Police evacuated four Target stores in Utah last week after local news stations received emails containing bomb threats.
The CBS affiliate in Layton reported that the emails referenced Target’s infamous “Pride” merchandise.
Sergeant John Ottensen with Layton Police told KUTV that each email included three sentences and was sent from a “bogus email address.” He said investigations have turned up “no credible” threats, but that prosecutors may seek subpoenas to find out who is behind the crimes.
Meanwhile, four store locations in Ohio and one near Philadelphia also received bomb threats last week, and each was evacuated. Cleveland 19 News published the email containing those threats. It revealed that the source was not Target boycotters.
The email began, “Target is full of … cowards who turned their back on the LGBT community and decided to cater to the homophobic right wing redneck bigots who protested and vandalized their store.” After naming the locations where bombs had supposedly been placed, the email went on to say, “We will continue to bomb your targets until you stop cowering and bring back your LGBT merchandise.”
Each threat turned out to be a hoax. What is true is that customers nationwide are boycotting Target regardless of whether particular stores have pulled their perverse product lines. What’s the result so far?
This Target boycott is actually working. They lost $10 billion in 10 days. That hurts!
— Candace Owens
