongside Camrys and Corollas

Is this implying easy to steal from a technical standpoint? Or easy to steal from a blend in standpoint? (I didn't know Toyotas were heavily stolen, in terms of percentage)

 

[Mesoian]

How big is this neighborhood they're searching? If everything in Boston is shut down, it seems like it'd be pretty easy to find a used Honda driving around the city.

Pretty big, and the main drag leads straight to the highway. They were probably headed towards 95 north via route 2 before getting cut off by police in mid belmont.

Scary, I have a lot of friends a few blocks from where the police are set up.

 

[Forsete]

19? He's a fucking kid....

Adult from where I come from. Also, a murderer. No longer a kid.

 

[CrankyJay]

if so...why would they rob a store? in a few days, they may have been scott-free.

think about it...their pictures were plastered all over the media. sounds like they freaked out.

 

[params7]

Friend interviewed: "He was sociable, not a loner."

Analyst on Fox: "He was a quiet guy, kept to himself."

From the pics he seemed chill and social enough, and his brother was a boxer pimp.

 

[sangreal]

why did they rob a 7/11

They didn't. Carjacking was at the 7-11. At least that is the clarification FOX has been running with for a few hours

 

[leatherhat]

seriously?

Seriously. You don't need military presence to hunt a 19 year old with a gun- which is all he is now.

 

[Chris R]

if so...why would they rob a store? in a few days, they may have been scott-free.

With their faces plastered all over the place? I doubt it.

 

[SeaOfMadness]

Odyssey located and secured.

... and empty?

 

[BlazingDarkness]

Why is there such a huge crackdown on Boston for one guy?

Erm...

 

[The Albatross]

so is guy in weteronten whatever you call the town

What?

 

[Dai101]

What is autogafs take on all this?

Also, kid? Its a grown ass man.

Top 10 Stolen Vehicles

Every year thousands of cars, motorcycles and SUV’s are stolen. Crime experts study the trends of car theft, and produce reports on the vehicles that are most often taken during any given year. The top ten list for 2011 were:

1994 Honda Accord
1998 Honda Civic
2006 Ford Pickup (Full Size)
1991 Toyota Camry
2000 Dodge Caravan
1994 Acura Integra
1999 Chevrolet Pickup (Full Size)
2004 Dodge Pickup (Full Size)
2002 Ford Explorer
1994 Nissan Sentra


If it was in Mexico it will be a Nissan Tsuru.

 

[Cartman86]

lol this guy is basically preaching on NBC.

 

[bob_arctor]

I'm getting like nothing at all done today.
Now that things aren't quite as hectic and seem to have slowed down a lot I'm going to try to get some stuff done before the day is gone totally.

Yeah, if I didn't have to pick up my kids from school in a few, I'd continue the GAF/Police Scanner binge I've been on all day.

 

[Dreams-Visions]

think about it...their pictures were plastered all over the media. sounds like they freaked out.

yea, but laying low usually works better than going on a robbing-spree. if your plan is to get the fuck out of the country, anyway.

 

[Lord_Byron28]

good advertisement for honda i guess

Good advertisements to criminals that they can easily be carjacked.

 

[ComputerMKII]

Authorities have made it clear that they want him alive.

So did the RAID when they assaulted Merah, but he wouldn't give up without a fight.

 

[Dug]

My best guess, when their photos showed up on TV, they panicked and needed money to run.

Any word on what that 60 year old guy arrested with the "device" was all about?

Yeah, what was up with that?

 

[Vire]

Why is there such a huge crackdown on Boston for one guy?

Joke post? This guy is responsible for injuring over 200 people with many many limbs lost and killed 4 people.

He also is mobile with weaponry and possible bombs...

This is serious.

 

[smokeymicpot]

I love when people talk about the suspects. He is a nice kid had a class with him. He was a leader and all this fun stuff. Then we find out they really don't know each other at all.

 

[tajd]

Friend interviewed: "He was sociable, not a loner."

Analyst on Fox: "He was a quiet guy, kept to himself."

loners are craxy people

 

[DietRob]

What?

You know Bersten.

 

[jbug617]

Seriously. You don't need military presence to hunt a 19 year old with a gun- which is all he is now.

He still has bombs with him most likely. Brother was wearing a bomb vest so he might have one on also

 

[smr00]

Is this implying easy to steal from a technical standpoint? Or easy to steal from a blend in standpoint? (I didn't know Toyotas were heavily stolen, in terms of percentage)

Pretty sure the Toyota Camry is like top 5 most stolen cars.

