SFPD:Person of Interest in Starbucks Bomb Case (O'Reilly still laughing?)

[Ian David]

(CBS 5) SAN FRANCISCO San Francisco Police are releasing photos of a man who they call a �subject of interest� in their investigation of a bomb left in the restroom of a Starbucks on Monday.

The discovery of the bomb forced the Starbucks at 1401 Van Ness Ave. to close while police evacuated apartments located directly above the coffee shop and detonated the device.

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The public is being asked to help identify the man who police describe as being about 40 years old, standing 6 feet 2 inches tall and weighing 200 lbs. He has shoulder-length, sandy-brownish hair and was wearing a blue, denim collegiate-style jacket, with a hooded-style sweatshirt underneath. Police say he was also wearing blue jeans and carried a small backpack.

A Starbucks employee discovered the bomb around 1:15 p.m. Monday on the floor of the restroom and called authorities.

If you have information about the identity of the man or the ongoing investigation, you are asked to contact the Special Investigations Division at [phone] during business hours, or the Confidential Tip Line [phone], at all other times.

More:
http://cbs5.com/topstories/local_story_010191215.html

Ask Bill O'Reilly: Does he still think it's funny?

O'Reilly to San Francisco: "f Al Qaeda comes in here and blows you up, we're not going to do anything about it. ... You want to blow up the Coit Tower? Go ahead"

Criticizing a ballot measure passed by 60 percent of San Francisco voters urging public high schools and colleges to prohibit on-campus military recruiting, Fox News host Bill O'Reilly declared on the November 8 broadcast of his nationally syndicated radio show, "f Al Qaeda comes in here and blows you up, we're not going to do anything about it. We're going to say, look, every other place in America is off-limits to you, except San Francisco."

From the November 8 broadcast of Fox News' The Radio Factor with Bill O'Reilly:

O'REILLY: Hey, you know, if you want to ban military recruiting, fine, but I'm not going to give you another nickel of federal money. You know, if I'm the president of the United States, I walk right into Union Square, I set up my little presidential podium, and I say, "Listen, citizens of San Francisco, if you vote against military recruiting, you're not going to get another nickel in federal funds. Fine. You want to be your own country? Go right ahead."

And if Al Qaeda comes in here and blows you up, we're not going to do anything about it. We're going to say, look, every other place in America is off limits to you, except San Francisco. You want to blow up the Coit Tower? Go ahead.

The 210-foot Coit Tower was dedicated in 1933 and contains a museum and murals that depict working life in 1930s California.

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See prior threads:

Bomb diffused at a San Francisco Starbucks (O'Reilly inspired?)
Topic started by kskiska on Jan-09-06 07:01 PM (55 replies)
Last modified by KansDem on Jan-10-06 05:04 PM
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=2031361

CNN reporting that a Starbucks in CA has been bombed
Topic started by Sydnie on Jan-09-06 07:02 PM (54 replies)
Last modified by radio4progressives on Jan-09-06 10:41 PM
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=364&topic_id=92633

[Renew Deal]

1. Here's a picture of the suspect

[SpiralHawk]

2. Is that the EVIL propagandist O'Loofah bin Felafel?

Plug ugly little twit, isn't he?

Looks like the kind of guy who would have Secret Anal Cysts...

[Renew Deal]

8. Osama Bin O'Reilly

That's him

[Ernesto]

3. "You want to be your own country? Go right ahead."

Sounds great to me bill (you asshole). California could easily do without the likes of you, chimp the rest of red 'merica.

[havocmom]

4. OK, all you Bay Area evilDUers, keep your head down & eyes open

(if for no other reason than my daughter is gonna be there soon)

Seriously, this has been a worry for me: a MIHOP in a very liberal city as the junta gets more and more desperate for an excuse for martial law instead of facing charges for their crimes.

[noonwitch]

9. My guess is wacko fundie christian militia type

A guy who has problems with gays, but loves to spend his weekends in the woods with his male buddies, playing dress up in army fatigues and shooting guns.

[Debau2005]

5. Question!

Can O'Reilly be implicated if the person suspected fingers him as the one that gave him the idea? Maybe the suspect thinks O'Reilly told him to do it!!

[Ian David]

6. My hunch though is he's an "ant-globalization" person who hates Starbucks

"One of ours" except evil and crazier.

I hope I'm wrong about that though.

On edit: I was apparently wrong.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/01/11/national/main1201117.shtml

[Ian David]

7. Arrest In (San Francisco) Starbucks Bomb Probe

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 11, 2006

(CBS/AP) A 44-year-old man was arrested Tuesday night on suspicion of planting an explosive device in the bathroom of a Starbucks coffee shop, police said.

Ronald Schouten, of San Francisco, was being held in San Francisco County jail on an unrelated drug charge, police spokesman Dewayne Tully said.

"There is no connection to any terrorism or anything against Starbucks," Sgt. Neville Gittens said. "Everything at this point and time indicates that this particular individual acted alone and this is an isolated incident."

Authorities were called around 1:15 p.m. Monday, after an employee reported finding something suspicious in the store's bathroom. About 100 people were evacuated from the store and apartments above it, and the street was closed to traffic, Gittens said.

More:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/01/11/national/main1201117.shtml