By Free Republic | Created at 2024-10-30 20:28:21 | Updated at 2024-10-31 15:25:59
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Devices With ‘Free Gaza’ Messages Found at Ballot Box Fires
New York Times ^ | October 29, 2024 | Adam Goldman and Mike Baker
Posted on 10/30/2024 12:31:01 PM PDT by grundle
Law enforcement officials cautioned that they had not yet determined a motive for the Pacific Northwest arson fires. But the messages have heightened the sensitivity of the investigation.
Investigators responding to arson fires at two ballot boxes in the Pacific Northwest this week found devices at both scenes marked with the words “Free Gaza,” according to two law enforcement officials.
Investigators are trying to determine if the perpetrator was actually a pro-Palestinian activist or someone using that prominent cause to sow discord, one of the officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity because the investigation was ongoing. But the message has added a heightened layer of political sensitivity to a closely watched investigation in the final days of a tense presidential election.
The fires both occurred early Monday within a short time of each other in Portland, Ore., and just across the state line in Vancouver, Wash.
The “Free Gaza” message appeared not only on the two devices, which were discovered on Monday, but also on a device found at a third ballot box this month in Vancouver, according to the law enforcement officials. That device also had the words “Free Palestine” on it. Officials said at a news conference that they believed all three events were linked. They later released surveillance images of a suspect vehicle, asking for the public’s help in identifying the person driving a dark, early 2000s Volvo.
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TOPICS: Gaza; Hamas; Israel; Miscellaneous; US: Washington; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: adamgoldman; gaza; hamas; israel; mikebaker; newyorkslimes; newyorktimes; waronterror; washington
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1 posted on 10/30/2024 12:31:01 PM PDT by grundle
To: grundle
The Free-Palestine movement is an enemy of our republic.
2 posted on 10/30/2024 12:33:05 PM PDT by Loud Mime ("The Real Constitution" on Amazon. We are not right wing - we are constitutional centrists.)
To: grundle
“Investigators are trying to determine if the perpetrator was actually a pro-Palestinian activist or someone using that prominent cause to sow discord”
Hm. Leftist Portland and Vancouver, “Free Palestine” message, used Volvo. That’s a real enigma.
3 posted on 10/30/2024 12:34:31 PM PDT by rightwingcrazy (;-,)
To: grundle
I guess the morons blaming MAGA were wrong.
4 posted on 10/30/2024 12:34:33 PM PDT by Fido969
To: grundle; AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; BraveMan; ...
5 posted on 10/30/2024 12:35:14 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
To: grundle
Free Gaza? You couldn’t pay me to take the place.
6 posted on 10/30/2024 12:36:57 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
To: rightwingcrazy; grundle
“Investigators are trying to determine if the perpetrator was actually a pro-Palestinian activist or someone using that prominent cause to sow discord”
Hm. Leftist Portland and Vancouver, “Free Palestine” message, used Volvo. That’s a real enigma.
Either way, the sabotage demonstrates the folly of universal early voting at unattended stations.
7 posted on 10/30/2024 12:38:16 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("Whatsoever he shall say to you, do ye." (John 2:5))
To: grundle
Driving a Volvo. That’s not just a cloud to finding the perp, but also as to his motive.
8 posted on 10/30/2024 12:46:52 PM PDT by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
To: grundle
The “Free Gaza” message appeared not only on the two devices, which were discovered on Monday, but also on a device found at a third ballot box this month in Vancouver, according to the law enforcement officials. That device also had the words “Free Palestine” on it.
But of course...the cops don't know what the motive was. *rolls eyes*
9 posted on 10/30/2024 12:49:06 PM PDT by Avalon Memories ( I voted Trump-Vance on 1st day of NC early voting. Go Trump-Vance!)
To: grundle
"Investigators are trying to determine if the perpetrator was actually a pro-Palestinian activist or someone using that prominent cause to sow discord, one of the officials said . . . "
There would be no such inquiry or caution if the devices said "MAGA". It would be taken at face value, no questions asked.
To: grundle
Volvo - they’re boxy, but they’re good.
11 posted on 10/30/2024 12:53:57 PM PDT by IYAS9YAS (There are two kinds of people: Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.)
To: grundle
Elections bought and paid for by the George Soros army.
12 posted on 10/30/2024 12:55:14 PM PDT by vivenne
To: grundle
Free Gaza? Free Palestine?
How about Free Rooms at the Penitentiary for them?
(I never accepted “correctional institutions” as a term.)
13 posted on 10/30/2024 12:57:24 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
To: IYAS9YAS
Jaguar - For men who’d like hand jobs from beautiful women they hardly know
14 posted on 10/30/2024 12:57:49 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: dfwgator
Mercedes owners like to show off how much they have
BMW owners like to show off how much they know
15 posted on 10/30/2024 12:59:01 PM PDT by 1Old Pro
To: Tijeras_Slim
Even if they threw in those candy bars the Allahu Akbars?
Filled with nuts.🍫🍫🥜🥜🥜🥜
16 posted on 10/30/2024 1:00:26 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
To: grundle
Latest rumor is a “Republican” who looks like a basement dwelling ‘Tard has been arrested.
17 posted on 10/30/2024 1:01:50 PM PDT by Ex gun maker. (Free thinking is now a radical concept, I will not be assimilated by PC or EV groupthink!)
To: 1Old Pro
Remember the National Lampoon comedy album with the suburban guy saying haughtily
“I don’t mean to trouble you, but I drive a BMW.”
18 posted on 10/30/2024 1:02:14 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
To: grundle
What is a “Free Gaza device”?
19 posted on 10/30/2024 1:03:40 PM PDT by Fledermaus (Turn out the lights, the election is over. Trump 47.)
To: Fledermaus
Probably one of those devices that Mossad put in the cell phones and pagers for Hezbollah. :wink:
20 posted on 10/30/2024 1:12:59 PM PDT by torqemada (If Democrats had any honor at all, they ALLwould off themselves for the greater good.)
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