Wednesday, April 19, 2017

Getty Museum in Los Angeles Evacuated after Bomb Threat


Getty Museum in Los Angeles Evacuated after Bomb Threat
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by Daniel Nussbaum18 Apr 2017
The Getty Center museum in Los Angeles was evacuated Tuesday afternoon after an unidentified caller reportedly called in a bomb threat.

The museum’s official Twitter account sent out a message at 4:16 p.m. local time warning that it would close early due to a “threatening phone call” on the advice of the Los Angeles Police Department.

LAPD officer Tony Im told the Los Angeles Daily News that the call came in just before 3 p.m.

“Somebody stated, ‘There is a bomb. Get out,'” Im said.
At least one video surfaced on social media which appeared to show visitors being evacuated from the museum, which is located at 1200 Getty Center Drive.

According to KTLA, an LAPD bomb squad was sent to the museum to investigate the threat, but no device or suspect had been located as of 5:00 p.m. PT.
The museum was scheduled to remain closed for the remainder of Tuesday evening.

Los Angeles Police Department
William J. Bratton was the chief for the Los Angeles Police Department, and is a member of the Homeland Security Advisory Council.

Note: Kenneth Canterbury is a member of the Homeland Security Advisory Council, and the president of the Fraternal Order of Police.
Lee H. Hamilton is a member of the Homeland Security Advisory Council, and an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings Institution (think tank), and the Human Rights Watch.
George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, and benefactor for the Human Rights Watch.
John C. Whitehead was an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and a director at the J. Paul Getty Trust.
J. Paul Getty Trust is an administrator for the J. Paul Getty Museum.
Ramon C. Cortines was a trustee at the J. Paul Getty Trust, and a deputy mayor for Los Angeles (CA).
Los Angeles (CA) Police Department is a department for Los Angeles (CA).
John J. Studzinski is a trustee at the J. Paul Getty Trust, and a director at the Human Rights Watch.
Gara LaMarche is an associate director for the Human Rights Watch, and was a director at the White House Project.
Daisy Khan was a director at the White House Project, is an executive director for the American Society for Muslim Advancement, and a developer for Park51.
Muslim Leaders of Tomorrow is the sponsor for the American Society for Muslim Advancement.
Park51
Park51 (originally named Cordoba House[6]) was to be a 13-story Islamic community center in Lower Manhattan including a "Muslim community center and a mosque."[7] The developers hoped to promote an interfaith dialogue within the greater community.[7] Due to its proposed location two blocks from the World Trade Center site,[8][9] it was widely and controversially referred to as the "Ground Zero mosque".[10] Numerous commentators disputed that characterization.

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