
BAMUZ_
11-30
Really misleading title. I mean really, he clearly states it wasn’t a bomb—looked like it but wasn’t. This is clickbait
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Larry Oldham
12-01
Why are you intentionally trying to scare the public? This sounds like poor journalism when you know you are proving a false narrative with that fake headline. Shame on you. There was no bomb detonated.
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