This is not a peaceful, democratic form of protest:
A bomb scare at the Ithaca Wal-Mart Wednesday resulted in the evacuation of at least three retail stores and left officials concerned for the health of nine law enforcement officers.Preliminary tests Wednesday on a substance discovered at the scene, after the device was destroyed, found that there was no toxic threat involved....
A bomb squad from the Endicott Police Department arrived shortly after 8 a.m. Bangs Ambulance, Ithaca Fire Department and Cornell University, which brought a trained bomb-sniffing dog, also responded initially.
The Endicott bomb squad "ended up using a 12-gauge shotgun to shoot the device, which did not detonate," Russell said. "It (the bomb) appears to be a hoax.
"When they shot it, it flew apart...."
The Ithaca Wal-Mart opened in January after years of legal wrangling and community debate. The store should boost sales tax revenue for the city, but some activists have raised concerned over workers' wages and potential effects on smaller businesses in the area."There has been controversy, yes, but it's been extremely successful since it's opened," Holcomb said of the store.
"We took the bomb scare seriously since something like this has not happened in the recent memory," said Holcomb.
Posted by Kevin on May, 26 2005 at 09:30 AM
Patrick McGinnis wrote:I heard there was a bomb scare at a Walmart in Midland, Texas Sunday night 5/29/05. Can anyone confirm or elaborate?
-- May 30, 2005 02:25 AM ∞
Kevin Brancato wrote:Here's a link about that bomb scare. Here's another.
IT WAS A LATE NIGHT FOR MIDLAND POLICE AND FIRE FIGHTERS AS THEY REMOVED A SUSPICIOUS PACKAGE FROM THE WAL-MART SUPER CENTER.
THE PACKAGE WAS DISCOVERED BY AN EMPLOYEE, JUST AFTER 7:00 IN THE ELECTRONICS DEPARTMENT.
STORE MANAGERS TOOK THE BOX OUTSIDE BEHIND THE STORE AND CALLED POLICE.
THE BOMB SQUAD WAS CALLED IN, AND AT ABOUT 10:15 THE STORE WAS EVACUATED, AS WELL AS THE TEXACO LOCATED BEHIND WAL-MART AND THE ADJACENT APARTMENT COMPLEX.
JUST AFTER 11:00 THE BOX WAS MOVED TO A STAGING LOCATION WHERE THE BOMB SQUAD TRIED TO DETERMINE WHAT WAS INSIDE.
NO FURTHER INFORMATION HAS BEEN RELEASED FROM THE MIDLAND POLICE DEPARTMENT.
CBS 7 WILL CONTINUE FOLLOWING THIS STORY AND BRING YOU MORE AS DETAILS BECOME AVAILABLE.
-- May 30, 2005 01:29 PM ∞
Patricik McGinnis wrote:An employee told me that it turned out to be a cinder block, but it appeared that someone wanted them to think it was a bomb. As the story unfolds we shall see if this is true or just a rumor.
-- June 1, 2005 08:35 PM ∞
danielle aldred wrote:please can you tell me where this store is
thanks
-- June 2, 2005 10:15 AM ∞
