Bomb Found In Federal Building In Detroit

The local news here just said that a package containing explosive materials was found at the Federal Building here in Detroit.

The news also said that it could have injured or possibly killed someone if the package had been opened.


Not much else for details yet. I am including a link which contains some similar information but it seems to be out of date compared to the ten o'clock news.


http://www.freep.com/article/20110318/NEWS01/110318053/1318/BLOG2401/Detroit-Police-detonate-suspicious-box-found-federal-building-?odyssey=mod_sectionstories




Since the building houses offices for the FBI, DEA, Customs and Immigration (among others) I think most of us here will jump to the same conclusion. I know what my knee jerk response is, but since we don't have any evidence yet I would ask that we restrain ourselves from leveling unfounded accusations.

the other 10, it's just a nut nut.

a lot of those dirty brown skinned Shiara lovin moslems there too. I betcha they did it:sarcasm:

Hope there aren't more sitting around.

secure building?

Good question though. They'll catch the culprit I bet.

and from what I gather it may have been outside the secure area (but that is a guess) as if in the lobby or something.

The news also mentioned that they are reviewing video surveillance footage so I am guessing they may catch this guy (assuming it is a guy).




Again, this is all very new and we don't have good details yet.

:hi:

(I did just read the article, it was a metal box so probably not beyond the secure area.)

If the person apprehended for this is of a non-white skin color, it will be grounds for hysterical overreaction. If the person apprehended is white, it will be another isolated incident, in a series of isolated incidents.

hardly jumping to a conclusion.

Snyder might be wanting to try out his new powers. This is an opportunity for him to put Detroit under martial law and gauge public opinion.

Like how big will the riots be?

Why would he be given power to impose Martial law if he didn't intend to invoke it at some point?

I expect him to test this in a much smaller and weaker community to set precedent before making any larger moves.


I also believe part of the reason he wants this is to create the equivalent of gerrymandering within local governments. Gerrymandered to benefit Republicans.




IMO the moment McCain/Palin failed in 2008 was the moment they had to pull out of Michigan. Once these electoral votes were gone there was no viable path to victory for them. I also believe that Michigan Republicans were devastated by that pull out. It seriously injured their party in that cycle.

I think this is as much about sort term consolidation of political power as it is about long term establishment of the Plutocracy.

You think it's possible that the governor of Michigan conspired in a plot to blow up a federal building? At least conspired in a terrorist plot?

Really. L.O.L.

But no lives were lost, or injuries sustained. Don't you think its a little coincidental that a week after the governor is given power to impose Martial Law in case of emergency, a bomb scare occurs is a broken, destitute city under his purview?

Edit: By the way, you seem deeply offended by the suggestion that Snyder would engage in terrorism. Yet he signed a law giving him powers to impose Martial Law, and is engaged in breaking teacher unions and destroying public education. One man's belt-tightening is another's terrorism.

Apparently you do not. You consider it a possible plot.

Regarding the definition of terrorism. I am not offended, and you were not suggesting Snyder was engaging in economic terrorism. You were leaning toward the more conventional description of terrorism which involves inciting mass hysteria by way of deadly munitions, or some such.

As an aside, anyone might use the term terrorism in any context. Instead of road rage, we could use Turnpike Terrorism. Instead of schoolyard bullying, we could use Teenage Terrorism. After all, those events do elicit terror of a sort.

I just don't think it adds anything to normalize the usage. Even the phrase "economic terrorism" smacks of hyperbole. I don't consider republicans evil. I consider them stupid and misguided. The same goes for a great deal of politicians of all orientations.