Good afternoon, everyone, and welcome to police off the cuff, real crime stories.

I'm your host, retired NYPD sergeant, a 27-year veteran of the NYPD.

So great work over this weekend by the FBI,

Joint Terrorist Task Force Unit.

The FBI, as you can see on the thumbnail on the screen,

potential terror attack stopped in Michigan.

Multiple suspects have been arrested,

according to FBI Director Patel.

And it was planned for the Halloween weekend.

It seems like these terrorist attacks, they target events or holidays.

And concerning to us and to those watching is tomorrow is the New York City Marathon.

Could they have been targeting that, rehearsing for that, planning for that, getting their

ducks in a row as it's so called to make a splash at the New York City Marathon.

After all, the Boston Marathon attack from April 15, 2013, they targeted, of course, the Boston

Marathon with pressure cooker bombs.

And that's one of the big reasons why backpacks aren't allowed to be taken into events, sporting events, concerts.

Any gathering, large gathering of people,

backpacks are banned because that's where the pressure cookers were contained in the Boston Marathon bombing.

So we may ask in this case, maybe people are suspicious of the FBI trying to get another victory on this in the win column here.

But this investigation started months ago.

And we all worry about, at least I do, about radicalization online, you know, because that's where many young people can be radicalized

by terror organizations.

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