Mercer Island (WA) Jewish community center evacuated due to bomb threat

[Mrs. Overall]

Source: KOMO News

MERCER ISLAND, Wash. - The Stroum Jewish Community Center on Mercer Island was evacuated after a bomb threat was called in Monday evening, according to Mercer Island Police.

Police were called to the community center around 4:45 p.m. after a staff member received the threat over the phone. "I just came to pick up my daughter and it was very scary, and this is uncalled for," said Cecilia Yeung, who still appeared shaken as she walked her child to their car.

Staff members immediately began evacuating the building. Officers said about 250 people were inside at the time, many of them children. "We were just told, hey, it's time to evacuate, we got to get all the kids out," said Kristin Mannari, a teacher at the community center. Everyone was safely evacuated. The nearby French-American school was also evacuated as a precaution and neighbors were notified.

"We were actually kind of wondering when it was going to happen to us because so many other Jewish community centers in the nation have been receiving these types of threats," said Mercer Island Police Cmdr. Leslie Burns.

Read more: http://komonews.com/news/local/mercer-island-jewish-community-center-evacuated-due-to-bomb-threat

[muntrv]

1. And Cheeto Jesus response is......

crickets chirping.

[dalton99a]

2. What is Trump doing about this domestic terrorism?

[Ligyron]

3. Some of this has to be copy-cat.

I guess cell phones are harder to track?

Hope they nab one soon somehow.

Most evacuations are just a pain-in-the-ass, but they way things are going with the WS, alt-wrong...

[IntraPolitico]

4. So worrying

I'll keep my eyes peeled on this story. Hope everyone is safe.

[DK504]

5. Heard last night there were 12 threats, there were no devices or bombs found.

The "authorities" said there was no way to find out who made these calls. So they can't fucking star *69 the call. They can't fucking investigate where these calls came from? Somehow the FBI can't trace these calls, sounds like a bunch of bullshit to me.

These are possible federal hate crimes and they can't find shit out of 12 threats. Yeah. Don't break a sweat there guys.

[Fred Sanders]

6. First the Deporables came for the Muslims, then they came for the Jews...who is next?

Domestic terrorism is far greater a threat than the far away threat of a failing ISIS, but sine the domestic terrorists are white Trump and company will remain silent or mouth meaningless platitudes when forced to.