Meanwhile in the USA: Explosion outside NAACP in Colorado deliberate, FBI says

[tenderfoot]

An explosion outside an NAACP office building in Colorado on Tuesday morning that rattled neighbors was caused deliberately, officials say.

An improvised explosive device was detonated against the exterior wall of the NAACP building on South El Paso Street in Colorado Springs around 10:45 a.m. Mountain time. No one was injured, said Amy Sanders, a spokeswoman for the FBI in Denver.

A gasoline can had been placed near the device but did not ignite during the explosion, Sanders said.

The sidewalk and the local NAACP headquarters building, which also houses a barbershop, suffered minor damage, she said.

FBI Denver and the Colorado Springs Police Department are on the scene. A man aged about 40 is a person of interest in the investigation. He may be driving a 2000 or older-model dirty white pick-up truck with paneling, a dark-colored bed liner, an open tailgate and a missing or covered license plate.

more: http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-explosion-rocks-naacp-building-in-colorado-20150106-story.html

[riversedge]

1. This is the place where several swat teams would be appropriate

and needed!

[Trillo]

2. Interesting timing.

Didn't they just sue regarding the grand jury, Ferguson and Micheal Brown?

[riversedge]

3. cnn story on #NAACPBombing omits race of the suspect, even though fbi noted it (and other outlets di

Oliver Willis ?@owillis 26m26 minutes ago

cnn story on #NAACPBombing omits race of the suspect, even though fbi noted it (and other outlets did too)
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[riversedge]

7. frustrated by the lack of mainstream media coverage, #NAACPBombing hashtag goes viral.

Shaun King ?@ShaunKing 3h3 hours ago

Disturbed by the attack and frustrated by the lack of mainstream media coverage, #NAACPBombing hashtag goes viral. http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/01/07/1356085/-Frustrated-by-lack-of-mainstream-media-coverage-NAACPBombing-hashtag-goes-viral …

[Fred Sanders]

4. "A can of gasoline", size unstated, was beside the IED...did not explode....almost set the building

ablaze.

Domestic act of terror that will get barely a mention in the mass media...again.

[KingCharlemagne]

5. Thanks for posting. (I saw this story last night and posted it in a thread

in LBN but neglected to see to it that it was posted here.)

[riversedge]

8. 1plus

[niyad]

6. I am glad that nobody was injured. this is receiving almost no coverage locally. the latimes and

the guardian actually have more information.

The FBI says the potential person of interest in this investigation is a Caucasian male, approximately 40 years of age and balding.
http://www.krdo.com/news/possible-explosion-investigated-in-colorado-springs/30557560