Police shut down 8th Ave - Bomb Squad on scene

armchair_warrior

sound like a artist making a point of bags with empty bags .

cat

Subject: hard to imagine some of this ....

plastic bags?

it's hard not to believe that some of this is scare tactics.

why do the police in any situation like this become so militant when asked questions (the policeman you are asking probably spends as much time and energy rebuffing the question as they would just answering the question.)? they are supposed to be there as part of the so-called community and yet they become more like the military in these situations. it's authoritarianism.

drano

Subject: Re: hard to imagine some of this ....

cat wrote: plastic bags?

it's hard not to believe that some of this is scare tactics.

why do the police in any situation like this become so militant when asked questions (the policeman you are asking probably spends as much time and energy rebuffing the question as they would just answering the question.)? they are supposed to be there as part of the so-called community and yet they become more like the military in these situations. it's authoritarianism.

Um, well I hate to say it, but dealing with some of the people in this neighborhood in an official capacity would drive me up a tree, too. I'm sure in addition to answering the same question 50 times, there were probably a dozen people that insisted they just HAD to go through that block because Jonah had a playdate with his friend that lives there or they didn't want to go three blocks out of their way to get where they were going. Probably got a bunch of dirty looks and annoying, unnecessary arguments. Add the heat and the small but real chance of taking some shrapnel, and there ya go.

I could never be a cop, I'd be giving out wood shampoos left and right. Starting with the "artist" or just random douche-nozzle who was responsible for this.

anonymous

Subject: Re: hard to imagine some of this ....

cat wrote: plastic bags?

it's hard not to believe that some of this is scare tactics.

why do the police in any situation like this become so militant when asked questions (the policeman you are asking probably spends as much time and energy rebuffing the question as they would just answering the question.)? they are supposed to be there as part of the so-called community and yet they become more like the military in these situations. it's authoritarianism.

Many of them were volunteers, their badge said "AUXILIARY" ... although their uniforms really resemble the real ones.

brooklynpotter

according to gothamist, there were a large number of suitcases thrown out in the past few days and many were treated as suspicious packages when they were, indeed, trash. (i'm paraphrasing, but that's the gist--jist?)

anonymous

Subject: OTBKB Knows

http://onlytheblogknowsbrooklyn.typepad.com/only_the_blog_knows_brook/2006/07/bomb_scare_solv.html

eggcream

Now why give a homeless man a bunch of suitcases.


"A string of suspicious packages sighted in Park Slope on Monday were attributed to a homeless man, police officials said yesterday. Police responded to calls about 12 suspicious packages at eight locations, but found only empty suitcases. Early suspicions led some to believe the packages to be a political art project or the work of mischievous teenagers. Investigators yesterday found a woman who said she gave a homeless man all her suitcases after she saw him rooting in her garbage. Police said they believe the man deposited the suitcases on street corners and places throughout Park Slope as he walked around."

Posted by: wanda | Jul 5, 2006 1:47:36 PM"

drano

eggcream wrote: Now why give a homeless man a bunch of suitcases.


"A string of suspicious packages sighted in Park Slope on Monday were attributed to a homeless man, police officials said yesterday. Police responded to calls about 12 suspicious packages at eight locations, but found only empty suitcases. Early suspicions led some to believe the packages to be a political art project or the work of mischievous teenagers. Investigators yesterday found a woman who said she gave a homeless man all her suitcases after she saw him rooting in her garbage. Police said they believe the man deposited the suitcases on street corners and places throughout Park Slope as he walked around."

Posted by: wanda | Jul 5, 2006 1:47:36 PM"

Yup, that's pretty stupid - what, did she think the only thing holding him back from that big eco-tour in Costa Rica was a lack of proper luggage? Maybe she thought he would open up a little curbside luggage store! Who doesn't like used suitcases? Or - and this is probably it - she figured he could put his cans and stuff in there and walk around with a suitcase in each hand and one under each arm like in an old cartoon. Yeah, that system will make him forget his stolen shopping cart in a hurry!

I hereby suggest that her head should be zipped inside a suitcase (with a couple airholes, don't worry) with "I AM STUPID" written on the side and that she should then be marched around the neighborhood for a few hours on a day when the temperature is not less than 32 degrees centigrade.

Idiot.

armchair_warrior

did they get the homeless guy or what?