Cops Stop Car Bomb From Exploding in Times Square; Gun Powder & Wires Found in Vehicle
Posted by Jim Hoft on Saturday, May 1, 2010, 10:35 PM
Two heroic cops stopped a car bomb from exploding in Times Square tonight.
The car was loaded with gasoline, gun powder, propane tanks, electrical wiring and a possible detonating device with a clock attached.
Here’s video from the scene that includes footage of cops in protective suits examining the area.
The New York Daily News reported, via Free Republic:
Heroic cops stopped a car bomb from blowing up in the heart of Times Square Saturday night, officials told the Daily News.
Two female cops patrolling the area noticed a man fumbling with something in the back of a Nissan SUV parked on the southwest corner of 45th St. and Broadway about 7 p.m. The man saw the officers looking and took off running.
The two cops went to the car and saw smoke, clusters of canisters and heard something fizzing, a source said. The quick-acting cops called for backup, and the bomb squad was on the way as the Crossroads of the World was evacuated.
“It looks as if the perp was trying to light it up, and was interrupted by the cops, panicked and took off,” a law enforcement source said.
“It looked like someone tried to detonate it and we got to it in time,” another source said. “This is a big deal. It has the makings of a real car bomb.”
The bomb squad used a robot to get inside the car and found gasoline, gun powder, propane tanks, electrical wiring and a possible detonating device with a clock attached, sources said.
Wires led from the device to the ground outside the car, and may have been connected somehow to the Marriott Marquis, a high-ranking police source said. The huge hotel was evacuated during the melee along with most Broadway shows.
UPDATE: Rep. Peter King suggested that the bomb could have been related to the South Park scandal.
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Saint commented:
Damn, that’s pretty intense. Stolen car, fake license. I wonder if they’ll find the guy?
dfshfskh commented:
Question Obama and Bill Ayres its May Day!
dfshfskh commented:
another source said. “This is a big deal.
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False flag by the White House
xvxcvxc commented:
Obama has failed to clean up the gulf and he is parting like a fool, failed display of leadership
Jean commented:
I’m sure the Tea Party will be blamed for this.
Gini commented:
Have to give NYPD credit on this. It’s an absolutely beautiful night here in NYC, mid 70s, and everyone was outside. 7 pm is peak pre-theatre time and Times Square would be at maximum capacity. Cowardly bastards who tried this.
8 My Foot commented:
I’m willing to bet the State Run Media doesn’t know who did it, where it came from, anything about it or who was going to detonate it, but they’re positive about one thing:
It wasn’t a muslim.
fgdfgd commented:
False flag to get Obama’s failed response to the oil rig off the news..
Obama is a terrorist, find the perp. hes linked to the White House.
Jason commented:
I arrived there just after the cops had herded everyone onto 8th and 6th Avenues. It was pandemonium. I thought nothing of it until I saw the robot bomb disposal units. It’s only a matter of time before the release the inevitable security video footage of a Muslim looking man fleeing the scene.
Chippy commented:
The automobile probably was last driven by an illegal alien. Just saying.
Kevin commented:
What do you bet that Bill Clinton is hoping that it’s a member of a Michigan militia so he can start blaming Rush again.
jonyjoe101 commented:
It has to be a muslim perpetrator otherwise the news would have reported who it was right away. The cops saw someone winding the timer then he ran, obviously they got a good description. They just need to clear it with obama before they report who it was we are looking for.
New York doesn’t want to offend obamas friends.
Nahanni commented:
Jean #5,
The fact that the description of the perp has not been released and that the Corruptocrat regime has not held a dog and pony (aka Napalitano and various NY Senators and congresscritters) “press conference” screeching “OMG! This was an attempted act of terrorism….errrr… “man made disaster”!!!!11!!!!” and they are trying their best to say “nothing to see here, move along” indicates to me that the perp was not some white guy with a beer gut named Billy Bob.
I am going to guess that it was some guy named Kareem or Jose.
Inter Ruption commented:
False flag to get Obama’s failed response to the oil rig off the news..
Obama is a terrorist, find the perp. hes linked to the White House.
Baloney. The news is barely covering Obama’s lack of response to the oil rig. There’s no need to distract, because the press is already making excuses for him.
Besides, Obama and crew think they’re invincible. They don’t even perceive the trouble they’re in. This was either a Muslim terrorist, another leftist like the one who crashed his plane into the IRS building, an antigovernment McVeigh type, or a random lunatic.
DocScience commented:
agree with inter ruption, so many choices:
Moslem nut
Anarchist nut
Eco-nut
Race-nut (pick your color)
Left-nut
Right-nut
nut-nut
seems to be some commonality here…
akw commented:
The SUV was parked next to the Viacom building – home to the parent company of Comedy Central/Southpark. The Minskoff Theater is in the same place, one opens onto Broadway and the other onto 45th.
trizzlor commented:
Read these comments as if they were about Bush and tell me they don’t reek of BDS. I’m sure your outrage is just as justified as theirs was.
kate commented:
Understanding the subtext: The president praised the cops (because he had to) and slammed the perps (for not being successful).
