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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsKnoxville's Planned Parenthood total loss in early morning New Year's Eve fire
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The Tennessee Holler
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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
Its too early in the investigation, with parts of the building unsafe to enter, to be able to say what caused the fire or whether its suspicious.
knoxnews.com
8:35 AM · Dec 31, 2021
The Tennessee Holler
@TheTNHoller
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
Its too early in the investigation, with parts of the building unsafe to enter, to be able to say what caused the fire or whether its 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/
Knoxvilles 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 its 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 its deemed the fires 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
Maybe a couple of the pigs got out of the pen and played with matches. nt
Progressive Jones
Dec 2021
#2
dalton99a
(81,512 posts)1. How A Knoxville Abortion Clinic Became A Target On Anniversary Of Roe v. Wade
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 clinics 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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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 clinics 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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Progressive Jones
(6,011 posts)2. Maybe a couple of the pigs got out of the pen and played with matches. nt
Hekate
(90,700 posts)3. The people of Planned Parenthood are among the bravest in this country. Period.
rockfordfile
(8,704 posts)4. If it's arson, then they should arrest the terrorist
niyad
(113,315 posts)5. If arson, let us call it what it is: DOMESTIC TERRORISM.
Solly Mack
(90,767 posts)6. K&R
leftyladyfrommo
(18,868 posts)7. Shit!
ProfessorGAC
(65,049 posts)8. If There Was An Accelerant....
...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.