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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPeople told to be on the lookout for dark skinned or black man with a black backpack.
Possible foreign accent. He tried to get into a restricted area 5 minutes before the first bombing and, when turned away, broke eye contact and pull his hood on and left. CNN
Trajan
(19,089 posts)nolabear
(41,915 posts)Hard to know if it's retroactive fear talking or a real guy. Honestly, if I matched anything LIKE that description I'd either walk into the nearest police station and say "How can I help?" or go home for a while.
The identity and motivation of the bomber or bombers is still unknown, but local CBS affiliate WBZ reported that a suspect was being questioned, and that authorities have security video showing a male suspect carrying multiple backpacks, and dropping one at the site of the explosion.
At 8 p.m., police released a statement asking people to be on the look out for a darker-skinned male with a black backpack who had been trying to gain access to a restricted area shortly before the blasts.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/jeremybogaisky/2013/04/15/two-dead-more-than-100-injured-in-boston-marathon-bombings/
No doubt more will pick up on this shortly.
Turborama
(22,109 posts)Than?
forthemiddle
(1,373 posts)Tea-bagger maybe?
elleng
(130,156 posts)MannyGoldstein
(34,589 posts)Surreal.
uppityperson
(115,674 posts)seriously. surreal
kwassa
(23,340 posts)npk
(3,660 posts)So disgusting and apparently right wind media on the radio this afternoon where already laying the seeds of fear and anger.
KG
(28,749 posts)olddots
(10,237 posts)MineralMan
(146,192 posts)Link?
jpak
(41,742 posts)Wednesdays
(17,249 posts)Is this from the police and/or feds?
npk
(3,660 posts)They have made no mention of that story.
nolabear
(41,915 posts)I always worry about hysteria at a time like this.
I hope this doesn't lead to what I am afraid this could lead to.
JI7
(89,182 posts)Bjorn Against
(12,041 posts)This is far more likely to inflame racial tensions than it is to catch the suspect.
Wait Wut
(8,492 posts)Only black men with hoodies.
Wednesdays
(17,249 posts)Can there?
Wait Wut
(8,492 posts)...right now as there were this morning. I hear polo shirts are selling like hotcakes. I also hear black men are trading in their backpacks for man purses and fanny packs.
Tx4obama
(36,974 posts)Lone_Star_Dem
(28,158 posts)They said they were wanted for questioning on the news tonight.
PotatoChip
(3,186 posts)the police (?) or some type of law enforcement person has been interviewing a woman who had been photographing in that area from 9am on. From what I gather, she is some type of professional photographer, so they are hoping to find something, anything, that might lead them to identifying a suspicious person or activity.
In addition to her pics, there are probably lots of others from bystanders as well. Hopefully, some hint will come out of them.