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Nevilledog

(51,107 posts)
Fri Dec 31, 2021, 01:23 PM Dec 2021

Knoxville's Planned Parenthood total loss in early morning New Year's Eve fire



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“Total loss” 😳

If arson, which is likely, this is terrorism. Inspired and conducted by radicals — and those at the top of our state encourage it with their extremist legislation and rhetoric, as do many locals who call themselves men of God.

Knoxville's Planned Parenthood total loss in early morning New Year's Eve fire
It’s too early in the investigation, with parts of the building unsafe to enter, to be able to say what caused the fire or whether it’s suspicious.
knoxnews.com
8:35 AM · Dec 31, 2021


https://www.knoxnews.com/story/news/local/2021/12/31/knoxvilles-planned-parenthood-total-loss-early-new-years-eve-fire/9062339002/

Knoxville’s Planned Parenthood building was engulfed in flames early Friday morning and is a total loss.

Fire crews were called about 6:40 a.m. as heavy smoke was coming out of the back of the structure, Assistant Chief Brent Seymour said. There were no injuries to report. The building was being renovated and the clinic had not been used in some time.

Seymour said it’s too early in the investigation, with parts of the building unsafe to enter, to be able to say what caused the fire.

Representatives from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the FBI have already made contact with local officials and will help if it’s deemed the fire’s origin is suspicious.

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Knoxville's Planned Parenthood total loss in early morning New Year's Eve fire (Original Post) Nevilledog Dec 2021 OP
How A Knoxville Abortion Clinic Became A Target On Anniversary Of Roe v. Wade dalton99a Dec 2021 #1
Maybe a couple of the pigs got out of the pen and played with matches. nt Progressive Jones Dec 2021 #2
The people of Planned Parenthood are among the bravest in this country. Period. Hekate Dec 2021 #3
If it's arson, then they should arrest the terrorist rockfordfile Dec 2021 #4
If arson, let us call it what it is: DOMESTIC TERRORISM. niyad Jan 2022 #5
K&R Solly Mack Jan 2022 #6
Shit! leftyladyfrommo Jan 2022 #7
If There Was An Accelerant.... ProfessorGAC Jan 2022 #8

dalton99a

(81,512 posts)
1. How A Knoxville Abortion Clinic Became A Target On Anniversary Of Roe v. Wade
Fri Dec 31, 2021, 01:39 PM
Dec 2021
https://tntribune.com/how-a-knoxville-abortion-clinic-became-a-target-on-anniversary-of-roe-v-wade/

How A Knoxville Abortion Clinic Became A Target On Anniversary Of Roe v. Wade
February 17, 2021

Knoxville, TN (TN Tribune) – Whitney Maddox was waiting for an Uber in east Knoxville, Tennessee, one early Friday morning in January when he spotted a black sedan idling outside a Planned Parenthood clinic.

Assuming the car was for him, Maddox hurried over and peered inside. Then he bolted away. What he saw in the vehicle, he later told police, was a white man with a white bandana over his face. The man was holding a shotgun and pointing it at the clinic doors.

It was Jan. 22, the 48th anniversary of Roe v. Wade.

By the time law enforcement arrived, the suspect was gone. The clinic’s front door, made of glass, was blown out. Shotgun casings were scattered on the ground. Inside, shot marred the walls. An investigation is ongoing, but so far, no one has been arrested or charged in the crime.

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ProfessorGAC

(65,049 posts)
8. If There Was An Accelerant....
Sat Jan 1, 2022, 08:35 AM
Jan 2022

...the safest places would be where the fire started.
If it was arson, investigators will know in minutes. With their training they know arson as soon as they LOOK at the scene.

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