Uhhh, no. Foreign dude dropping off a backpack and leaving it in a crowded setting? Uh, hell naw. I'm leaving AND reporting it. You can be complacent all you want.

 

Agreed that's why I came out and said this. This is not completely normal. You don't carry around a bag and set it on the curb of a street and walk away if you are coming back. This is post 9/11.

If the brother was in the car also when the shots were exchanged how in the world was he not dinged? Or do I misunderstand where the gunfight happened?

 

Last I read, at some point he got out of the car, and that's when he was killed. Younger brother ran him over fleeing as well. Might explain the huge gash? :idunno:

I noticed EKG patches on him, EMS appears to have given more than lip service to trying to save him.

Agreed that's why I came out and said this. This is not completely normal. You don't carry around a bag and set it on the curb of a street and walk away if you are coming back. This is post 9/11.

 

It was an insanely crowded area. No one would be paying attention to a couple guys walking around with bags. Commonplace at marathons.

Last I read, at some point he got out of the car, and that's when he was killed. Younger brother ran him over fleeing as well. Might explain the huge gash? :idunno:

Ok that makes sense.

Last I read, at some point he got out of the car, and that's when he was killed. Younger brother ran him over fleeing as well. Might explain the huge gash? :idunno:

 

This was my understanding as well.

If the brother was in the car also when the shots were exchanged how in the world was he not dinged? Or do I misunderstand where the gunfight happened?

 

My question all day is, how did the other brother get away in the first place? Did the dead brother provide cover for him so the younger brother could escape the pursuit? I haven't heard details on the original chase.

I thought I saw somewhere that the photo was fake. :idunno:

 

It was an insanely crowded area. No one would be paying attention to a couple guys walking around with bags. Commonplace at marathons.

 

Betcha they do now. Especially foreigners, Americans are hated, always be on guard my friends.

You haven't attended many marathons have you.... Like said before, bags are common. Foreign people are also common. Especially Boston.

 

 

I've attended one full marathon and a few half marathons and plenty of 5Ks. In none of those situations would I watch a foreign dude drop off a backpack and then leave it and feel comfortable. In fact, I'd probably at the least follow the dude and say, "hey, you left your backpack." If what you're telling me is that at marathons is that people just drop off backpacks and leave them on the sidewalk unattended then maybe we need to ban all marathons if folks aren'tthat observant. Who just drops off backpacks and leaves them? That makes no sense to me.

Uhhh, no. Foreign dude dropping off a backpack and leaving it in a crowded setting? Uh, hell naw. I'm leaving AND reporting it. You can be complacent all you want.

 

Think about the area PP, it's not central KY where 98% of the population is black or white. It's not like they were dressed in anything remotely resembling foreign ethnic attire. When there pics were released yesterday everyone was up in arms saying those guys don't look like Islamic radicals and that people were just stereotyping Islam because of 9/11 and so on. It's not like they were going to have thick foreign accents either, they grew up here, c'mon.

Agreed that's why I came out and said this. This is not completely normal. You don't carry around a bag and set it on the curb of a street and walk away if you are coming back. This is post 9/11.

 

 

Especially after 9/11.

Think about the area PP, it's not central KY where 98% of the population is black or white. It's not like they were dressed in anything remotely resembling foreign ethnic attire. When there pics were released yesterday everyone was up in arms saying those guys don't look like Islamic radicals and that people were just stereotyping Islam because of 9/11 and so on. It's not like they were going to have thick foreign accents either, they grew up here, c'mon.

 

 

Forget the foreign part. Why would anyone watch someone drop off a backpack to not one single soul and then leave it unattended? I don't live in an America where people are nice enough to watch your bag for you when you leave.

It was an insanely crowded area. No one would be paying attention to a couple guys walking around with bags. Commonplace at marathons.

 

The victim said he saw the dude place the bag down and then leave. He paid enough attention to say he looked him in his eyes and watched him walk away leaving the bag. Sorry, PP92 is leaving. You guys can stay since apparently it is normal behavior to leave backpacks unattended in an insanely crowded area because that's what people do at marathons.

Forget the foreign part. Why would anyone watch someone drop off a backpack to not one single soul and then leave it unattended? I don't live in an America where people are nice enough to watch your bag for you when you leave.

 

Probably because everyone was paying attention to the race, and not people watching.