Utah Target EVACUATED after it received a bomb threat for 'turning its back' on LGBT community after Pride collection walk back - store is one of several across Midwest to receive threats

Tuck-Friendly Target Targeted By Trans-Terrorism

With thanks to The Last English Prince:

A Utah Target has been evacuated and a bomb squad has been called in after multiple threats were made against stores across the state and five in Ohio after the company's annual Pride collection sparked fury. 

A Layton Target - located at 810 West 2000 North - was evacuated after receiving multiple bomb threats. 

A bomb squad and a K9 unit were deployed to the store around 1pm, according to KUTV. All staff and customers were directed to the parking lot. 

Police said stores in Layton, Salt Lake, Taylorsville and Provo were threatened. Authorities became aware of the threats after local news stations received emails threatening danger and referencing the company's new controversial Pride collection. 

Five Targets in across Northeast Ohio and Pennsylvania were also threatened, according to Cleveland 19, who received a threatening email listing stores in Stow, North Canton, Boardman, Niles, Ohio and Monaca, Pennsylvania. 

'Target is full of [redacted] cowards who turned their back on the LGBT community and decided to cater to homophobic right wing, redneck, bigots, who protested and vandalized their store,' the email to Cleveland 19 read. 

'We won't stand idly by as the far right continues to hunt us down. 'We are sending you a message, we placed a bomb in the following Targets,' the email continued. 

'We will continue to bomb your Targets until you stop cowering and bring back your LBGT merchandise. 'We will not be erased, we won't go quietly.'

Sounds like a clear cut case of terrorism to me.

GO READ THE WHOLE THING. 

Anyway, (cough), I can't imagine why anyone might be angry with Target:

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