Nashville Bombing

[jodi]

This is horrible. WTF.

[George K]

Police said that the RV looked "suspicious" and they were telling people to clear the area before the explosion. They also commented that these types of events always leave lots of forensic evidence. FBI is taking the lead.

[Copper]

Apparently no word yet on who or why

cnn says Nashville police say there were "announcements broadcasting from the vehicle" prior to the explosion

[89th]

Feels weird, the one time I visited Nashville I stayed right on that block. Makes the video feel “more real” to me.

[brenda]

6:30 AM? Makes you wonder if they meant to have it set for PM. Probably many more people would have been there at 6:30 PM.

[Catseye3]

From coverage from the Tennesseean:

"Just before the blast, witnesses in the area report a dire warning coming from the RV: “Evacuate now. There is a bomb. A bomb is in this vehicle and will explode."

https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/local/2020/12/25/downtown-nashville-explosion-christmas/4044635001/

[Larry]

It was a trap to draw in policemen and kill them, in my opinion. It was not the bombers intent to kill civilians, which is why it was set for that early in the morning. There was a recording that started playing from the RV telling people to evacuate because the RV was set to explode. Whoever did it wanted to get civilians to run away, and police to run to, the RV.

[LuFins Dad]

WTF did they have in that thing?

[Larry]

@lufins-dad said in In Nashville this AM:

WTF did they have in that thing?

I don't know, but it sure packed a punch, didn't it....

[mark]

WTF.

[Copper]

@jodi said in In Nashville this AM:

This is horrible. WTF.

Some of those people have occasional bad behavior, but they wouldn't do this.

Not on Christmas anyway.

[Mik]

While not exactly in the spirit of the day, that was fuh-nee.

[George K]

[kluurs]

[jodi]

@copper I wondered if that would get a reaction from TNCR.

[mark]

VBIED? Very Bad Improvised Explosive Device? lol

WTF is VB?

[Doctor Phibes]

@mark said in In Nashville this AM:

VBIED? Very Bad Improvised Explosive Device? lol

WTF is VB?

Vehicle-borne Improvised Explosive Device.

Presumably it's American for car-bomb.

[George K]

Former federal prosecutor weighs in on what's unusual and speculates on motive

Read the tread:

[Doctor Phibes]

He mentions the 1996 IRA bombing of Manchester as having similarities - they frequently used to call in warnings ahead of time, and sometimes actually used code words so the police would know which warnings were genuine. The goal was to cause as much chaos and material damage as possible, but preferably without killing anybody.

[jodi]

Fascinating. (Horrifying too). Off topic about twitter - I really only read it when it’s linked to here, and I find I’m much more likely to keep reading without my mind drifting off somewhere else when things are broken into chunks like that, even though there were a lot of them, than I would if it were all presented together on one page. (I tend to skim, then) Pretty sure technology has rewired my brain...