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发帖数: 19713 | 1 Threat Prompts D.C. Evacuations
Los Angeles Police convey bomb threat to ''national gay rights organizations
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By Chris Geidner
Published on May 15, 2012, 2:03pm | Comments
Following a reported bomb threat, the Human Rights Campaign and other LGBT
organizations in Washington evacuated their offices today. According to Fred
Sainz, HRC's vice president for communications, the Los Angeles Police
Department received an unspecified bomb threat against a ''national gay
rights organization,'' which led the LAPD to notify the D.C. Metropolitan
Police Department of the threat, which subsequently notified HRC and others.
An HRC email to staff quickly circulated among other groups, such as the
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, the National Black Justice Coalition
and the Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network.
''In the utmost of caution we are evacuating the building so that the police
can conduct a sweep using the bomb-sniffing dogs,'' that email, sent at 11:
58 a.m., read in part. ''We need everyone to leave the building until
further notice. We estimate that this will take at least an hour.''
With the surrounding block cordoned off, police vehicles surrounded the
building and prevented pedestrians from approaching as teams led dogs in
search of any threat. By 12:50 p.m., MPD called the all-clear and people
began re-entering the building.
HRC President Joe Solmonese, returning to the building, said this was the
second time that the headquarters, at 17th Street and Rhode Island Avenue NW
, had been evacuated since he began as president in March 2005. The other
evacuation occurred during the August 2011 earthquake, ''When we thought it
really was a bomb,'' said Solmonese, due to leave HRC in June.
A few blocks away, at the building that houses the National Gay and Lesbian
Task Force and the National Center for Transgender Equality, at 1325
Massachusetts Ave. NW, as well as several other non-LGBT entities, staff
waited outside as police began searching that address at about 1 p.m.
Darlene Nipper, the Task Force's deputy executive director, standing among
the crowd seemed to take the threat in stride. ''It's an indeterminate
threat,'' she said, adding the organization would rather err on the side of
caution.
At The DC Center, the city's LGBT community center, Executive Director David
Mariner said he was in touch with MPD's Gay and Lesbian Liaison Unit (GLLU)
. Although a local organization, Mariner said the GLLU advised him that
officers would be inspecting the center, at 1318 U St. NW, later today.
As of 1:50 p.m., MPD had nothing further to add to this report.
[UPDATE, 2:40 p.m.: MPD added that two other organizations, the National Gay
and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce at 729 15th St. NW and the GLLU office at
1369-A Connecticut Ave. NW were also evacuated. No hazardous materials have
been found at any of the sites.] | k*****e
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: Threat Prompts D.C. Evacuations
: Los Angeles Police convey bomb threat to ''national gay rights organizations
: ''
: By Chris Geidner
: Published on May 15, 2012, 2:03pm | Comments
: Following a reported bomb threat, the Human Rights Campaign and other LGBT
: organizations in Washington evacuated their offices today. According to Fred
: Sainz, HRC's vice president for communications, the Los Angeles Police
: Department received an unspecified bomb threat against a ''national gay
: rights organization,'' which led the LAPD to notify the D.C. Metropolitan
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