Were the bombs functional?

[Renew Deal]

I haven’t seen this addressed. Could the bombs work?

[AJT]

1. I remember someone on CNN saying they were functioning bombs.

That was pretty early so that may not be true.

[Haggis for Breakfast]

2. Yes, they were functional.

NYC Police Commissioner, O'Reilly, made note of that in his comments earlier today.

[PoliticAverse]

6. O'Reilly is not the name of the NYC police commissioner.

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]

14. Excuse me.

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]

11. Thank You, Haggis. SO it was Terrorism. The

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]

16. Wouldn't it be terrorism either way?

[Cha]

17. I think so. But, you know how the m$m can be.

[at140]

3. Bombs were not quite functional

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]

4. Maybe they "weren't quite functional"

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]

19. Hope FBI will soon arrest the perp

and expose the gang of criminals.

[Kaleva]

5. They worked as intended IMHO.

[VOX]

10. Precisely. To intimidate, spread distrust and fear.

AKA Terrorism.

[Agschmid]

12. Yup.

Distinction without a difference.

[Renew Deal]

13. Agree

[onenote]

7. The FBI and Secret Service described them as "potentially"

explosive and destructive devices, whatever that means.

[xor]

18. There was a samsung battery in the pipe...

boooooooooo I suck. I apologize for that.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

8. I think they were intended to be functional, but the person who made them....

...lacked the technical skill to actually pull it off.

As I said before, it’s pure Dunning Kruger effect.

[Raine]

9. I heard they had pyrotechnic

powder in them which would be like what's in fireworks.

[Haggis for Breakfast]

15. Also at least one of them was packed with shrapnel and glass