Colorado NAACP office bombed, drawing of suspect released with $10,000 reward
buzzz worthy. . .
By Mona Austin
Terrorist activity in France dominated news reports this week while a bombing incident in America was largely ignored by major media.
A building housing the NAACP office in Colorado Springs, CO was bombed on Tuesday, January 6. Cornell Brooks tweeted, "Thankfully no one was hurt in a suspicious explosion at our Colorado Springs office. We remain vigilant." A statement from the national office indicated, " The NAACP looks forward to a full and thorough investigation into this matter by federal agents and local law enforcement." The FBI has already begun an active investigation into the incident, avoiding speculation about the incident possibly being domestic terrorism relate or a hate crime.
Official have released a composite drawing of a balding white male around the age of 40 as a person of interest. A man by that description was seen on dropping of a package at the building just before the explosion. Federal law enforcement is offering a $10,000 reward for anyone with information leading to an arrest (call: 303-425-7787).
At a news conference at the Colorado Springs police operations headquarters, the Denver Post reports FBI Special Agent in Charge Thomas Ravenelle said, "I'm not going to be naive, I know what the NAACP means to some extremists in this country."
The office re-opened two days after the explosion.
By Mona Austin
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| Authorities released this sketch of a man they say is a person of interest in the Colorado Springs NAACP bombing case on Friday, January 9, 2014. |
A building housing the NAACP office in Colorado Springs, CO was bombed on Tuesday, January 6. Cornell Brooks tweeted, "Thankfully no one was hurt in a suspicious explosion at our Colorado Springs office. We remain vigilant." A statement from the national office indicated, " The NAACP looks forward to a full and thorough investigation into this matter by federal agents and local law enforcement." The FBI has already begun an active investigation into the incident, avoiding speculation about the incident possibly being domestic terrorism relate or a hate crime.
Official have released a composite drawing of a balding white male around the age of 40 as a person of interest. A man by that description was seen on dropping of a package at the building just before the explosion. Federal law enforcement is offering a $10,000 reward for anyone with information leading to an arrest (call: 303-425-7787).
At a news conference at the Colorado Springs police operations headquarters, the Denver Post reports FBI Special Agent in Charge Thomas Ravenelle said, "I'm not going to be naive, I know what the NAACP means to some extremists in this country."
The office re-opened two days after the explosion.