Larry commented:
Cops are Animals!
No, I don’t believe that. I believe the exact opposite.
But that was one of the signs at the illegals rally yesterday.
See here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2Ge4sajz_w
Bottom Right hand side yellow sign 33 seconds into this video.
Oh, meanwhile…
Obama targets advisers, birthers, GOP for laughs
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100502/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_correspondents
Laugh it up while we are experiencing the worst oil spill in our nation’s history?
By the way, if you don’t think that Obama is a friend of “Big Oil” think again.
During the 2008 election cycle, BP-linked donors gave $71,051 to Barack Obama’s senate campaign, more than they gave to any other senator that cycle.
Andreas K. commented:
Nahanni
May 2nd, 2010 | 12:22 am | #14
You’re right with that. Over here, when they don’t publish a description of the criminal, or at least an ethnicity, then you can be 100% sure that he’s from the “usual suspects.” Aka mohammedan arabs.
Cause if the criminal is white they will even publish his name, a photo, everything.
The two cops who initially found out must have seen something. They must have seen how tall the guy was, and possibly even his face. But none of that is published… Hmmm… Sounds awfully familiar to me.
Militant Conservative commented:
trizzlor
May 2nd, 2010 | 2:04 am | #18
BDS is fear of things not real.
Barry however HAS done the things that are pissing people off. Unless you ment Barry Derangement Syndrome. LOL
I avoid crowds every since 9-11. I have carried a gun since then too. powder is dry.
TaSS commented:
News is reporting it was a t-shirt vendor that alerted cops.
“see something, say something”
It wasn’t a very sophisticated device and I am sure they have the guy on mulitple security cameras.
We’ll know soon enough.
RegularRon commented:
Almost sounds like a couple of Irish guys got a little drunk and wanted to restart the “troubles”.
Who ever was trying to make this “bomb”, was left off the IQ rolls at school. As the Mayor said, the bomb was “amateurish”.
But thanks for the hyperventilating. It’s good for a laugh
archer52 commented:
Hopefully it won’t turn out to be some white militia guy. Obama would jump all over that and the left would increase the pressure to “reign them in.” The “Them” being tea party people of course. Here’s a link to a very disturbing article I found.
http://truthandcommonsense.com/2010/04/30/a-new-site-with-disturbing-news-us-army-trains-to-fight-bomb-throwing-tea-party-groups/
In my novel, “REVOLT” (www.revoltthebook.com) the rogue President uses an event in New York City as an excuse to deploy troops permanently and demand increased domestic security. Trouble was, it was his people that committed the crime to trigger the crackdown.
In this case, who knows. Hopefully one nutjob with a bad plan. But, don’t think this won’t be exploited by Obama and his people. I’ll not be surprised if the next time we Maureen Dowd she’ll be wearing a helmet and flak vest as she screams that something needs to be done about “those people.”
Meaning us.
Espresso Logic - The 6th Sense commented:
You mean it wasn’t one of those grandmothers from the Quincy POTUS protest?
How inconvenient for Ovomit.
TaSS commented:
“But thanks for the hyperventilating. It’s good for a laugh”
This is not a prank.
That “amateurish” bomb could have killed people in Times Sqaure last night. Your attempt to down play what is serious business is the only thing that is laughable.
Neo commented:
Maybe they just hated Planet Hollywood .. 45th and Broadway .. where I ate lunch yesterday .. the hamburger was a bit dry.
Chisum commented:
Regular Ron sounds more like a Regular MoRon.
TaSS commented:
Neo,
No one eats at Planet Hollywood unless you want to overpay for a dry hamburger.
You want a good hamburger at a fair price, try one of the Jewish delis, though once there, forget the hamburger and have a pastrami.
AliceL. commented:
Oh, it was probably those violent Mormons who packed the explosives! Watch the MSM refuse to consider the possibiliy that Moslems did this.
bg commented:
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akw @ 1:23 am #17
re: [Comedy Central/Southpark]
interesting, oh okay, pertinent..
South Park Takes on [Censored]
[Trey Stone and Matt Parker, the cartoon’s creators, were warned this week that they would be killed if they were seen to continue mocking the Prophet after an episode broadcast last Wednesday . It included a character representing [censored], who spoke from inside a giant bear suit to prevent the illustrators having to depict him — a blasphemous act according to some [censored].]
Today, Jon Stewart — Free Speech Warrior — is My Hero
[Put in the difficult position to address his network’s controversial decision to censor a “South Park” episode that mocked Islamic extremists, he deftly put the network’s decision in context, back-handedly criticized it but summed it up with an adroit, “But hey, they write the checks.”]
oh yeah, about that bear..
and please remember that no matter how far over he bends, how much Islamist terrorist butt Obama kisses, attacks will not only continue, but escalate par their course..
sorry, but i & many others have been warning about this since 9/11..
bottom line: for all intent & purpose, Obama is the Manchurian Jihad..
jmo’s, so take em or leave em, we’ll all
see what happens if he is not stopped..
