Explosions reported at Boston Marathon

[Verdigris Murder]

What's with the middle eastern guys? I thought the bombers were white.

[Himu]

WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON :damn

[ManaByte]

https://twitter.com/BostonGlobe

[TakingBackSunday]

gunshot through the chair during firefight

 :dwill

[BobFromPikeCreek]

https://twitter.com/BostonGlobe

So, unsurprisingly, these are the bombers.

[Shaka Khan]

http://www.fbi.gov/news/updates-on-investigation-into-multiple-explosions-in-boston/updates-on-investigation-into-multiple-explosions-in-boston

Two new pics of the bomber suspects.

Ugh, they definitely look middle eastern though less like Saudi, imo. They need to wrap this up, my nerves can't take more of this anymore. I can't take more this Internet hysteria and bombardment of duplicate snippets, news and links.

[TakingBackSunday]

one looks like tim tebow, the other looks jewish

coincidence!?!?!?

[Phoenix Dark]

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gunshot through the chair during firefight

 :dwill

fuck...it's like that scene in The Wire. I'd be hiding in the bath tub.

[Shaka Khan]

They look Lebanese/Syrian.

[TakingBackSunday]

1 suspect dead according the local channel 7 for boston

[ManaByte]

People are saying the new photo of suspect 2 looks like the missing student:
http://imgur.com/a/ddUJC

[TakingBackSunday]

the noses don't look the same

[Yeti]

watching this live news report I'm surprised at how many people are just milling about out in public.

[Phoenix Dark]

Boston Globe saying one bomber is in custody. White hat dude is at large. wow

[Phoenix Dark]

[ManaByte]

Yea they just described the second guy as having black curly hair and being armed and extremely dangerous.

[pilonv1]

So lefty is on the lose then.

[ManaByte]

https://mobile.twitter.com/MichaelSkolnik/status/325137799986683905

[Cormacaroni]

http://www.fbi.gov/news/updates-on-investigation-into-multiple-explosions-in-boston/updates-on-investigation-into-multiple-explosions-in-boston

Two new pics of the bomber suspects.

Ugh, they definitely look middle eastern though less like Saudi, imo. They need to wrap this up, my nerves can't take more of this anymore. I can't take more this Internet hysteria and bombardment of duplicate snippets, news and links.

No, they need to take their time and follow due process

WE all need to chill out and turn this crap off unless it directly affects us, 'cause all it is doing is stressing us out, making us tired, and giving attention to people who don't deserve it anyway (the suspects that is, not the police etc)

[Shaka Khan]

Agreed.

[Shaka Khan]

(Ban manabyte)

[Phoenix Dark]

It definitely does directly effect us, given the security measurements that will go into effect in the aftermath of this shit.

[Cormacaroni]

Maybe.

Then again, post-Sandy Hook, what changed?

The fallout will take weeks or months. There is no reason for anyone not in Boston or with loved ones there to be sitting up late stressing over this. All the info will be there tomorrow, and it will be of much higher quality. Stress is a killer.

[Phoenix Dark]

BPD scanner has identified the names : Suspect 1: Mike Mulugeta Suspect 2: Sunil Tripathi

WOW

[Human Snorenado]

Maybe.

Then again, post-Sandy Hook, what changed?

The fallout will take weeks or months. There is no reason for anyone not in Boston or with loved ones there to be sitting up late stressing over this. All the info will be there tomorrow, and it will be of much higher quality. Stress is a killer.

haha, you think Americans equate "acceptable losses" from gun deaths to TURRISM.  WRONG. 

[BobFromPikeCreek]

BPD scanner has identified the names : Suspect 1: Mike Mulugeta Suspect 2: Sunil Tripathi

WOW

Holy shit. The internet detectives were right.

[ManaByte]

BPD scanner has identified the names : Suspect 1: Mike Mulugeta Suspect 2: Sunil Tripathi

WOW

Holy shit.

[Phoenix Dark]

[Shaka Khan]

It definitely does directly effect us, given the security measurements that will go into effect in the aftermath of this shit.

People still need to chill just the same, and consume the media with a rational filter rather than engage in this propagating mass hysteria that I see unfolding on Reddit, Twitter, and FB.

[Cormacaroni]

Maybe.

