Boston: possible suspect carrying two back-packs near bomb-sites caught on video

[DetlefK]

Source: CBS News

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Miller reported earlier that authorities are also reviewing surveillance video that shows a man from behind carrying two backpacks near the site of the explosions. Authorities are not sure whether the subject in the video is linked to the blasts.

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Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57579671/deadly-explosions-rock-boston-marathon/

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gatewaypundit reported a rumor among police that they have video of a suspect dropping the bombs in the trash-cans.

http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2013/04/report-police-have-video-of-suspect-dropping-bombs-in-trash-cans/

[James48]

1. beware of speculation

Waaayyy too early to speculate about anything.


Please give investigators time to work.

[alcibiades_mystery]

2. Lots of people carry two bags now

Most women I see in downtown Chicago have a purse and some kind of tote bag. At a marathon, or other event (a concert) your friend might ask you to hold a bag while they do something, etc. Lots of explanations for having two bags. One of those explanations is that you have bombs in those bags, and you're going to place those into garbage cans and walk away. But there are certainly lots of other explanations as well.

[jberryhill]

6. Like holding clothes for runners...

[alcibiades_mystery]

17. Like holding clothes for runners

Between a big rock festival (Coachella, Lalapalooza) and a major marathon, it's a tough call for which kind of event two bags wouldn't actually seem suspicious at all.

[MADem]

3. "Gateway Pundit" is a right wing nutjob source, and their link doesn't go to any hard info.

It goes to an AUSTRALIAN media outlet that is aggregating information as it comes in. There's no "reporting" going on.

In sum, horse shit.

[rtracey]

4. I agree about speculation

I also remember the Oklahoma bombing original thought was 4 men in arab garb too....wrong.....

[AllyCat]

5. Already sure to mention a "Saudi held for questioning", but what about the significance

of the Sandy Hook remembrance? How come they aren't talking about the "possibility of someone sympathetic to the NRA" as a suspect? It could have been the Saudi, it could have been a gun nut, it could have been many things. But they have to mention a Saudi.

[VWolf]

7. Silly AllyCat,

here in 'murica, only "brown" people commit crimes.

[AllyCat]

8. I suppose if they are white, they are "protecting their rights"

Did you hear the InfoWars guy ask at a press conference if this was a plan to take guns away from people?

[bushisanidiot]

20. I heard him. These are the crack pots who are driving moderate republicans away from their party.

so I'm glad he got his stupid little question out there and he's on tape saying it.

[Myrina]

10. I gotta wonder how this plays in:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriots'_Day

"Patriots' Day ... is a civic holiday commemorating the anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775. These were the first battles of the American Revolutionary War ... Observances and re-enactments of these first battles of the American Revolution occur annually at Lexington Green in Lexington, Massachusetts, (around 6:00 am) and The Old North Bridge in Concord, Massachusetts, (around 9:00 am). In the morning, mounted re-enactors (National Lancers - Massachusetts) with state police escorts retrace the rides of Paul Revere and William Dawes, calling out warnings the whole way ... "

[Myrina]

9. If they were remote control detonators, and it was me planning it ...

.... I'd have stashed them in garbage cans THE DAY PRIOR, and in something as innocuous as a fast-food takeout bag. Why the hell would they risk being caught on camera, or delayed, or whatever, the DAY OF , knowing security and media would be all over the place?

[muriel_volestrangler]

11. Because the bins get emptied overnight?

Even if they don't normally, they might well do that with the ones close to the route, especially the finish, so that they're empty at the start of such a busy day.

[Myrina]

12. ... if you're planning something of this magnitude, surely you know ...

... what time the garbage trucks come thru. Easy enough to walk by 10 minutes later & drop your 'garbage' into the bin, no?

[muriel_volestrangler]

13. Maybe, maybe not

If they do have a special schedule for the marathon, you'd have to plan it a year in advance. And we don't know what time of day this surveillance video is from. Maybe it was from earlier in the day.

[Myrina]

14. We're really gonna argue about this?

Really?

[muriel_volestrangler]

15. I don't see this as an argument. You've been asking questions; I've been replying

Surely that's not an argument?

[auburngrad82]

16. It's standard practice for security to check trashcans along the path the morning of the race

according to news reports. Any suspicious packages would probably have been found.

During the race, however, thousands of people are carrying bags, some of them carrying multiple bags, so it would be easy to go unnoticed.

Hopefully the security videos and the videos by people attending the events will give us more of a clue.

[LiberalFighter]

25. Those details need to be checked.

Investigators need to get timelines for everything imo. Like when containers are emptied. When were barricades put up for the marathon. Who all were involved in the event preparation. etc.

[NewJeffCT]

18. I think most trash cans get emptied several times a day

I was shocked once to read that in some bigger cities, they can be emptied up to 18 times a day.

[snooper2]

23. apparently the EOD did sweeps in the morning for bombs before the race started

so you would have failed

[Yavin4]

19. Unfounded rumors and speculation are the energy source for conspiracy theories

Let's wait for an official report and then evaluate it.

[RebelOne]

24. I will wait for the official report that the bomber or bombers are caught. n/t

[Proletariatprincess]

21. Believe nothing....

consider all possibilities. We may never know for sure what happened...just like 911, JFK, Pearl Harbor. They only tell us what they want us to know...there may be a myriad of nuances or complete fabrications. The Corporate Media has it's own agenda and the Truth may not fit the criteria.

[groundloop]

22. In other news, 2 suspects were seen driving away in a white van.....

Yes, W-A-Y too early to start speculating.

[LiberalFighter]

26. Can we speculate that Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, and Ann Coulter were involved.

Just saying. Somebody must have seen them doing something wrong.