Small bomb blows up Target bathroom while company faces right-wing wrath for transgender policy

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Small bomb blows up Target bathroom while company faces right-wing wrath for transgender policy

by Sarah K. Burris at the Raw Story

http://www.rawstory.com/2016/06/small-bomb-blows-up-target-bathroom-while-company-faces-right-wing-wrath-for-transgender-policy/

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A small bomb detonated in a women’s bathroom at a Target store in Evanston, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, Wednesday afternoon. Officials are not yet sure if the bomb was related to the right-wing wrath the company has endured as a result of their bathroom policy, but investigators are looking into it.

Commander Joe Dugan told WGNT that says there were no people inside the bathroom when the explosion occurred. While it caused minor damage, no person was injured. The bomb was made with a plastic bottle but did not contain nails, tacks or other projectiles like we saw with the Boston Marathon bombing. He said that they are reviewing the security footage to find the individual responsible.

Target announced that any customer of the store could use the bathroom consistent with their gender identity. Since then, over 1,330,585 people have signed an American Family Association petition saying that they will boycott the store. Since Target announced the policy, have been several reports of protesters walking through the aisles of Target while shouting transphobic comments and citing biblical passages.




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[Socal31]

1. Was this an actual explosive? There would be far more coverage....

[scscholar]

5. This. Sounds more like an e-cig going off...

than a real bomb. A locally Tully's had that happen and at first my friend that works there thought it was a bomb, but instead it was just one of those vaping people causing problems again.

[LanternWaste]

10. Are many e-cigs manufactured to appear as a plastic bottle?

Are many e-cigs manufactured to appear as a plastic bottle?

[Bluenorthwest]

12. In what respect, Charlie?

Cops call it a bomb and say it was constructed using a plastic bottle. How does that 'sound like an e-cig? Tell us.

[ret5hd]

2. Bet it was a dry ice bomb...

Plastic bottle, a bit of water, and a chunk of dry ice.

Very loud but not destructive. Sounds like a prank to me.

[ProfessorGAC]

7. I Betting You're Correct

Still a lot of pressure popping at once, so as you said, loud but unlikely to cause major harm.

A scare tactic, perhaps?

[jberryhill]

9. Shake and Bake Meth Lab would be my guess

[LiberalEsto]

13. Or a Drano bomb nt

[C_U_L8R]

3. Right-wingers are going to spoil bathrooms for all of us.

They truly are deranged and obsessed with bodily functions.
What the heck is wrong with them?

[Initech]

14. I don't know but they are deranged and dangerous.

And that is a very dangerous combination for all of us.

[Socal31]

4. The person who dropped it probably sampled one of the gourmet hotdogs from the food court.

[jberryhill]

6. I let off a few small bombs in a Target bathroom

It was the closest one to the food court at the mall, with that really good burrito place.

[surrealAmerican]

8. It sounds like this wasn't a real bomb, but ...

... that this happened here in Evanston, is disturbing. This is not some sort of right-wing suburb.

[louis-t]

11. Look for a guy in a red hat.

All that fuss over where people go to the bathroom.