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I'm sorry in what world does that not look almost identical to the grenades you see in movies, tv, and museums? Because I am looking at the picture in that arti
by olliej 4y ago
I'm sorry in what world does that not look almost identical to the grenades you see in movies, tv, and museums? Because I am looking at the picture in that article, and what I see there looks like a grenade - it even appears to have a pin.
What world do you live in which if you did not already know that exact piece of hardware, not reporting it would be the correct course of action?
If I saw that object anywhere outside a mechanics garage - a place where random equipment and car parts I can't identify often exist - I would also report that to police as "hey, I just came across this object that looks more or less exactly like a grenade".
In addition to all this, the messaging to people is literally "if you see something, say something". They saw something that not only did they not recognize, they also saw that it looked like a grenade. They called the police, the police saw an object - I'm guessing at a distance - that again, looked like a grenade, then no one came forward to say "oh hey, that grenade looking thing is a safe device that belongs to me". So they evacuated it so explosives professionals with the gear to handle it actually being a bomb could look at the - again, grenade looking object - was a grenade or something inert.
Also for whoever designed that, a good rule of thumb is to ensure that things that are not grenades or explosive devices, do not look almost identical to a grenade or an tv bomb.
- olliej 4y agoOh, and to be absolutely clear, I agree with @rasz that police are assholes and intentionally arrange themselves to largely be a gang without consequences, but in this case they clearly made the correct call. Stopped clocks, etc.
- rasz 4y ago>grenades you see in movies Yes, it does look like a movie prop, aka not real. >What world do you live in which if you did not already know that exact piece of hardware, not reporting it would be the correct course of action? Report all you like, but 1 take a picture, 2 upload to image search engine. Here you go, I cropped the table so we dont get exact match to the Utah story: https://i.imgur.com/9l9gGBp.png https://i.imgur.com/9l9gGBp.png https://yandex.com/images/search?rpt=imageview&url=https%3A%2F%2Favatars.mds.yandex.net%2Fget-images-cbir%2F105757%2FtkuT6Objz6yvm7Oh_00wyA5476%2Forig&cbir_id=105757%2FtkuT6Objz6yvm7Oh_00wyA5476 https://yandex.com/images/search?rpt=imageview&url=https%3A%... first result exact match! https://www.bing.com/images/search?view=detailv2&iss=sbi&form=SBIIDP&sbisrc=UrlPaste&q=imgurl:https%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2F9l9gGBp.png&idpbck=1&selectedindex=0&id=https%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2F9l9gGBp.png&ccid=N%2BSdkCS4&mediaurl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2F9l9gGBp.png&exph=524&expw=330&vt=2&sim=1 https://www.bing.com/images/search?view=detailv2&iss=sbi&for... 5th result exact match! Do you now understand how stupid the cop who did this was? No? Does this https://www.salon.com/2007/09/21/star_simpson/ https://www.salon.com/2007/09/21/star_simpson/ look like a bomb? a real bomb, not the movie prop kind?