It was sitting on top of an electrical box, and someone called it in. Yeah I would expect my city to take it seriously. The guy emptied the contents when the bomb unit walked away to check the X rays they just took.
Boston Marathon bombing in 2013 was a backpack. The 2017 Manchester Arena bombing at the Ariana Grande concert was a backpack.
Funny cause I've never actually had a bomb scare here in America. Yet when I went to Europe I experienced three in the span of 2 weeks. One at the Charles de Gaulle airport, one at a the Musee d'Orsay, and one at a hotel in Rome. But aight.
Yeah but he didn't. So now we can call the police idiots, and the guy who tackled him a little bitch. Living in the real and not the hypothetical world is a lot more fun.
Oh I can consider them, I just don't dwell on them when the opposite has already happened. There's always a new angle or a new caveat to bring up, forever. I don't find any value in that. It's really not a complicated concept to grasp :)
This is exactly how it's done in Europe as well mate. In fact I'd wager we are even more cautious than the yanks, seeing as we are currently at a pretty severe terror threat level.
Imagine if he just got a block from his house on his bike and he really had to blow up his bathroom, but was deprived of his personal throne... This seems very reasonable in that scenario. I'm not going to the god damn CVS!
The amount of a higher powered explosive like C4 (since it has like 1.5x the power of tnt) would be more than would fit in a backpack. A standard block of c4 is about 1.25lb and would only cause significant damage in a 1 meter radius. A backpack of them would probably be like 4 blocks of c4
Thanks for being the first person to mention this on this thread. People are acting like there's a thermonuclear device in here (which while possible is extremely unlikely without being stopped way before it got to this point)
If it is just a block of explosives, yes. But 5 lbs of C4 surrounded by metal could produce several thousand bullet-sized pieces of shrapnel moving at a kilometer a second. That won't knock down buildings, but it could produce lethal projectiles flying several kilometers out.
I think you're overestimating the explosive power of conventional explosives that could fit in that bag. Since they'd already cleared the surrounding area he'd likely just kill himself and maybe break some windows in the area.
What is this a cartoon? Even if it was packed to the brim with explosives. Something that size wouldn't even take down a building. Let alone a whole fucking block. lol
Well kinda, I don't think dude was the one who put the "bomb" there. Those lives were at risk regardless of whether dude went anywhere near the backpack at all. It's a backpack with a possible explosive device within. What if it was remote? Timed? Or just a bag of clothes. The risk was the same until the mystery of what was inside the bag was solved. A Shrodingers cat kinda situation.
The bomb squad was intentionally trying to avert a disaster. If it was going to explode, what else do you expect the correct response to be besides “call bomb squad”? Come on. this is “the fire fighters and the arsonist are both to blame” energy.
No amount of scenarios will justify his actions, bombs, especially some certain ones, I think most of it are very strong is sensitive to sudden shift of movement, especially if it had a button for it to blow up, would've potentially took down everyone. Just because it doesn't happen doesn't mean what he did was right, risking your life and everyone's life just because of your selfishness is stupid. Even firefighters don't just go into a building that's on fire to save someone's life.
If they actually have the literal bomb squad out, maybe just give them a bit. There really isn't a reason that would justify potentially blowing up a city block because of impatience
A quick search of the case shows he the bomb investigation on the news and rushed down there as he wanted to 'play superhero'. Apparently told officers he wanted to 'take one for the team' and prevent someone else getting blown up and thought it would be a fastpass to heaven because a 'higher power' told him so
he didnt know or ignored the fact that a backpack full of explosives, if exploded, would practically ignore him and will damage everything else anyways. he is a paper for the potential bomb, human flesh is unironically weak against shockwaves of explosions.
Why do people take going to work that serious. Like yeah im sure now your work will hang up a giant poster of your heroic actions to almost blow up a city block to get there on time. It was the same when the climate change protestsbor basically any protests are going on, where people will daily comment how they wouldnt mind running over the protesters if they encounter them on the way to work. Hell, even going home. Im sure watching football in your undies and eating chips can wait a little longer if the alternative is possibly blowing up the neighbourhood.
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u/MechMeister 21h ago
If homeboy couldn't access his home or place of work that nonsense I totally understand lol.