A box of hand grenades was found at an estate sale. The Austin police union had this to say:
A big shoutout to our APD Bomb Squad. These officers bring a level of training, expertise, and steady nerves that most people never see. Handling 80-year-old explosives with unknown stability is dangerous, precise work, and they do it with the professionalism this city counts on. The devices were safely seized and removed
Cops cordoned off the area “to protect residents.” The grenades were in a cardboard box in some old person’s garage for 80 years. The cops want you to believe it took bravery and skill to dispose of them. Spare me the drama.
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SmileyFtW · October 23, 2026 at 9:01 am
It’s Austin… ’nuff said.
SP RN · October 23, 2026 at 9:46 am
“The devices were safely seized and removed.” Notice it didn’t say ‘destroyed.’
YourAverageJoe · October 23, 2026 at 2:52 pm
I’m not surprised by the back slapping by the APD.
Austin is the faggiest city in Texas.
TRX · October 23, 2026 at 12:50 pm
It wouldn’t surprise me of there were crates of similar grenades in many National Guard warehouses, dating back to WWII, Korea, or Vietnam.
The US Army transitioned to Trinitrotoluene – TNT – during the war; from 1944-onward all new production was TNT. Earlier grenades used “blank fire powder” or various nitrated starch compounds. TNT is reasonably stable over the long term, but the earlier explosives do tend to get more sensitive as they degrade. Explosive power goes down as well, but you wouldn’t want to be real close to one going off.
The bomb squad guys had the training and equipment if something went cockeyed. If they were in any danger, either or both would have been deficient. Though I wouldn’t put it past some PDs to pencil-whip a 4-hour training course to justify a “BOMB SQUAD” patch and a salary increase.
TJ · October 23, 2026 at 1:55 pm
This kind of girly drama is why people have lost respect for firemen and ’emergency responders.’ If every little hang-nail is an ’emergency,’ it’s not a real emergency, it’s just drama. Girls …
Steve the Engineer · October 23, 2026 at 2:03 pm
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Atks5rRqQkg
Tom · October 23, 2026 at 10:51 pm
Probably sent the robot in anyway.
EC · October 25, 2026 at 9:53 am
When’s the last time you saw an 80-year old cardboard box ? What condition was it in? Crumble crumble…. With all the fake news, there’s good probability that this whole story is a crock, for the usual reasons.
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