Boston Marathon Terror Attack - Part 1

[NickNitro]

http://boston.cbslocal.com/live-video/

 

[DirtyHarry]

So, any updates?

 

[Marvolo]

Still doing building to building searches. Entering and searching "every nook and cranny".

 

[SpideyVille]

Imagine if this kid found some way to escape and the police have been locking down the city in search for him for nothing.

 

[Brain Damage]

Just saw the father speak from Russia, like the aunt, he too believes they've been set up.

 

[JaD]

We are all running on lack of sleep or just stress in general. Its all good.

I was up 'til 3 last night keeping on this, got about 4-ish hours of sleep.

Can't relate to the police in Boston though, or the residents in Watertown. I believe there was a poster here who lives in Cambridge as well who could hear a lot of the first sirens. Crazy.

 

[SpideyVille]

After seeing the way everything unfolded last night, along with the explosion in Texas, I was seriously expecting to see some kind of crazy development like Aliens coming down or something, just to explain how the kid was escaping so easily.

 

[Motown Marvel]

These door to door searches they are currently conducting, are residents allowed to refuse to have their home searched? Just out of general curiosity...

 

[Marvolo]

These door to door searches they are currently conducting, are residents allowed to refuse to have their home searched? Just out of general curiosity...

They said on CNN that if a resident refuses the cops will get on the bullhorn and explain the need to enter.

Refusing to let them in given this is a state of emergency could lead to the resident beingcharged with obstructing justice. It would also make the authorities think you were hiding the suspect. No resident wants that so its best to let them in.

Lol you know there is someone with some illegal stuff in their house freaking out waiting for that knock.

 

[NickNitro]

Just saw the father speak from Russia, like the aunt, he too believes they've been set up.

Fled to Russia to say it was a set up.....wow

 

[IamtheBatman]

Are they checking businesses where this could have broke into and seeked shelter.

 

[Maximus One]

Exactly what I was talking about before. While I agree the authorities absolutely NEED to be let in those houses it's still a violation of rights. I'm really starting to think that balancing safety and security with freedom is just an impossible task. When serious **** goes down, it's like **** freedom and honestly, it kinda needs to be which is really the scariest thought of all.

 

[Victarion]

Lol you know there is someone with some illegal stuff in their house freaking out waiting for that knock.

I don't think the cops will be too worried about the majority of that.

I crashed at 1 last night and just got up to speed via this thread. Unreal; truth is stranger than fiction.

 

[Motown Marvel]

They said on CNN that if a resident refuses the cops will get on the bullhorn and explain the need to enter.

Refusing to let them in given this is a state of emergency could lead to the resident beingcharged with obstructing justice. It would also make the authorities think you were hiding the suspect. No resident wants that so its best to let them in.

Lol you know there is someone with some illegal stuff in their house freaking out waiting for that knock.

Yeah I get how it could look bad. But I assume they would need warrants to search if they aren't invited in.

 

[roach]

Yeah I get how it could look bad. But I assume they would need warrants to search if they aren't invited in.

I imagine getting a warrant would be easy with the city on lock down

 

[SpideyVille]

Exactly what I was talking about before. While I agree the authorities absolutely NEED to be let in those houses it's still a violation of rights. I'm really starting to think that balancing safety and security with freedom is just an impossible task. When serious **** goes down, it's like **** freedom and honestly, it kinda needs to be which is really the scariest thought of all.

I think it all depends on the situation. In some cases, all of that stuff just gets thrown out of the window. I mean if there was a fire, would you knock on someone's door so that they let you in, or would you just barge in?

 

[terry78]

Can't replace desire for freedom with common sense.

 

[Brain Damage]

I was up 'til 3 last night keeping on this, got about 4-ish hours of sleep.

Can't relate to the police in Boston though, or the residents in Watertown. I believe there was a poster here who lives in Cambridge as well who could hear a lot of the first sirens. Crazy.

That was me. It was insane. The amount of sirens I heard made the TDKR chase scene seem like a round of golf.

 

[Maximus One]

I agree but I just feel like there's going to end up being something so utterly unimaginably horrible that happens that all of it just gets thrown out the window. Everything is just escalating. This is the second rampage somebody has gone on in this country in the last few months. Plus with all the shootings and stuff, things just seem to be getting worst and all it takes is that one incident to spark enough fear in the populace. Things are just getting crazier and crazier. I don't even know anymore man, I'm still just utterly flabbergasted at all of this.

 

[terry78]

People joke about America being a police state and what not, but they're wishing they bit their tongues on that right about now.

 

[Maximus One]

If we were to EVER get nuked in any part of this country, I can totally see nationwide martial law.

 

[Poeman]

This is the kid's twitter page, the one on the run...He tweets alot

https://***********/J_tsar

 

[enterthemadness]

Don't we have drones? Ya know..to have eyes in the sky on him?

 

[X Knight]

the kids probably not even in the area anymore.

I'm surprised he's outlasted them for this long.

 

[terry78]

I suspect they may see if he leads them somewhere. As action movie as it is, waiting to see if there's a bigger fish may not be a bad idea.