First I have heard of this and it occurred on Tuesday. First I saw tweets that clued me into looking further.
occupysalem @sjpublicsafety it was shown to me and explained to me. I've spoken with the FBI. yesterday
occupysalem @sjpublicsafety yes. Apparent turpentine derivative sawdust etc. if done rt would have blown wall of art muse out. yesterd
Despite claims in the tweet that the FBI was involved in some aspect of this incident. The local police are claiming no explosives were found.
Around 2:30 yesterday, a bomb was thrown from a car into Wilson Park which is now occupied by several demonstrators. The bomb apparently was thrown into an area where there were no people. No one was hurt but it did cause a stir among the Occupy Salem group. At this time no one has come forward to claim responsibility for the blast and no arrests have been made. Update: According to an article in the Statesman Journal the explosive device thrown at Wilson Park was investigated by police. No evidence of an explosive device was found.
Of course the local paper provides the same efficient and truthful coverage we experienced with the initial reports from mainstream media about the police riot in Oakland. Trusting them is out so we need to get information from those that are in the area.
Police investigated a report that someone threw a bomb or firework at Occupy Salem protesters this afternoon.
Salem police said someone in the Occupy Salem group at Willson park reported hearing a bang, then saw a vehicle speed off.
Sgt. Gordon Albert said other witnesses thought they heard a firework. Albert said police investigated and didn’t find evidence of any fireworks, improvised fireworks or explosive devices.
Salem area Kossacks find out for us please.