{"id":3559,"date":"2015-01-06T14:04:54","date_gmt":"2015-01-06T20:04:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/peaceeconomyproject.org\/wordpress\/?p=3559"},"modified":"2015-01-07T14:09:49","modified_gmt":"2015-01-07T20:09:49","slug":"colorado-springs-naacp-office-bombed-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peaceeconomyproject.org\/wordpress\/colorado-springs-naacp-office-bombed-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Colorado Springs NAACP Office Bombed Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>by\u00a0librarisingnsf, Daily Kos<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/story\/2015\/01\/07\/1356042\/-Colorado-Springs-NAACP-Office-Bombed-Today?detail=email\">click here for original article<\/a><\/p>\n<p>What the Denver Post is calling an &#8220;improvised explosive device&#8221; was set off near the Colorado Springs NAACP Chapter. No one was injured, but it could have been worse since the device went off near a gasoline can, but the contents did not ignite.<\/p>\n<p>From\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/news\/ci_27267521\/colorado-springs-police-responding-explosion-reports-at-naacp\">The Denver Post<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>An improvised explosive device was detonated against the exterior wall of a building housing the Colorado Springs chapter of the NAACP on Tuesday, officials said.The explosion knocked items off the office walls but no one was injured.<\/p>\n<p>Agents from the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives went to the scene after the blast to gather evidence and place makers.<\/p>\n<p>According to the the FBI, officials are seeking a\u00a0<em>&#8220;potential person of interest,&#8221;<\/em>\u00a0described as a balding white male, about 40 years o;d.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>More details about this event can be found at the Denver Post article cited above.<\/p>\n<p>And, from\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/stephaniemcneal\/fbi-joins-probe-into-explosion-near-colorado-naacp-chapter?utm_term=.vaj3z2wJQ#.ttlNLMDjwr\">BuzzFeed<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The NAACP chapter\u2019s president, Harry Allen Jr., told The Gazette he would wait for the outcome of the investigation before labeling the explosion a hate crime.<em>\u201cThis won\u2019t deter us from doing the job we want to do in the community,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0he told The Gazette.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by\u00a0librarisingnsf, Daily Kos click here for original article What the Denver Post is calling an &#8220;improvised explosive device&#8221; was set off near the Colorado Springs NAACP Chapter. No one was injured, but it could have been worse since the device went off near a gasoline can, but the contents did not ignite. 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