Then again, post-Sandy Hook, what changed?

The fallout will take weeks or months. There is no reason for anyone not in Boston or with loved ones there to be sitting up late stressing over this. All the info will be there tomorrow, and it will be of much higher quality. Stress is a killer.

haha, you think Americans equate "acceptable losses" from gun deaths to TURRISM.  WRONG. 

Well, maybe things will change. I acknowledged the possibility. This is hardly the worst example of domestic terrorism though, merely the most recent. The legislate will not be voting tonight, regardless of whether these guys are caught

[Cormacaroni]

my twitter feed is a mess of OMG THIS IS INSANE I'M FREAKING OUT right now

Not to diminish the tragic death of the policeman in any way but the scale of this does not suggest that Boston is under siege. Everything about it says that we are seeing a small number of badly outnumbered and outgunned (and poorly-trained, if the comments about throwing the bomb are true) suspects, who may not have any connection to any other recent event. No, this is not season 8 of 24 or Call of Duty 5. It's an arrest.

[Phoenix Dark]

http://tunein.com/radio/Boston-Police-Fire-and-EMS-Scanner-s146109/

Hard to imagine him lasting long on foot, even in the darkness

[ManaByte]

http://tunein.com/radio/Boston-Police-Fire-and-EMS-Scanner-s146109/

Hard to imagine him lasting long on foot, even in the darkness

Especially with SWAT running after him.

[Don Flamenco]

my twitter feed is a mess of OMG THIS IS INSANE I'M FREAKING OUT right now

Not to diminish the tragic death of the policeman in any way but the scale of this does not suggest that Boston is under siege. Everything about it says that we are seeing a small number of badly outnumbered and outgunned (and poorly-trained, if the comments about throwing the bomb are true) suspects, who may not have any connection to any other recent event. No, this is not season 8 of 24 or Call of Duty 5. It's an arrest.

they're doing their best to get 6 stars in real life GTA...it's not an every day occurrence.  but yeah, i agree with you all, the people on social media sites are dumb and easily provoked, especially when there's a moral side to be (easily) taken and it's not a healthy way to consume news.  We all already knew this.   I bet there's a GAF thread demanding Sony to take the GTA games off sale this week because its time to lash out at anything (easy targets) that could possibly be perceived as in agreement with what happened.

[Phoenix Dark]

http://tunein.com/radio/Boston-Police-Fire-and-EMS-Scanner-s146109/

Hard to imagine him lasting long on foot, even in the darkness

Especially with SWAT running after him.

Yea. I just hope no innocent people get mixed into the equation, taken hostage, etc.

[BobFromPikeCreek]

I don't see anything wrong with closely following a big news story so long as you're not play net sherlock.

[Shaka Khan]

my twitter feed is a mess of OMG THIS IS INSANE I'M FREAKING OUT right now

Not to diminish the tragic death of the policeman in any way but the scale of this does not suggest that Boston is under siege. Everything about it says that we are seeing a small number of badly outnumbered and outgunned (and poorly-trained, if the comments about throwing the bomb are true) suspects, who may not have any connection to any other recent event. No, this is not season 8 of 24 or Call of Duty 5. It's an arrest.

they're doing their best to get 6 stars in real life GTA...it's not an every day occurrence.  but yeah, i agree with you all, the people on social media sites are dumb and easily provoked, especially when there's a moral side to be (easily) taken and it's not a healthy way to consume news.  We all already knew this.   I bet there's a GAF thread demanding Sony to take the GTA games off sale this week because its time to lash out at anything (easy targets) that could possibly be perceived as in agreement with what happened.

I've got an FB friend who was literally posting the same content and photos, over and over, from different sources with nothing but "HOLY SHIT! OMG! THIS CRAZY! GOD HELP US!" as the context. I had to remove his updates from my feed. This is exactly what I meant by being selective and rational in social media reporting, to avoid that kind of crap.

[Don Flamenco]

I don't see anything wrong with closely following a big news story so long as you're not play net sherlock.

and as long as you're minding your business about it, instead of drawing dumb conclusions.  i look forward to shitty-shit from people who don't even realize how racist they're being in the next few days.