 

[Officerrob]

It was posted on the suspect's Twitter account. It's of him and his friends. The implications are two fold -- that these kids had very expensive vehicles/access to a lot of cash and perhaps whatever that license plate says.

If they had access to a lot of cash, why did they try and rob a 7-11? If they had a lot of cash, why did they carjack a guy and drive him to several ATM's trying to get cash from his account?

 

[Dosia]

19? He's a fucking kid....

19 is not a kid

 

[Byakuya769]

http://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/1coqwo/live_boston_update_thread_part_5/

EDIT 224 2:32 PM: Father told media the boys were planning on going back to Russia in a few days.

Chechen bomb thrower going back to Russia. Good luck, bro.

 

[Paches]

Seriously. You don't need military presence to hunt a 19 year old with a gun- which is all he is now.

Are you sure that is all he has? Also, once you start injuring/killing the police, expect the full force of the law to come after your ass.

 

[Hawkian]

Ah, so you are correct there; it appears that in Nevada at least, marijuana use per se as opposed to possession is actually illegal. That's really weird. I have absolutely no idea how they'd charge someone under that statute. Hahaha.

Yeah, it's a bit of a crazy thing to criminalize, and you're right on the money that it's borderline ludicrous to attempt to enforce.

In the Studio 60 episode, a Judge threatens to add use (bumping the package to a class E felony) to the existing possession charge because the evidence in question was a joint that had clearly been partially smoked already. So that'd be one way I suppose.

Nevada has some of the craziest laws punishing marijuana users in the country. Bizarrely, it's decriminalized for medical use there, though... not even that is allowed in my state.

 

[The Lamonster]

I do think shutting down the city was a bad call. I think it sends a bad message to other bad guys. If a couple of kids can hold an American city hostage, what could an organized group of equipped adults do?

 

[Sanjuro]

Seriously. You don't need military presence to hunt a 19 year old with a gun- which is all he is now.

Are you dumb?

 

[inm8num2]

Friend interviewed: "He was sociable, not a loner."

Analyst on Fox: "He was a quiet guy, kept to himself."

People always say these things and act surprised.

Human beings snap. They lose their shit. They cover up their flaws. It happens. Apparently most people haven't realized this yet.

 

[MIMIC]

Anderson Cooper: Did he smoke? Did he drink?

Is that really important? @_@

 

[dorkimoe]

how did this guy get away from that many cops. was it dark when he ran off on foot?

 

[bob_arctor]

And today is my free day to catch up on gaming too. Fuckin' asshole terrorists.

 

[Kastrioti]

Not Russian, but NPR was talking about the Chechen rebellion transforming from a nationalist movement to a religious movement over the past 10 years. The current Chechen government is supported by Russia. There is a Caucus-wide Muslim movement involving several countries and the extremist Chechens have joined it.

The Chechen rebellion movement has always been Islamic based not nationalist based. You don't see Christian Chechans taking a movie theatre by force and killing 130 innocents civilians.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow_theater_hostage_crisis

Russia knows how to properly deal with this family if they had anything to do with it.

 

[Divvy]

Seriously. You don't need military presence to hunt a 19 year old with a gun- which is all he is now.

They don't know that he only has guns.

how did this guy get away from that many cops. was it dark when he ran off on foot?

Yes

 

[Winterfang]

It's hilarious, and predictable, seeing people trying to associate these guys as Russians and not Muslims.

As if these acts were done for glorious Mother Russia (most Chechens HATE Russia and want nothing to do with Russia) and not based on verses from the Quran.

I believe most people (me included) really really didn't wanted this terrorist attack to be just a bunch of pissed off Muslims. That being said, I never rule out that possibility and in this kind of situations you can't let political correctness or your liberal/conservative point of view cloud your vision. Clear facts need to be taken in order for things to be clear.

 

[Yawnier]

If true, that's pretty damning.

Indeed.

if so...why would they rob a store? in a few days, they may have been scott-free.

It was mentioned earlier by somebody that they might have just panicked when the FBI publicly released the pictures and video of them yesterday during the press conference.

 

[Andrew.]

Is this implying easy to steal from a technical standpoint? Or easy to steal from a blend in standpoint? (I didn't know Toyotas were heavily stolen, in terms of percentage)

Technical and the vehicle parts can easily be sold on the market. And yeah, Camrys have been on the top of the most stolen list for years.

Here we go:

http://editorial.autos.msn.com/article.aspx?cp-documentid=434545