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Someone apparently threw a "non-explosive" Molotov cocktail into an anti-abortion group's office (Original Post) FelineOverlord May 2022 OP
Inconsistencies FelineOverlord May 2022 #1
Um... ProfessorGAC May 2022 #2
Was the "non-explosive Molotov cocktail" (singular)thrown through BOTH windows? nt Atticus May 2022 #3
This is what happens... jmowreader May 2022 #4
The area is likely loaded with security cameras Tetrachloride May 2022 #5
Forensics will be done and then we'll know Deuxcents May 2022 #6
Cursive writing? Good penmanship. I hypothesize a woman over 40. Tetrachloride May 2022 #7
If you were wondering musette_sf May 2022 #8
Anyone remember Parlock from 2004 ? JI7 May 2022 #10
Any idea how tall Ashley Todd was? Brother Buzz May 2022 #11
Right wing has a history of doing these things themselves JI7 May 2022 #9

ProfessorGAC

(65,077 posts)
2. Um...
Sun May 8, 2022, 03:46 PM
May 2022

There's an inconsistency in the device description.
Molotov cocktails don't explode. So, all Molotov cocktails are nonexplosive. Getting gasoline to an explosive state requires very specific conditions. Ask any engine mechanic.
Putting gasoline in a bottle would not achieve said conditions.
Secondly, a Molotov would likely be made between 12 & 32 ounces. There's insufficient fire damage in those pictures for that to be flammable liquid fire in that volume range.
Also, where are the burn marks caused by flaming liquid running down the wall? And, if the fire started on the floor, why is there uniform burn on the floor, and why is the floor along the baseboard untouched?
This is a PR stunt.

jmowreader

(50,560 posts)
4. This is what happens...
Sun May 8, 2022, 03:53 PM
May 2022

…when you trash your own office and try to blame it on “the militant liberal Antifa anti-Jesus crowd.”

Two things stand out to me.

First, there’s no broken glass inside the room. If you walked up to the outside of a building and broke out a window to throw an incendiary device in there, the broken window pieces would be in the room, right?

The other is exactly what was damaged. If militant liberal Antifa types wanted to attack such a place, they’d try to set on fire either the desk or the table with all the anti-abortion literature on it. They wouldn’t attack an innocent part of the floor whose only crime was just being in the room.

The screwed-up drywall under the window is also interesting. To damage that drywall, you’d have to break out the window then reach inside with a hammer or something. Who would take the time to do that?

And come on…if militant liberal Antifa types were going to attack one of these places, they would have shown up with 20 gallons of gasoline and burned it to the ground. You’re going to the hoosegow either way, why not just completely destroy it?

Tetrachloride

(7,849 posts)
5. The area is likely loaded with security cameras
Sun May 8, 2022, 03:55 PM
May 2022

Offices, Airport, Air Force, Police office, food pantry and more are all within the rough vicinity .

So there’s definitely security cameras. and definite interest by people over my pay grade.

Since when did Darwin Drive intersect with International Lane ?

Deuxcents

(16,248 posts)
6. Forensics will be done and then we'll know
Sun May 8, 2022, 04:09 PM
May 2022

This kind of behavior is not good for any cause. Thankfully, no one is hurt.

Tetrachloride

(7,849 posts)
7. Cursive writing? Good penmanship. I hypothesize a woman over 40.
Sun May 8, 2022, 05:02 PM
May 2022

None of my siblings (all male) have such good writing and that graffiti is with a spray can.

Grammar is flowery.

Brother Buzz

(36,444 posts)
11. Any idea how tall Ashley Todd was?
Sun May 8, 2022, 06:24 PM
May 2022

I could be wrong, but it looks like the writing was NOT done by a 6'4" male. You know what I mean, Vern?

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