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reACTIONary

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15. A scooter sitting out like that is not only fathomable...

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Reply #4)

Thu Sep 9, 2021, 12:02 PM

Sep 2021

... it is quite common. Bikes also. In DC they are all over the place. They are rental / ride share scooters and bikes. You pick one up from wherever someone left one, and unlock it with your smartphone. You go wherever you are going, hop off and leave it for someone else to use. They are tracked by GPS and you are charged for the ride through the smartphone app.

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FBI releases new footage of possible RNC, DNC pipe-bomb suspect [View all] reACTIONary Sep 2021 OP

I remember there was security cam video published of him walking around the area BumRushDaShow Sep 2021 #1

The scooter is incidental... reACTIONary Sep 2021 #2

I did watch the video, but IIRC from the earlier videos published back in January BumRushDaShow Sep 2021 #4

A scooter sitting out like that is not only fathomable... reACTIONary Sep 2021 #15

Here in Philly, we are almost 3 times the size of D.C. proper in population BumRushDaShow Sep 2021 #16

They created a map of the suspect's wanderings, with video insets.. Princess Turandot Sep 2021 #3

I remember some people said it could be a woman JI7 Sep 2021 #5

In the earlier released videos, that looked like a possibility.. Princess Turandot Sep 2021 #6

I agree with you. It's the difference between a male vs. female pelvic girdle. Texin Sep 2021 #10

I think so too bucolic_frolic Sep 2021 #13

I think it's a woman theworldatlarge Sep 2021 #7

I wonder if the FBI ever searched the cell records for a phone at that position at that time? LiberalArkie Sep 2021 #8

Maybe, but I wouldn't be surprised if suspect was using burner phone LeftInTX Sep 2021 #9

If he was an out of towner, it would still get the FBI to the store. Since the bombs did not LiberalArkie Sep 2021 #11

Oath Keeper leaders did not use their phones. They used Walkie Talkies LeftInTX Sep 2021 #12

A bipartisan terrorist? Steelrolled Sep 2021 #14

Wonder if he's an anarchists Polybius Sep 2021 #17