Honey, They Blew Up The Bomb Truck!

[K1052]

LAPD is definitely going to weasel out of paying for any of the damage and putting people out of their homes.

 

[Lost_in_the_HTTP]

New update:

Feds: Los Angeles bomb technicians caused major explosion

Los Angeles police bomb technicians made major miscalculations in June when they detonated illegal fireworks improperly and caused a massive explosion that rocked a city neighborhood and injured 27 people in June

abcnews.go.com

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[uclaLabrat]

I feel like the lead-in "they made major miscalculations" is in no-fucking-shit territory.

You mean exploding the bomb-proof truck wasn't the initial plan?

 

[Vic]

New update:

Feds: Los Angeles bomb technicians caused major explosion

Los Angeles police bomb technicians made major miscalculations in June when they detonated illegal fireworks improperly and caused a massive explosion that rocked a city neighborhood and injured 27 people in June

abcnews.go.com

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"The LAPD report states that the agency’s bomb technicians do not undergo formal training to operate the containment vessel and merely have “on the job training” in its use."

Wow.

 

[ch33zw1z]

^^ wtf? I get training for all sorts of crap, none of which involves blowing up stuff

 

[imported_tajmahal]

Typical Government in action.

 

[Paratus]

Typical Government in action.

Look at you shitting on the police! Pretty soon you’ll be calling to defund them!

 

[Lost_in_the_HTTP]

Charges on the horizon?




Report: LA bomb tech's warnings ignored before explosion

ABC|3 hours ago
A senior Los Angeles bomb technician raised serious concerns about overloading a containment chamber with homemade fireworks last year before the detonation caused a catastrophic explosion, injuring 2



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[Lost_in_the_HTTP]

They may not have learned enough ....


IRVINE, Calif. (AP) — An explosion during an indoor training exercise Wednesday sent 16 members of Southern California’s Orange County Sheriff’s Department SWAT team to the hospital, with one person requiring surgery for a leg injury, the department said.

16 SWAT officers hospitalized after blast at training facility in Southern California

An explosion during a California training exercise sent 16 members of the Orange County Sheriff’s Department SWAT team to the hospital.

apnews.com

 

[Lost_in_the_HTTP]

Taxpayers take it in the shorts again.

Los Angeles to pay $21M to settle claims over botched fireworks detonation by police 3 years ago​

Los Angeles will pay more than $21 million to settle claims by residents of a neighborhood where police bungled the detonation of a cache of illegal fireworks, injuring 17 people and displacing dozens of others three years ago.



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