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reACTIONary

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23. The fires in Furgison...

Reply to ellenrr (Original post)

Sun Dec 7, 2014, 12:10 AM

Dec 2014

...weren't caused by spontaneous combustion. The were caused by incendary devices like this one. After one prominent "protestor" urged the crowd to and “Burn this bitch down”.

I'm glad the cops are taking this threat serriously, and anyone caught with molotov cocktail at a protest should be arrested and jailed immediatly.

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Durham police find explosive device near area of protests [View all] ellenrr Dec 2014 OP

The police that cried Wolf Politicalboi Dec 2014 #1

^^^ my thoughts, too hopemountain Dec 2014 #3

That's unfair. It could have been planted by the FBI or CIA, too. nt valerief Dec 2014 #8

or those patriotic heros, the Tea Party LiberalElite Dec 2014 #12

"This protest has been canceled for your own safety" 951-Riverside Dec 2014 #2

Yeah, it's a Molotov cocktail. Jackpine Radical Dec 2014 #15

you can bet the protesters will be blamed olddots Dec 2014 #4

A Molotov cocktail. nt bemildred Dec 2014 #5

False Flag... VanillaRhapsody Dec 2014 #6

or the cop who "found" it. nt awoke_in_2003 Dec 2014 #13

Possibly....but did you see those Teabaggers leaving whiskey melon and fried chicken VanillaRhapsody Dec 2014 #14

They found a bottle of moonshine with a rag stopper in the top. rofl. n/t jtuck004 Dec 2014 #7

Molotov cocktails are explosive devices which detonate now? (nt) Posteritatis Dec 2014 #9

Petroleum-based liquid" - well I'm glad they sent it to the lab for analysis! Scootaloo Dec 2014 #10

See #15 for details. Jackpine Radical Dec 2014 #16

I know what a molotov cocktail is, thanks. Scootaloo Dec 2014 #17

Yeah. "undetonated"…"explosive device"… Jackpine Radical Dec 2014 #18

Check in your garage PeoViejo Dec 2014 #11

Under the law a molotov cocktail is classified as a. .. reACTIONary Dec 2014 #22

That said PeoViejo Dec 2014 #24

Sounds like.... reACTIONary Dec 2014 #27

As other DUers have said, it's a molotove cocktail, not an explosive sakabatou Dec 2014 #19

Shades of the Haymarket Affair----police plant bomb to discredit and railroad McCamy Taylor Dec 2014 #20

Yep, I thought of Haymarket right away too. Brigid Dec 2014 #21

The fires in Furgison... reACTIONary Dec 2014 #23

You sound like a Reactionary. PeoViejo Dec 2014 #25

Oh, snap! :) - nt KingCharlemagne Dec 2014 #26

Gee, that's.... reACTIONary Dec 2014 #28

Intended to be.. sendero Dec 2014 #29