So, this Saudi "potential suspect" was "tackled by a bystander" for acting suspiciously

[Elvin Ives]

At first I believe that the Saudi man being questioned in the Boston bombings was taken to the hospital because he had suffered injuries and either a) He asked for assistance, or b) Paramedics probably rushed to his rescue.

But that's not the case. The man was apprehended as the NY Post reports that CBS said he was "tackled" by someone:

"According to a report by CBS News, the man was initially tackled by a bystander while running from the scene of the explosions.

The bystander told police he grabbed the Saudi because he thought he was acting suspiciously"

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/fbi_grills_saudi_man_XaT5rE40LDdAH44vMFOEXM

[Buzz Clik]

1. Three threads so far, Elvin.

Are there more that I've missed?

[onyourleft]

3. First one...

...I've seen. Thanks for posting Elvin.

[Elvin Ives]

6. You're welcome :-)

[Buzz Clik]

12. Here are the other two. There may be more.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022683229
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014455307
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022683265

[onyourleft]

16. Thank you...

...for the links.

[Renew Deal]

4. First time I've seen this reported

What is your problem with it?

[Buzz Clik]

11. Do I hear an echo?

What an odd coincidence.

You tell us you haven't heard of this before, accuse me of stalking, and then post on the second of two threads. Golly. What is wrong with me?

[Agschmid]

22. First one I read about it...

This is GD not LBN so your issue is?

[Generic Other]

25. First I heard of this too

Kind of pathetic how the "poutrage police" always get their panties in a wad over every little thing. Who cares how many threads there are? You can hide them for crying out loud. But I guess making a big issue and whining about it gets you more attention.

Makes me want to go start a new thread about it.

[Buzz Clik]

28. Wow.

A guy with less than 50 posts jams out 3 threads suggesting strongly that Saudis were behind this, and you are okay with it?

Holy crap.


http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022683229
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014455307
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022683265

This guy is either a mole, a sock puppet, an bigot, or all three.

[Generic Other]

29. When did you become DU censor?

Are you now one of the admins? The only time I ever see you post is to denigrate the rest of us for posting something you don't approve of.

[Buzz Clik]

30. Have I censored somthing? Taken down a post? Banned someone? No.

I stated an opinion, and you soiled yourself. The problem is not me, it's your reaction. Sorry. Can't help you.

[uponit7771]

34. Really?! posting facts is becoming a censor?

[Generic Other]

36. He's all through three threads telling us all we don't need to know what was posted

Why not let us decide for ourselves? Bet he alerted on the threads too. And probably no juries agreed to delete the posts.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

27. First time I've seen this reported

What is your problem with it?

[brooklynite]

2. Not a Saudi man...

Saudi Embassy told CNN its a Female Doctor.

[alcibiades_mystery]

5. Uh. Muh. Guh.

Ridiculous. So this is why they kept saying "Saudi national." Uuuuffffda.

[Renew Deal]

8. How would the embassy know that?

And why would they care enough to issue a statement?

[maddezmom]

10. Probably because she contacted them after being questioned.

And I think the statement was put out to correct the Post article.

[cali]

7. please take the NY Post and shove it... somewhere

It is a vile unreliable piece of shit right wingfuckwad source.

[Renew Deal]

9. The source is CBS

The Post regurgitated it.

[Logical]

13. Charge this idiot with assault! n-t

[reformist2]

17. Sounds like this bystander may owe someone an apology.

[uponit7771]

35. +1! ...and it doesn't look like it was a man either

[durablend]

14. Probably cause of course being

"Attending while brown" or something...

[Mr Dixon]

15. SMH

How are you supposed to act when a bomb goes off? SMH

[timdog44]

19. Exactly.

Nervous. Scared. Hurt. Running, either toward or away, or even in circles not knowing what to do. Crying, grimacing, dazed. Suspicious.

And we know he/she was a Saudi national because?

This is an international race. People all over the world come for it. Over 20,000 in the race alone. And 500,000 watching.

[get the red out]

18. Acting suspiciously

Like running from a bomb blast, wow, what kind of person would do that?

[spanone]

20. the new york post also posted 12 killed all day long yesterday...they are not in journalism business

[bullwinkle428]

23. Bingo - they were saying "12 dead" literally 30-45 minutes after the bomb exploded!

[leftynyc]

21. I wouldn't trust the NY Post

to get the date right much less something like this. They were also reporting there were 12 dead.

[marshall]

24. We're told "If you see something, say something."

I guess this person decided to also "do something." That's the hallmark of the age we live in.

[Sheldon Cooper]

26. It's weird, isn't it?

And if the person tackled turned out to be connected to the bombings, the bystander would be given the medal of honor for taking action.

[Mr Dixon]

31. ?

And if the person had nothing to do with it then what? Smells like shoot 1st ask questions later..SMH

[Xyzse]

32. The Heck

Something explodes, people run, and the first thing some people do is tackle the middle eastern.

People running from an explosion is not acting suspiciously... They're running away from an explosion, I don't care what race you are.

[uponit7771]

33. FAUX news is reporting this as the man running BEFORE...BEFORE the blast...I'm MORE likely to believ

...it was a winger now

[Matariki]

37. And apparently "acting suspiciously" meant running from the area a bomb just went off.

[RedCloud]

38. Was he "angry" about Tax day?

Just trying to keep folks focused on the other meaning of April 15th.

[Iggo]

39. Running away from explosions is suspicious activity now?

Or was it Running While Arab?

[Hayabusa]

40. Almost certainly

"Running While Arab"

[cali]

41. I don't buy that he was tackled. The young man was badly burned.

[kentuck]

42. Did the "tackler" know it was a Saudi or Arab?

Would it have been acceptable to "tackle" the guy if he was a white American?