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I havent seen this addressed. Could the bombs work?
AJT
(5,240 posts)That was pretty early so that may not be true.
Haggis for Breakfast
(6,831 posts)NYC Police Commissioner, O'Reilly, made note of that in his comments earlier today.
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)And the device that there was a picture of released does not appear be functional but appears more to look like something
someone who watches too much TV thinks a bomb should look like.
Haggis for Breakfast
(6,831 posts)James P. O'Neill is the 43rd Police Commissioner of NYC, appointed by Bill DeBlasio in 2016. He was previously the Chief of Police in NYC.
CNN and others have reported, as per Commissioner O'Neill that the devices WERE indeed functional.
Cha
(297,322 posts)intent was Not "intimidation" as I read on here that it was the "meme".
I hope they're able to find who did this to shut all the "false flag" assholes up.
xor
(1,204 posts)Cha
(297,322 posts)at140
(6,110 posts)I just read somewhere it would be difficult for those bombs to explode due to defective design.
But I must conclude the bomber is pretty stupid. Why mail the bomb because mail is examined closely, but a cheap drone could do the job more effectively.
Crutchez_CuiBono
(7,725 posts)bc an insider (undercover?) made sure they weren't going to blow, but, let the 'proud babies'/alt-right send them anyway? If they didn't work maybe there's someone on our side in all of this?
at140
(6,110 posts)and expose the gang of criminals.
Kaleva
(36,312 posts)VOX
(22,976 posts)AKA Terrorism.
Distinction without a difference.
onenote
(42,714 posts)explosive and destructive devices, whatever that means.
xor
(1,204 posts)Tommy_Carcetti
(43,182 posts)...lacked the technical skill to actually pull it off.
As I said before, its pure Dunning Kruger effect.
Raine
(30,540 posts)powder in them which would be like what's in fireworks.