[Stoney Mason]

Dumb people are gonna be dumb. This is to be expected. I'm curious so I'm following this shit. If I wasn't, I'd be in bed now. If nothing definitive happens I'll go to bed in 30 minutes anyway. It's like rubbernecking at an accident. We all do it. The details will all be cleared up in the morning anyway.

[Human Snorenado]

Yeah, I'll figure out what's going on tomorrow.  This is hundreds of miles away from me, and I have class in a few hours.

[BobFromPikeCreek]

I don't see anything wrong with closely following a big news story so long as you're not play net sherlock.

and as long as you're minding your business about it, instead of drawing dumb conclusions.  i look forward to shitty-shit from people who don't even realize how racist they're being in the next few days.

ie the awful people who spammed the sunil tripathi search facebook page hours before this. might end up actually being him but HOLY FUCKING INSENSITIVITY

[Cormacaroni]

Dumb people are gonna be dumb. This is to be expected. I'm curious so I'm following this shit. If I wasn't, I'd be in bed now. If nothing definitive happens I'll go to bed in 30 minutes anyway. It's like rubbernecking at an accident. We all do it. The details will all be cleared up in the morning anyway.

patented Stoney foampadded truth bombs

[Phoenix Dark]

Matthew Keys ‏@TheMatthewKeys1m
Eyewitness to NBC: Suspects lit explosive device, threw it toward officers, created huge smoke explosion

Matthew Keys ‏@TheMatthewKeys2m
Eyewitness to NBC: One suspect ran toward officers while firing on him

Matthew Keys ‏@TheMatthewKeys1m
Eyewitness to NBC: Second shooter got into SUV when first shooter was tackled

Matthew Keys ‏@TheMatthewKeys2m
Eyewitness to NBC: Second shooter who jumped into SUV backed vehicle in the direction of officers

[Stoney Mason]

I think I'll start watching the final season of 24 tomorrow. I only got like 8 or 9 episodes in that final season before something came up and I had to drop it.

[Phoenix Dark]

It's pretty good, definitely better than 6 and 7

[Shaka Khan]

يا خبر اليوم بفلوس، بكرة يبقى ببلاش...

G'night kids. Stay safe.

[Yeti]

Cormac just doesn't want to be reading spoilers for his morning newspaper. 

[Phoenix Dark]

SWAT is about to start detonating the IEDs and grenades that were thrown. Crazy

[Cormacaroni]

have to love all the 'social media is THE BEST' on twitter 'cause it is circulating so much shit info so widely so fast, coupled with lots of 'Newspapers are so fucking desperate to put out any shit report they can find' attacks

[BobFromPikeCreek]

Amazing that this guy is still evading them.

[Phoenix Dark]

https://twitter.com/kmattio

She could be bullshitting obviously, but reporters are now contacting her

[pilonv1]

https://twitter.com/kmattio

She could be bullshitting obviously, but reporters are now contacting her

Whats shes being contacted for?

[BobFromPikeCreek]

Sooo he tripped some motion sensors and they have him trapped in a building? This could be over soon.

[Stoney Mason]

Amazing that this guy is still evading them.

It's difficult to do things like this at night. Things will be different during the sunlight and daybreak. I never mentioned it on here but I had a family member a few years ago involved in a similar massive manhunt like this. I'll just say they personally didn't murder anybody or anything so its not overly creepy but it does take awhile to resolves these things. And the police and FBI generally know a good deal more than they are initially willing to let out.

That being said, I'm going to bed.

[Phoenix Dark]

https://twitter.com/kmattio

She could be bullshitting obviously, but reporters are now contacting her

Whats shes being contacted for?

Former classmate of Sunil Tripathi. She says it's him.

[Phoenix Dark]

media saying first suspect is dead, but it seems like the Boston police are saying he was apprehended

edit: nm he said the first suspect is dead

[Cerveza mas fina]

I can't tell the ethnicity of this fucker on this image.

I don't know who to be angry at.

[Yeti]

Ugh, I need to go to bed. I hope I wake up to find out he's been caught.

[BobFromPikeCreek]

Man. I really hope that's not Sunil Tirpathi.



That poor family.

[Phoenix Dark]

http://tunein.com/radio/Boston-Police-Fire-and-EMS-Scanner-s146109/

They potentially found him, concerned he has explosive. Haven't approached him yet