# Somebody set off a bomb in a Target Womens' Room **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 9, 2016, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-set-off-a-bomb-in-a-target-womens-room/756949 "2016-06-09T18:41:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Merneith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2016, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-set-off-a-bomb-in-a-target-womens-room/756949/1 "2016-06-09T18:41:25Z")
No one was hurt. It was a small bomb. Evanston, IL. I’m so angry I can’t even talk. > **[Police Investigating If Bomb Set Off In Target Bathroom Tied To Trans Policy](https://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/illinois-target-bomb-investigation-trans-bathroom-policy)** > > Officials were investigating whether a small bomb that went off Wednesday in the bathroom of an Illinois Target was planted in response to the store’s policy allowing transgender people to use the… > [@](#): > > Officials were investigating whether a small bomb that went off Wednesday in the bathroom of an Illinois Target was planted in response to the store’s policy allowing transgender people to use the bathroom of their choice, WGN reported. > > Evanston Police Commander Joe Dugan told WGN that the bathroom was empty when the explosion rattled through the women’s restroom around 4 p.m. and that no one was injured. > > Officials were still gathering evidence and reviewing store security camera footage, Dugan said. They’ve determined that the explosive device, which involved a plastic bottle, was homemade. ---
**Author:** ![pidgeon92](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/50afbb/32.png) [@pidgeon92](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pidgeon92)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2016, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-set-off-a-bomb-in-a-target-womens-room/756949/2 "2016-06-09T18:50:48Z")
The lowest common denominator strikes again. ---
**Author:** ![Askthepizzaguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askthepizzaguy/32/9405_2.png) [@Askthepizzaguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askthepizzaguy)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2016, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-set-off-a-bomb-in-a-target-womens-room/756949/3 "2016-06-09T19:24:40Z")
I’m glad these are the people defending our traditional moral values. Moral values which apparently include attempted murder of random bystanders, terrorism, and hatred of non-binary individuals. YAY MORALS AND TRADITIONAL VALUES ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2016, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-set-off-a-bomb-in-a-target-womens-room/756949/4 "2016-06-09T19:39:25Z")
Target. Oh, the irony. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2016, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-set-off-a-bomb-in-a-target-womens-room/756949/5 "2016-06-09T19:46:21Z")
Domestic terrorism. Send in the drones. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2016, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-set-off-a-bomb-in-a-target-womens-room/756949/6 "2016-06-09T20:02:10Z")
> [@Merneith](#): > > No one was hurt. > > It was a small bomb. > > Evanston, IL. > > I’m so angry I can’t even talk.[URL=“[Police Investigating If Bomb Set Off In Target Bathroom Tied To Trans Policy - TPM – Talking Points Memo](http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/illinois-target-bomb-investigation-trans-bathroom-policy)”] So… someone should have been hurt by a larger bomb in Joliet, instead? “Plastic bottle” - sounds like a dry ice “bomb” to me. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2016, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-set-off-a-bomb-in-a-target-womens-room/756949/7 "2016-06-09T20:14:24Z")
> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#): > > So… someone should have been hurt by a larger bomb in Joliet, instead? > > “Plastic bottle” - sounds like a dry ice “bomb” to me. It does show they could have brought in the real thing. Possibly, this was a warning. ---
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2016, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-set-off-a-bomb-in-a-target-womens-room/756949/8 "2016-06-09T20:29:21Z")
“They’ve determined that the explosive device, which involved a plastic bottle, was homemade.” Now that’s some good detective work right there… “I’ve checked all the bomb stores in the state and none sell any made with an empty 7up bottle… it must have been home made.” ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2016, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-set-off-a-bomb-in-a-target-womens-room/756949/9 "2016-06-09T20:36:24Z")
Shouldn’t be too hard to catch. Probably warned their mother or sister or the baby sitter with their kids telling them to stay away on Thursday. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2016, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-set-off-a-bomb-in-a-target-womens-room/756949/10 "2016-06-09T21:10:45Z")
> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#): > > So… someone should have been hurt by a larger bomb in Joliet, instead? > > “Plastic bottle” - sounds like a dry ice “bomb” to me. While we’re keeping this local, I saw a couple of crazy kids in Wilmington roll up aluminum foil and stuff it into a 2 liter bottle that had some muriatic acid in it. They capped it and threw it, and it went off like a shotgun. A little south of Joliet, that was. But yeah, screw right wing loonies who terrorize bathrooms. If that’s what this was. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2016, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-set-off-a-bomb-in-a-target-womens-room/756949/11 "2016-06-09T22:46:16Z")
If it is a dry ice bomb, then it could be kids, and stripped of social context. This may be less “terrorist” than it is [Beavis And Butt-Head.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDqsgbtpDLk) ---
**Author:** ![D\_Anconia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@D\_Anconia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Anconia)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2016, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-set-off-a-bomb-in-a-target-womens-room/756949/12 "2016-06-09T23:23:08Z")
> [@Merneith](#): > > I’m so angry I can’t even talk. So recreational outrage then? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2016, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-set-off-a-bomb-in-a-target-womens-room/756949/13 "2016-06-09T23:26:02Z")
> [@D\_Anconia](#): > > So recreational outrage then? So recreational trolling then? ---
**Author:** ![Merneith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2016, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-set-off-a-bomb-in-a-target-womens-room/756949/14 "2016-06-09T23:30:26Z")
Oh sure. It’s only scary if a Muslim does it. > **[Evanston cops: Person of interest in custody after explosion in Target bathroom](https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/evanston/ct-evr-evanston-target-bathroom-explosion-tl-0616-20160609-story.html)** > > A woman has been taken into custody Thursday as a person of interest after a small bomb exploded in the bathroom of a Target store the day before, police said. Apparently, the police have a 44 yo woman in custody as a “person of interest”. They say the bombing wasn’t related to any Target policy as for as they know yet. She’s probably just The Bomb Fairy and accidentally dropped it there when she stopped in to powder her nose. Nothing to see here! ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2016, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-set-off-a-bomb-in-a-target-womens-room/756949/15 "2016-06-09T23:43:20Z")
> [@Merneith](#): > > Oh sure. It’s only scary if a Muslim does it. Only premature accusations if people assume it was a Muslim who did it. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Anconia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@D\_Anconia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Anconia)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2016, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-set-off-a-bomb-in-a-target-womens-room/756949/16 "2016-06-09T23:44:01Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > So recreational trolling then? Merneith is the one who is trolling. First it was a transgender issue. Then it was a Muslim issue. Without evidence. It could have been a kid, or a crazy person. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2016, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-set-off-a-bomb-in-a-target-womens-room/756949/17 "2016-06-09T23:50:19Z")
> [@D\_Anconia](#): > > Merneith is the one who is trolling. > > First it was a transgender issue. Then it was a Muslim issue. Without evidence. > > It could have been a kid, or a crazy person. :dubious: No mention of transgender in the OP. The Muslim mention was sarcasm. As you well know. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Anconia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@D\_Anconia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Anconia)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2016, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-set-off-a-bomb-in-a-target-womens-room/756949/18 "2016-06-09T23:55:20Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > No mention of transgender in the OP. There wasn’t? > [@Merneith](#): > > Officials were investigating whether a small bomb that went off Wednesday in the bathroom of an Illinois Target was planted in response to the store’s policy allowing transgender people to use the bathroom of their choice, WGN reported. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2016, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-set-off-a-bomb-in-a-target-womens-room/756949/19 "2016-06-09T23:58:35Z")
That was a quote from the article , not the OP. You’re attributing that view to the OP. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Anconia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@D\_Anconia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Anconia)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2016, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-set-off-a-bomb-in-a-target-womens-room/756949/20 "2016-06-10T00:00:39Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > That was a quote from the article , not the OP. > You’re attributing that view to the OP. OP also means Original Poster. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-set-off-a-bomb-in-a-target-womens-room/756949.md?page=2)