Explosions at the Boston Marathon

I wonder how long he can hide. I give him 72 more hours at most.

They have him cornered how. Shit's going down. Hope they take him alive. They're firing gas in.

Originally posted by Major_Lexington
'Hell Will Break Loose' if Son Dies, can someone clarify?

Conspiracy nuts will go extra nuts "they [the bros] were scapegoats and they [the gob'ment] killed them to cover it all up" type of rants.

Apparently suspect 2 was/is hiding in a boat. Police appear to have him cornered, if not in custody, however concerns remain about whether he has a suicide vest on or even whether he is still alive, though, the police are saying they have seen him moving.

Originally posted by Omega Vision
Occam's razor is telling me that they were probably hired by the city of Boston to provide extra security for the marathon.

I can't think of any nefarious use for a radiation detector, unless of course the government has buried nuclear weapons under Boston and the mercenaries were--dunn-dunn-duhh--trying to dig them up and start the next world war that ends with the UN finalizing its stranglehold on the world.

Originally posted by 753
what I thought was that they were brought in to help look for bombs because the police had received threats (without going into the city hiring mercs to do its police work). the nefarious aspect of it would be not evacuating, if shit was serious enough to warrant hiring them.

can we confirm the city received any threats?

Originally posted by Oliver North
Apparently suspect 2 was/is hiding in a boat. Police appear to have him cornered, if not in custody, however concerns remain about whether he has a suicide vest on or even whether he is still alive, though, the police are saying they have seen him moving.

NBC reports the boat is on fire

Originally posted by Oliver North
can we confirm the city received any threats?

thanks for the clarification 😐

I'm watching CBS, I see the area but no fire.

Originally posted by 753
no. my wild speculations are all absed on witness reports of the nature of police activity and the mercenary presence. although they could have been hired simply to reinforce security like a regular security firm for events, it seems pretty odd.

the video I posted on the previous page talks about how routine bomb-sniffing dog training is done, and has been for years, at the Boston Marathon because it offers such a unique scenario.

what is the evidence that those people weren't plain clothes officers? why would it be suspicious if Boston hired security for a major event, even if there were no threats? police forces are being privatized across the country.

Originally posted by Major_Lexington
thanks for the clarification 😐

I'm watching CBS, I see the area but no fire.

Only reporting things I'm reading, please take with a grain of salt. I generally trust the source, but, you know...

EDIT: Boston Globe reporting the suspect is covered in blood in the boat. This would go along with police statements about him being injured in their previous gunfight, or potentially suggests self inflicted wounds.

Three Connected to Bombing Suspect in Custody in New Bedford

The search for the second suspect in the Boston Marathon Bombings and anybody else who may have been involved hit extremely close to home Friday evening.

After local and state police and FBI agents allegedly searched Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s UMass Dartmouth dorm room, authorities swarmed to the Rockdale West apartment complex in New Bedford’s West End. Three people were arrested on scene, and are allegedly friends of the second suspect.

[...]

One neighbor says he had a friendly relationship with Tsarnaev, and the three that were arrested share the same cell phone bill with the bombing suspect.

Police say Tsarnaev spent a substantial amount of time at the Carriage Drive apartment.

http://wbsm.com/three-connected-to-bombing-suspect-in-custody-in-new-bedford/

Originally posted by Oliver North
the video I posted on the previous page talks about how routine bomb-sniffing dog training is done, and has been for years, at the Boston Marathon because it offers such a unique scenario.

what is the evidence that those people weren't plain clothes officers? why would it be suspicious if Boston hired security for a major event, even if there were no threats? police forces are being privatized across the country.

Originally posted by 753
they were wearing craft uniforms, so I dont see how they could be plain clothes cops.

from what I can see, the only "uniform" is a hat with the Punisher skull on it, which is a logo used by many organizations and, itself, a logo sold on hats even without any attachment to mercenary groups.

Originally posted by 753
craft isnt a regular security firm either, they're mercenaries.

myeh, that is less convincing

they're mercenaries until they take money for security.

I hear cheering on the TV, apparently in custody!!

AJE has reported the suspect is alive and in custody

this is unconfirmed

EDIT: CBS and local Twitter accounts also reporting the suspect is in custody

conspiracy theorists are the reason why any possibly real conspiracies will go unnoticed and ignored. now come 753, sit at my knee and i will spin you the tale of the boy who cried wolf. you see there was this annoying kid in the village who needed attention....oh you heard this one?

apparently it's all over now

The real lesson to be learned from The Boy Who Cried Wolf is that you should never tell the same lie twice. biscuits

Originally posted by focus4chumps
conspiracy theorists are the reason why any possibly real conspiracies will go unnoticed and ignored. now come 753, sit at my knee and i will spin you the tale of the boy who cried wolf. you see there was this annoying kid in the village who needed attention....oh you heard this one?

is it really a conspiracy theory to think the organizers may have gone ahead with the race in the face of real threats?

I mean, no, there is no evidence of said threats, but that is hardly the same as questioning if the government blew people up.