Police shut down 8th Ave - Bomb Squad on scene

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.

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.

Subject: OTBKB Knows

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

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.