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Denver Bomb Squad Takes Out Toy Robot
An anonymous reader writes "A robot met its end near Coors Field tonight when the Denver Police Department Bomb Squad detonated the 'suspicious object,' bringing to an end the hours-long standoff between police and the approximately eight-inch tall toy. From the article: "'Are you serious?' asked Denver resident Justin Kent, 26, when police stopped him from proceeding down 20th Street. Kent said that he lived just past the closed area, but was told he would have to go around via Park Avenue.'"
Boston: crude package with exposed electronics, section wrapped in black plastic (later found to have the batteries.) Attached to interstate highway bridge, with no obvious purpose.
Response: abundance of caution in removing it (and shutting down the highway until they knew WTF it was/had it off the bridge), search other bridges (and subsequent discovery of multiple devices.) "Artists" knew of police response and did not contact police, but instead watched with glee and told all their friends. Meanwhile, I spent an hour stuck in a subway car, squeezed in so tight I had just enough space to breathe. So don't fucking lecture me about overreactions, because you weren't affected by it (in fact, most of the keyboard heros who bitched about Boston's "overreaction" weren't affected by it.)
Denver: toy robot on the ground- nothing suspicious about it. Response: blew it up.
So, how is Boston overreacting worse than Denver here?
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