UT Bomb Threat Declared a Hoax; Response Questioned
Calling the bomb threat that forced thousands of students, staff and faculty off of the University of Texas at Austin campus on Friday morning a hoax, officials deemed it safe to re-enter campus buildings after finding no weapons in campus buildings.
"President Bill Powers, his staff and the UT and Austin Police forces responded quickly and appropriately to ensure the safety and protection of everyone on campus," UT System Board of Regents Chairman Gene Powell said in a statement.
Just hours after the incident, though, questions were already percolating about how officials handled the threat. At about 8:35 a ...
Comments (11)
Nick De La Cruz via Texas Tribune on Facebook
I hope they didn't misspell quickly! haha
Connie Stephens Stunkard via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Today the terrorist are burning Christian Schools and Embassies in Tunisia , and have threatened to blow up a School in America Texas AM , I ask you to be vigilant and cautious , and to remember our borders have been open for many years and are not secure as claimed ,our Government has appeased illegals to the point of wiping there ass for them , These protests and uprisings are not over a film they are about all the World bowing to Islam , I pray for the USA and it's people and ask God's blessing over her and her people Amen ...
Michelle Michon via Texas Tribune on Facebook
So nothing about their statement earlier? This feamongering has to stop as I'd bet the "accent" was fake. >>"At 8:35 a.m. the university received a call from a male with a middle eastern accent claiming to have placed bombs all over campus. He said he was with Al Qaeda and these bombs would go off in 90 minutes. President Powers was notified and it was decided to evacuate all of the buildings out of an abundance of caution."
Joshua McIntire via Texas Tribune on Facebook
They most certainly did not act appropriately, and "quickly" is up for debate as well. The official statement about the accent was TMI, detrimental to the investigation, and has sparked islamophobic backlash. I understand that many students didn't know about the threat until ten minutes before "the bombs were set to go off". That demonstrates an opportunity for increased attention to their alert systems. I'm thankful there were no bombs, but there WAS damage done today with the release of that poorly conceived official statement.
Martha Dunkelberger via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Well said Joshua -- Connie's statement being exhibit A.
Renea Hanna via Texas Tribune on Facebook
it is irresponsible to REPORT that the gentleman calling had a middle eastern accent as it is just SPECULATION. the UT officials that took the call are clearly not linguistic experts so any opinion on the person's accent is nothing more than an uneducated OPINION.
Alex Addison
What is this about a "40-acre" campus? Good of Audrey to put it in quotes as related by an official statement, but as most people know the campus is much larger than the original 40 acre grant.
gsosbee
UT officials together with fbi thugs engage in crimes against my person on campus:
http://antwerpen.indymedia.org/node/5389
http://italy.indymedia.org/n/6972/05-07-12/evidence-police-state
http://www.sosbeevfbi.com/part19a-updatefo.html
http://www.sosbeevfbi.com/part19b-updatefo.html
http://www.sosbeevfbi.com/part19c-updatefo.html
See Also:
http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2012/07/417031.shtml
Matthew J Christensen via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Um...the CALLER stated he was with Al Qaeda and had an accent, we need to apologize now for stating the facts(Even if this person was lying and trying to induce fear)? Next time someone calls in and says they are with some anti-black league and has an Texan accent you better be sure they mention that also.
Sergio Hernandez De Santos via Texas Tribune on Facebook
..."illegals to the point of wiping there ass for them"
CSS circa 2012
Anya Khan
Terrorist and other criminals at times test the abilities of "First Responders"
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I can't believe y'all are bitching because Connie prays for the US. Sad