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11 years ago today, Boston looked like this
Posted on 4/19/24 at 7:19 am
Posted on 4/19/24 at 7:19 am
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"Watch your mics. Watch your mics," police were heard saying over the scanner. "If you've got an open mic, watch your mic. Watch the radio."
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Posted on 4/19/24 at 7:21 am to SlowFlowPro
Didn’t police chase them down the road having to dodge grenades being dropped on the roadway?
Crazy shite. The entire day was like a climactic scene from a 90s action movie.
Crazy shite. The entire day was like a climactic scene from a 90s action movie.
Posted on 4/19/24 at 7:22 am to SlowFlowPro
The day the mics were watched.
Posted on 4/19/24 at 7:22 am to SlowFlowPro
quote:
Watch the radio.
Silly goose, radios are for listening, not watching
Posted on 4/19/24 at 7:26 am to SlowFlowPro
I remember lunatics on Reddit "found" the wrong person and ended up causing an innocent all kinds of problems.
Posted on 4/19/24 at 7:27 am to SlowFlowPro
Cannot believe that was 11 years ago. One of the better TD threads also, we had live feeds from every agency in the northeast.
Posted on 4/19/24 at 7:30 am to SlowFlowPro
Did you know that the Boston bomber got a $1400 Covid stimmy check while in jail?
Posted on 4/19/24 at 7:37 am to SlowFlowPro
That was a crazy day. I flew into Boston looking at apartments to move there.
Because the city was locked down, they made us go straight from our gate to a cab, and the cabs could only bring us to our hotel. Once we got to the hotel they had security checking IDs to ensure you actually had a reservation there.
We couldn’t leave our hotel room so we watched the coverage until the all clear was given. The city was a ghost town.
Once we could leave we went to dinner and on the way back to the hotel, there was a massive crowd in the Common cheering for all the police as they went by. It was a spontaneous parade, basically. American flags everywhere.
We joined in, drank beers with strangers, and shook hands with every cop that passed. It was one of the most memorable nights of my life.
Because the city was locked down, they made us go straight from our gate to a cab, and the cabs could only bring us to our hotel. Once we got to the hotel they had security checking IDs to ensure you actually had a reservation there.
We couldn’t leave our hotel room so we watched the coverage until the all clear was given. The city was a ghost town.
Once we could leave we went to dinner and on the way back to the hotel, there was a massive crowd in the Common cheering for all the police as they went by. It was a spontaneous parade, basically. American flags everywhere.
We joined in, drank beers with strangers, and shook hands with every cop that passed. It was one of the most memorable nights of my life.
Posted on 4/19/24 at 7:42 am to SlowFlowPro
The OT was way ahead of the MSN that night on the suspects.
Posted on 4/19/24 at 7:45 am to SlowFlowPro
One of the best threads this site every produced.
Posted on 4/19/24 at 7:53 am to SlowFlowPro
Then they put him on the cover of the Rolling Stone like a rockstar.
Posted on 4/19/24 at 8:12 am to SlowFlowPro
We were in Boston that week, staying in a Copley Square hotel. My wife and I had taken a walk down to the finish line area, we were in the hotel lobby when all hell broke loose. Has heard the booms, everyone got a panicked look. within minutes we were in lockdown, then they asked us to go to our rooms. We were told later that accommodations were available at other hotels, if we stayed we would be essentially confined to our rooms indefinitely. We grabbed just what we could carry and were taken to another hotel. They brought our luggage later.
On the North end we could walk around, then Thursday we couldn't leave the hotel. Friday was crazy, watched it all on TV, sirens everywhere, armed people everywhere. Then they got the bastards and it was like the Sox had won the series. Through the ordeal the people of Boston were great, most visitors had left by Tuesday, we were able to get home on Saturday.
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On the North end we could walk around, then Thursday we couldn't leave the hotel. Friday was crazy, watched it all on TV, sirens everywhere, armed people everywhere. Then they got the bastards and it was like the Sox had won the series. Through the ordeal the people of Boston were great, most visitors had left by Tuesday, we were able to get home on Saturday.
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Posted on 4/19/24 at 8:16 am to SlowFlowPro
Thank goodness Mark Wahlberg was there to save the day in multiple jurisdictions.
Posted on 4/19/24 at 8:21 am to SlowFlowPro
The cordon and search of neighborhoods in the United States of America, where police pointed guns at people who were standing on their own front porch. Very Constitutional. Good times.
And then, of course, the guy was located by - yep, you guessed it - not the police, but a citizen.
And then, of course, the guy was located by - yep, you guessed it - not the police, but a citizen.
Posted on 4/19/24 at 8:33 am to SlowFlowPro
We had some good debates that week about the Constitutional implications of a law enforcement lockdown of Boston. I don’t remember what position I took, but I know I was correct, lol.
Posted on 4/19/24 at 8:35 am to SlowFlowPro
I was glued to the tv for those days after the bombing. The manhunt was exciting stuff.
Posted on 4/19/24 at 8:36 am to SlowFlowPro
I think the scanner link was on here for the night they got the guy in the boat. Cops on open mics. Sneaking up on the yard giving positions then seemed like 30 seconds of gunfire. Good times.
Posted on 4/19/24 at 9:15 am to SlowFlowPro
> What a mind-boggling reminder / scene of the malignant, residual Patriot Act impact of 9II...
This constituted THE most outrageous, unnecessary and over-officious scene and harbingers of constitutional violations of (supposed) American freedom & rights EVER.
American taxpaying citizens: Invaded NOT by a foreign occupiers but by a special para-military force backed by armor who actually threatened the citizenry at gunpoint. An absolute disgrace.
WHY again?
Oh, that's right; because normal LE protocol has always been to shut-down major US cities by declaring Martial Law; THEN call in spec ops platoons backed by armor and choppers to run rough-shod through residential neighborhoods...in order to chase & hunt down fugitives scampering through neighborhood.
OH WAIT.
Posted on 4/19/24 at 9:26 am to SlowFlowPro
Batteries, I need some batteries.
Posted on 4/19/24 at 9:39 am to SlowFlowPro
I remember this being must see tv. We had friends over and an entire food/beverage spread to watch the manhunt.
This post was edited on 4/19/24 at 9:40 am
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