New York police officers with the bomb squad unit
NEW YORK (AP) — A small bomb caused minor damage to a landmark military recruiting station in the heart of Times Square before dawn Thursday, and police were searching for a hooded bicyclist seen on a surveillance video pedaling away.
The video shows the bicyclist getting off a bike at 3:40 a.m. Thursday and walking toward the building. A minute or so later, the person returned to the bike and rode away. A brief flash and a cloud of white smoke follows.
A bike, believed used in the crime, was later found in the trash on West 38th Street, Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said.
The blast left a gaping hole in the front window and shattered a glass door, twisting and blackening its metal frame. No one was hurt, but Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said the device, though unsophisticated, could have caused “injury and even death.”
Update: washingtonpost.com
Federal authorities said today there is no apparent link between the bombing of a Manhattan military recruiting station and a man who mailed rambling letters to Congress that featured the building.
The timing amounts to “an amazing coincidence,” one law enforcement official said.
About 100 congressional Democrats received identical antiwar letters in recent days that declared: “We did it,” and included photos of a man standing in front of the U.S. military’s iconic recruiting center in the middle of New York’s Times Square, officials said. That same center was the target of a crude bomb that authorities believe was placed by a person riding a bicycle early yesterday morning.
“twisting and blackening its metal frame”
Sounds “harmless” to me. After they find and convict the nut put him in jail and throw away the key.
#35;
Because we know the media always picks words that accurately show what happened rather than sensationalize events.
Look at the pictures. I know of quite a few legal fireworks that can easily do that sort of damage.
#36 – It’s visible in the lower right part of the window frame. I know no legal (in CA) fireworks that could do that damage to a metal frame.
I say, catch him and throw him in with a nice cell mate…
#37, patrick,
I say, catch him and throw him in with a nice cell mate…
OK, so you don’t believe in the Constitution either. So why not throw you in jail and let you scream about your “rights”.
Moran.
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That simply is not harsh enough, why put him in prison when we can have a nice public execution and than drape ourselves in the flag while singing God Bless America. Maybe they can even have pay preview so the rest of the country can see it. Better yet, maybe Fox, CNN and MSNBC can broadcast it for free.
Why again did this even make mainstream news? Ratings?
#38 So, finding, convicting and putting in jail is unconstitutional? I see a pattern in your posts that indicate inability to read. Adult night schools do exist you know…
#37;
Oh, for jeebus’ sake. It didn’t even break through the interior glass. Looks hella frightening to me. Give me an arterial shell (firework) and I bet the same thing would happen if you blow it up right there-blacken the door frame, possibly dent it, and break the glass.
Come to the Midwest and we’ll show you real fireworks.
#43 – A person can no more purchase an arterial shell in NY than a stick of dynamite. Your use of the word “firework” is pretty lame.
#44;
Sorry, should I say “aerial shell” instead if it pleases your feeble mind? The boxes are often marked as “Arterial Shells.” They’re perfectly legal in many states.
Have any more semantics to argue about instead of the subject at hand?
Arterial shells. Sounds like something I’d need for my heart if that thing went off 50′ away. I guess the Chinese don’t know how to label artillery shells.
One wonders if the commenters or police whould feel the same way if this was an abortion clinic.
#46;
I was spelling it in genuine Engrish! =D
Yep. I like “Arterial shells” better. Those Chinese know how to label a box: 🙂 Some insurrections required for assembry.
#42, patrick,
#38 So, finding, convicting and putting in jail is unconstitutional?
No, itt is perfectly correct to find someone who broke the law, give them a fair trial, and upon conviction, a reasonable sentence. What is unreasonable is what you originally wrote. I understand your reading comprehension is low, but your stupidity in not even realizing what you previously wrote is virtually unfathomable.
Let me remind you in #37,
I say, catch him and throw him in with a nice cell mate…
That implies NO trial but a summary punishment of your sadistic, cruel, un-American mind set. Sort of like your King Bush has been known to do. No trial, no conviction, no legal defense, no lawyer, no rights to be respected. Just the typical attitude you have become known for.
#48, Nate,
Gee, I liked it too. I thought the name gave it a sort of panache not found with ordinary fireworks.
#50 – To Mr. Reading is fundamental. If you read my EARLIER post I said, “find and convict the nut.”
fYDauW Cool, bro!