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Roy Mustang commented:
I’m sure it was a Muslim angry over South Park. The bomb was set near the Viacom building which owns South Park.
That or Ayers is back in business. Anyone check if there were boxes of nails included to inflict maximum civilian damage?
Deanna commented:
RegularRon
May 2nd, 2010 | 6:04 am | #26
Almost sounds like a couple of Irish guys got a little drunk and wanted to restart the “troubles”.
Who ever was trying to make this “bomb”, was left off the IQ rolls at school. As the Mayor said, the bomb was “amateurish”.
But thanks for the hyperventilating. It’s good for a laugh.
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A lot of people were killed during those “troubles.” And just because it’s considered “amateuerish” doesn’t mean it couldn’t have killed hundreds of people. And it doesn’t mean it wasn’t a terrorist act. Or do you think all those suicide bombers are professional?
Roy Mustang commented:
RegularRon
May 2nd, 2010 | 6:04 am | #26
“Almost sounds like a couple of Irish guys got a little drunk and wanted to restart the “troubles”.”
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F*** you. I could have lost some friends and relatives. You’re an ass.
bg commented:
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TaSS @ 6:32 am #29
re: [This is not a prank. etc]
exactly..
as if to say “not too many people will die”.. *sigh*
albeit the goal is to put such fear in people that they freeze (retreat, hide & do nothing).. which not only waves a white flag, but paves the way for an enemy take-over.. these operations have not just begun, heck, they worked
on 9/11 for at least 5 years, they also do ‘test runs’ (practice makes deadly)..
bottom line: no matter who or what they state they are attacking, and/or for whatever the reason, their RESOLUTE BOTTOM LINE is to turn US into an Islamic Sharia Caliphate, something they don’t give a bats guano how long it will take.. they’re just moving at warp speed now because for all intent and purpose, their Ayatollah is in the White House..
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bg commented:
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AliceL. @ 6:48 am #33
Mormons vs Moslems
I’m afraid of what the…that’s where I’m really afraid. I would like to
criticize Islam much more than I do publicly, but I’m afraid for my life
if I do.
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bg commented:
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RegularRon @ 6:04 am #26
there’s huge difference between Irish &
Islamist.. one’s local, the other global..
samo samo for the Crusades btw..
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donh commented:
Look at the modest hero in this terror attack. Bomb was spotted by a veteran military man selling wares off the curb who then notified police. Sounds like the kind of man you would meet at a tea party. Yet the media is already trying to tie this terror to the tea party by suggesting the crudeness of the bomb is kin to Tim McVeigh. Never mind that the hispanics are up in arms over the AZ law, and the attack occured on Che Day Pinko dey mayo . The prime suspect should be the latino terrorists pardoned by Eric Holder.
D commented:
http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2010/05/pakistani_taliban_cl.php
Taliban claiming credit.. Dont tell Big Sis!
Sandy commented:
Once again Obama is a day late and a dollar short. After 12 days he finally goes to see the Oil spill as a T-Shirt Vendor and some fantastic police work stop a bomb attack in Times Square. The Federal Government will help out he says–duh. What does he consider helpful, allowing a terrorist show trial in NYC?
Wonder who Obama will blame for this–because there will always be an enemy. Wall Street, Tea Party Grannys, Right Wingers, perhaps Health Insurance Companies. He will never blame the Terrorists because they must be understood and of course its the US who is the bad guy in the world and as Rev. Wright said — this is what we deserve. Wait for the SPEECH in which he tells us we are all to blame. The reason Liberalism always fails is because Liberals have no answers except more Govt control over people’s lives while they tell the rest of the world we hate that whole super power thing.
Sojourner commented:
… out of Chicago:
Threatening Note Found On Philly-Bound Flight
http://cbs3.com/topstories/FBI.Philadelphia.Law.2.1669115.html
http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2010/05/suspicious-message-found-on-chicago-to-philadelphia-flight.html
Rock commented:
Sarc on: News out of New York a well placed official in the Man Made Disaster Unit says they believe a element of the White Hair Granny Brigade a Tea Party affiliate with a history of violence, may be linked to the Times Square bombing attempt. After suffering a humiliating defeat at the hands of SWAT in Quincy this week they where looking to reestablish their intimidation by violence agenda. Sarc Off.
eaglewingz08 commented:
Tim McVeigh had an ‘amateurish’ bomb, but that didn’t help the victims in Oklahoma City. To liberals anytime a bomb doesn’t go off, it means that it was a meaningless attempt, stupid terrorists and thus anyone who’s concerned about the potential death and mayhem are either racists or fear mongers. But they would have said the same thing had we caught Mohammad Atta and his jihadi cohorts before they hijacked the airplanes and flew them into the WTC and Pentagon.