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mnhtnbb

(33,260 posts)
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 11:34 AM 19 hrs ago

Flashbang explosive device found at North Carolina early voting site, police say


Aberdeen police on Wednesday afternoon responded to reports of a loud noise at the early voting site at 301 Lake Park Crossing, police Capt. Shannon Blackburn told WRAL. About 30 people heard the noise and initially suspected that an electrical transformer had exploded — but that was not the case, Blackburn said.

About 150 yards from the polling site, police found the remnants of a flashbang, a small explosive device often used by law enforcement agencies to disperse crowds. Aberdeen police found a black cylinder with a pull tab that’s about six inches long and two inches wide, Blackburn said.

No one was injured during the event, and no property damage was located. Voters and poll workers said they believed the device was thrown from a moving vehicle traveling southbound on US 1, Blackburn said.

“We believe the poll was targeted,” Blackburn told WRAL, adding that the department has increased its presence at the polling site.



https://www.wral.com/news/nccapitol/flashbang-found-near-early-voting-site-aberdeen-moore-county-nc-feb-2026/

Moore County voted 64% Trump in 2024.

Anybody want to put odds this was some right wing shenanigans attempting to disrupt polls with the suggestion it was "libruls' who did it?
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Flashbang explosive device found at North Carolina early voting site, police say (Original Post) mnhtnbb 19 hrs ago OP
When we take Traildogbob 19 hrs ago #1

Traildogbob

(12,836 posts)
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Thu Feb 19, 2026, 12:10 PM
19 hrs ago

The country back it will be way past time to spend ICE level cash to root out real domestic terrorism.
Every death threat, every shooting must be treated as terrorism. And hunted down.

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