Who here recalls the wild DU tracking of Tsernaev's capture?

[nolabear]

I can't recall which member had a police scanner, but salacious as it was, it was fascinating hearing and discussing the search and confrontation far ahead of the media, right up til the police discovered they were being eavesdropped on and switched channels.

Anyone have a better memory than I?

[Adsos Letter]

1. I remember it

Along with a lot of speculation about motivation, and whether or not it was domestic terrorism.

[nolabear]

2. Do you remember who had the scanner? I think most of those folks are gone.

As am I, mostly. But the trial made me remember what a strange event that was.

[Adsos Letter]

6. I don't remember any names

I limit myself mostly to the Photography group these days.

[joshcryer]

7. There are websites that post public scanner feeds.

That's probably what you're remembering: http://www.broadcastify.com/

Here's a guy that posted all the recordings:

(Click the YouTube icon to view the rest of them.)

[KamaAina]

3. I also remember the wild DU conspiracy theories about the lockdown being martial law

edit: and Will Pitt wiping up his keyboard with them.

[joshcryer]

8. That was me.

And I did think it was unprecedented.

Here's my thread: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022707313

I don't recall Will's "wiping up the keyboard" but if you search "boston bombing martial law" I'm not the only person who had this insight.

You'll note, most importantly, that Tsarnaev was not caught until after the curfew was lifted.

http://www.slate.com/blogs/crime/2013/04/19/watertown_manhunt_these_are_the_people_whose_houses_are_being_searched.html

http://www.channel3000.com/news/Wisconsin-natives-in-the-midst-of-Boston-s-manhunt/19826118

http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2013/04/19/mbta-shutdown-during-hunt-for-marathon-bombing-suspect-irks-commuters/Y4MUOD7ZqiIJGeDrEjAHqK/story.html

I thought it was unprecedented and still consider it so. I had never before experienced something of that magnitude before. And if we get cozy to the idea that police departments can shut down cities for "safety reasons" I find that very uncomfortable.

[Major Hogwash]

12. What was the phrase the police used to ask people to stay inside?

"Shelter in place", wasn't it?
Up until that time, I had never heard that phrase used by the police.
Those were definitely strange times.

I'm glad you're okay.
I followed the story on the tv and simultaneously came to the DU forum to see what was also being said about it at the same time.
It was unbelievable.

[riderinthestorm]

14. Thank you for this. I mentioned in a past DU post that there were shades of martial law

im not going to re-hash but I did remember some DUers who clearly felt that the actions verged on martial law.

Hope you and yours are well...

[smirkymonkey]

9. I am also a Bostonian who did not feel put out by it.

In the wake of what had happened, I just didn't see it as a big deal. Of course, I felt safe in my apartment and didn't really want to be out there anyway. I might have felt differently if cops were banging down my door.

[Logical]

10. I remember 2 young men shutting down a whole city. nt

[NuclearDem]

13. And the cop with the milk!

[Hell Hath No Fury]

4. Yes I do --

There was a live channel video that someone in Boston (not a DUer) had set-up -- they had a police scanner on and had their video camera pointed at it as the whole thing went down. There were several DUers, including myself, who were transcribing what we were hearing on the scanner broadcast. At one point, police were talking on the scanner warning there was a live feed being shown on the internet -- they must have feared that Tsernaev might have been able to listen in and get information on where the police were located in relation to him.

That was one of the wilder days on DU. And fascinating.

[YvonneCa]

5. FYI...

...it was all over Twitter too.

[nolabear]

11. That's right! Thanks for refreshing my memory!

As I said I know it's salacious but next to the play-by-play on elections nights that was the most remarkable day on DU for me.