Early morning on the 2nd of May, police officers met the eyes of the Local 16 bar customers. This bar, in Washington DC, was earlier evacuated because of a supposed fire drill. However, no fire fighters responded to the area. The customers asked the police officers about this, and their reply was that bomb threats were called in, but cannot comment more on the details.
Among the patrons that were herded to safety were the 300+
people who identify themselves under the GamerGate hashtag. A group with the main goal of “ethics in
games journalism”. The location of the
meet-up was made public by Milo Yiannopoulos (@Nero) of Breitbart, a prominent
voice on the topic. The events of the
meet-up were chronicled under the #GGinDC tag. On the contrary, this same group
of people were labeled as a hate group by their critics. One of the critics of GamerGate, Arthur Chu, took
to Twitter and beyond to protest the meeting. Christina H. Sommers, a liberal feminist, received word that the bar had warnings if they continue to host the GamerGate event.
The meet-up was disrupted a few minutes past midnight, with
the Local 16 staff calling an emergency fire drill. This allowed the police officers and the K-9
units to clear the area for alleged bombs.
The people evacuated did not show panic and remained calm during the
ordeal.
There is no information yet available on the bomb threat
caller. It is premature to conclude that
the person of interest, Arthur Chu, is the one who did it. No absolute proof is currently available to incriminate
him on the act. Investigations are underway to find
the real perpetrator.
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