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11 Bravo

(23,922 posts)
Tue Mar 9, 2021, 04:13 PM Mar 2021

The FBI appears to be closing in on the attempted pipe bomber at the US Capitol.

How long until Senator Ron Johnson (R-Dumbfuckistan) declares that it was a "peaceful and festive" pipe bomb, and anyway, the guy was probably an undercover Antifa agitator?

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The FBI appears to be closing in on the attempted pipe bomber at the US Capitol. (Original Post) 11 Bravo Mar 2021 OP
How long until we find out it was Ron Johnson (Q - Douchebagistan)? lagomorph777 Mar 2021 #1
My husband and I always thought it was a female...just something about the way BComplex Mar 2021 #2
The Nike shoes... FarPoint Mar 2021 #4
This message was self-deleted by its author FarPoint Mar 2021 #5
That was exactly my first thought. TurboDem Mar 2021 #6
I thought exactly the same thing. GMTA. n/t SheilaAnn Mar 2021 #13
good news to hear . sorry Johnson, your festive crowd is dangerous af luckone Mar 2021 #3
I keep watching the video and I can't help but think it is a woman Bev54 Mar 2021 #7
And I was planning to turn in my brother-in-law for Dan Mar 2021 #10
That used to happen in Stalin's Russia SCantiGOP Mar 2021 #22
Hopefully you saw the smiley face, Dan Mar 2021 #23
I knew you were kidding SCantiGOP Mar 2021 #26
Good catch - I think you're right... n/t ailsagirl Mar 2021 #16
Big debate about that everywhere. The frontal clip looks Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2021 #21
ummm, Dan Mar 2021 #27
Gender reveal announcement? Auggy74 Mar 2021 #8
Looks to me like the suspect looks at a cell phone at one point bucolic_frolic Mar 2021 #9
I don't think they appear to be closing in on him greenjar_01 Mar 2021 #11
Mmmmkay. 11 Bravo Mar 2021 #12
Not trying to set anyone straight...wow greenjar_01 Mar 2021 #14
No, I think the videos are simply narrowing things down. 11 Bravo Mar 2021 #17
Same greenjar_01 Mar 2021 #19
We're cool. 11 Bravo Mar 2021 #20
If they could identify the dog walker... kskiska Mar 2021 #15
On the local radio, they said they really hoped the dog spooky3 Mar 2021 #18
Dogs are usually walked sane time/same path. sobenji Mar 2021 #24
Classic example of talking out of both sides of his mouth. "Peaceful" and "festive, Oldem Mar 2021 #25

BComplex

(7,977 posts)
2. My husband and I always thought it was a female...just something about the way
Tue Mar 9, 2021, 04:54 PM
Mar 2021

the bomber walked seemed more like the gait of a woman.

Response to BComplex (Reply #2)

Dan

(3,524 posts)
10. And I was planning to turn in my brother-in-law for
Tue Mar 9, 2021, 05:56 PM
Mar 2021

The reward, split it with my sister to take some of the sting out of it. Well, that’s that...

SCantiGOP

(13,855 posts)
22. That used to happen in Stalin's Russia
Tue Mar 9, 2021, 06:29 PM
Mar 2021

People would turn in folks they had grudges with, and they might simply disappear.
Several Iraqis also ended up at Gitmo that way. The rewards were the only way some people saw to make money.

Dan

(3,524 posts)
23. Hopefully you saw the smiley face,
Tue Mar 9, 2021, 06:52 PM
Mar 2021

Kind of like the knucklehead. Of course when we told him what we were jokingly going to do, he shared he was thinking about it himself, but wasn't sure how to collect the money. My family of nuts...

SCantiGOP

(13,855 posts)
26. I knew you were kidding
Tue Mar 9, 2021, 07:58 PM
Mar 2021

and I also knew that people here are smarter than the Capitol Raiders, who liked to post and tweet their serious crimes before and after they committed them.

 

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
21. Big debate about that everywhere. The frontal clip looks
Tue Mar 9, 2021, 06:23 PM
Mar 2021

more feminine. Rather a perky walk for a bomber from the back huh.

I am very heartened by the chance they can crack this part of case. More leverage in squeezing a bomber.

Dan

(3,524 posts)
27. ummm,
Tue Mar 9, 2021, 08:13 PM
Mar 2021

only thing that I could tell is: Person appears to be wearing glasses with a baseball cap. The first images appear to be what might be a female, but the last two images - just hard to tell. Seems like the authorities should contact the man that walked by the suspect - he might be able to identify the race, gender, and they would then be able to tell the height, approximate size based on the size of the man that walked by the suspect.

bucolic_frolic

(42,651 posts)
9. Looks to me like the suspect looks at a cell phone at one point
Tue Mar 9, 2021, 05:55 PM
Mar 2021
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/fbi-releases-images-dc-pipe-bomb-suspect/story?id=76341036

And look at the gait, the travel of the arms ... female? Not decisive. My guess would be not a lone wolf. Perhaps a paid agent.

11 Bravo

(23,922 posts)
12. Mmmmkay.
Tue Mar 9, 2021, 06:01 PM
Mar 2021

Video from multiple angles released to the public probably won't make much of a difference.
Thanks for setting me straight.

 

greenjar_01

(6,477 posts)
14. Not trying to set anyone straight...wow
Tue Mar 9, 2021, 06:03 PM
Mar 2021

Still, I don't think those videos are very probative at all. You do?

11 Bravo

(23,922 posts)
17. No, I think the videos are simply narrowing things down.
Tue Mar 9, 2021, 06:13 PM
Mar 2021

Kind of like the way the Boston Marathon bombers were identified.
That was all I said.
If I overreacted to your reply, I apologize.

spooky3

(34,300 posts)
18. On the local radio, they said they really hoped the dog
Tue Mar 9, 2021, 06:14 PM
Mar 2021

walker would contact them, because it’s possible they saw something that could help. Cap Hill is a pretty tightly knit neighborhood—at least parts of it are—so neighbors may help them identify the dog walker.

Oldem

(833 posts)
25. Classic example of talking out of both sides of his mouth. "Peaceful" and "festive,
Tue Mar 9, 2021, 06:59 PM
Mar 2021

that's good, right? Antifa? That's bad right? (At least according to QaRon (R-Foolistan)).

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