A small man, possibly Asian, is standing and facing the Capitol with his arms folded and two small bags on rollers behind him. He has threatened to blow himself up.
The west side of the Capitol is being evacuated. Sharpshooters have their weapons trained on him.
Developing….
(via FOXNews’ Brian Wilson, reporting live)
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update: Four armed police officers rushed the man from behind and took him down. They have since dragged him off—though the bags remain on the west front of the Capitol.
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update 2: Political Teen has the video here.
Wait, what? I’ve had FoxNews on at work all day. There was a thing about an Amber Alert, but can’t recall hearing anything about a threat to the capitol… But Linda Vester is on discussing a new book which reports that French women are getting fat.
Perplexing.
Nevermind, it’s on now. They tackled the Asian dude. His bags are now in the hands of the bomb squad.
Ya know, I can’t make up my mind about Linda Vester. In the days when I only watched her in the gym with the TV on “mute,” I thought she might be the Junior League Woman from Hell. Then when I heard that deep, sexy voice… I pedaled faster.
It is obviously an MIB. I mean, an Asian-looking man who is wearing a black suit. I mean, what other explanation can there be?
No Ryder truck?
Pass. Sorry, but pass.
What do they mean when they say “detonated the suitcase?” Does it mean that they figured out how to make whatever is in the suitcase explode, or does it mean that they attached explosive devices to the suitcase and set them off? If it’s the former, how do they know that the suitcase isn’t full of C4, and will make a huge crater? If the latter, how do they know that it isn’t full of CBW agents?
TW “mass” as in “mass of radioactive material.”