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ellenrr

(3,864 posts) Sat Dec 6, 2014, 06:04 PM Dec 2014

Durham police find explosive device near area of protests [View all]

Source: local

DURHAM, N.C. — Durham police found an undetonated explosive device late Saturday morning in an area where about 20 protesters were arrested Friday evening.

Officers responded to a call about a suspicious device in the 600 block of Foster Street between West Geer Street and West Corporation Street.

They found an undetonated device – a bottle with a wick and a petroleum-based liquid inside of it.

The device was safely removed from the area, authorities said.

Read more: http://www.wral.com/durham-po

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Durham police find explosive device near area of protests [View all] ellenrr Dec 2014 OP

The police that cried Wolf Politicalboi Dec 2014 #1

^^^ my thoughts, too hopemountain Dec 2014 #3

That's unfair. It could have been planted by the FBI or CIA, too. nt valerief Dec 2014 #8

or those patriotic heros, the Tea Party LiberalElite Dec 2014 #12

"This protest has been canceled for your own safety" 951-Riverside Dec 2014 #2

Yeah, it's a Molotov cocktail. Jackpine Radical Dec 2014 #15

you can bet the protesters will be blamed olddots Dec 2014 #4

A Molotov cocktail. nt bemildred Dec 2014 #5

False Flag... VanillaRhapsody Dec 2014 #6

or the cop who "found" it. nt awoke_in_2003 Dec 2014 #13

Possibly....but did you see those Teabaggers leaving whiskey melon and fried chicken VanillaRhapsody Dec 2014 #14

They found a bottle of moonshine with a rag stopper in the top. rofl. n/t jtuck004 Dec 2014 #7

Molotov cocktails are explosive devices which detonate now? (nt) Posteritatis Dec 2014 #9

Petroleum-based liquid" - well I'm glad they sent it to the lab for analysis! Scootaloo Dec 2014 #10

See #15 for details. Jackpine Radical Dec 2014 #16

I know what a molotov cocktail is, thanks. Scootaloo Dec 2014 #17

Yeah. "undetonated"…"explosive device"… Jackpine Radical Dec 2014 #18

Check in your garage PeoViejo Dec 2014 #11

Under the law a molotov cocktail is classified as a. .. reACTIONary Dec 2014 #22

That said PeoViejo Dec 2014 #24

Sounds like.... reACTIONary Dec 2014 #27

As other DUers have said, it's a molotove cocktail, not an explosive sakabatou Dec 2014 #19

Shades of the Haymarket Affair----police plant bomb to discredit and railroad McCamy Taylor Dec 2014 #20

Yep, I thought of Haymarket right away too. Brigid Dec 2014 #21

The fires in Furgison... reACTIONary Dec 2014 #23

You sound like a Reactionary. PeoViejo Dec 2014 #25

Oh, snap! :) - nt KingCharlemagne Dec 2014 #26

Gee, that's.... reACTIONary Dec 2014 #28

Intended to be.. sendero Dec 2014 #29