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Police jump to flippant

PeraclesPlease — Thu, 22 Mar 2018 14:06:37 +0000

In reply to The NYT has an interesting

Police jump to flippant conclusions to close cases without gathering evidence? Say it ain't so, Joe...

The NYT has an interesting

rmrd0000 — Thu, 22 Mar 2018 12:13:51 +0000

The NYT has an interesting article on how the citizens of East Austin felt abandoned by the police in the early phase of the bombings.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/22/opinion/austin-bombing-race-segregation.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=opinion-c-col-right-region&region=opinion-c-col-right-region&WT.nav=opinion-c-col-right-region

Initial police speculated that the first bombing victim, a black man, had killed himself.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/03/06/texas-man-killed-by-device-at-home-identified-as-police-probe-if-constructed-it.html

The bomber is dead.Hopefully, no others were involved. How did the bomber gain his expertise? Minority communities remain skeptical of police.

You know the play - the

PeraclesPlease — Thu, 22 Mar 2018 05:29:09 +0000

In reply to We will never know the motive

You know the play - the cunning, crafty Chinaman; the primitive impulsive Heart of Darkness Negro; the extremist cruel insatiable Musulman; and the intellectual contemplative Caucasian torn and conflicted by modern civilization.

Perhaps there's a Russian/Slavic beat in there too, half Mongol, half cultivated Westerner - full of vitality but sheepish and needing a strong man to holdvthem in line.

We will never know the motive

rmrd0000 — Thu, 22 Mar 2018 03:38:04 +0000

In reply to Police: Austin bomber left 25-minute confession video on phone

We will never know the motive. It is interesting that the police official tries to humanize the bomber. When black men commit crimes, police label them thugs. Psychological profiling is generally not a part of the initial response.

Austin bombing suspect's

artappraiser — Thu, 22 Mar 2018 02:40:45 +0000

In reply to Police: Austin bomber left 25-minute confession video on phone

Austin bombing suspect's family speaks out about his 'darkness'

@ ABCNews.com, Mar 21, 2018, 4:12 PM ET

5 reporters on it, so lots more detail than just the title topic