Boston Marathon bombings
| Date | April 15, 2013, 2:49pm - April 19, 2013, 8:42pm |
|---|---|
| Location | Bombing:, 671â673 and 755 Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts, Shooting:, Corner of Vassar Street and Main Street in, Cambridge, Firefight and manhunt:, Watertown |
| Blamed on | Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Tamerlan Tsarnaev |
| Type |  bombing |
| Injured (non-fatal) | 280 |
| Interest of | David McGowan, WhoWhatWhy |
| Subpage | •Boston Marathon bombings/Photos |
Contents
Official narrative
Outside Marathon Sports at 671–673 Boylston Street at 2:49:43 pm EDT, a bomb exploded, followed about 12 seconds later by another bomb, one block farther (~200m) west at 755 Boylston Street, killing 3 people and injuring an estimated 264 others. The Federal Bureau of Investigation took over the investigation, and on April 18, released photographs and a surveillance video of two suspects. The suspects were identified later that day as Chechen brothers Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev.
Shortly after the release of the images, the suspects killed a police officer and carjacked the car of a young Chinese man whose identity is still Chinese national (identified only as "Danny").[1]
Manhunt
As part of the manhunt for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, an unprecedented "city lockdown" was ordered on April 19, with thousands of law enforcement officers searching a 20-block area of Watertown. Residents of Watertown and surrounding areas, including Boston, were told to stay indoors. The public transportation system and most businesses and public institutions were shut down, creating a deserted urban environment of historic size and duration. No legal justification was presented for this conduct.
"War on witnesses"
In the six months since the Boston Marathon bombing, the FBI has been active in pursuing several people connected, sometimes only tangentially, with the alleged bombers. This has included intimidation, arrest, deportation, closing of bank accounts and one fatal shooting. This has led to allegations that it is a specific policy designed to hamper the defense team of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, with WhoWhatWhy terming it a "war on witnesses".[2][3][4][5]
Public opinion
A July 2014 poll conducted by Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s legal defense team, part of an unsuccessful effort to force a change of venue for his trial, found that 58% of Bostonians believed the accused Marathon bomber is "definitely guilty" while 42% were "unsure".[6]
The Trial
Lawyers for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev rested their case on Tuesday after calling only four witnesses during a 5 hour testimony. The sparse defense case followed a 15 day prosecution case involving 92 witnesse.[7] The jury returned a guilty verdict after 11 hours of deliberation.[8] Some significant doubts have been raised about the evidence given by the prosecution.[9]
Witnesses
| Witness |
|---|
| Aaron Tang |
| Ben Thorndike |
The Official Culprits
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Dzhokhar Tsarnaev | |
| Tamerlan Tsarnaev | Official perpetrator of the Boston Bombings, possibly an FBI double agent. Died after an encounter with US police custody. |
References
- ↑ http://whowhatwhy.com/2014/03/11/9006/
- ↑ http://whowhatwhy.com/2013/10/29/feds-accused-of-harassing-boston-bomber-friends-and-friends-of-friends/
- ↑ http://whowhatwhy.com/2014/08/07/boston-update-another-tsarnaev-friend-arrested-another-government-leak/
- ↑ http://whowhatwhy.com/2013/11/18/islamic-name-us-banks-may-not-want-your-business/
- ↑ http://whowhatwhy.com/2014/10/02/boston-update-fbi-war-on-marathon-bombing-witnesses-continues/
- ↑ http://whowhatwhy.com/2014/07/10/four-in-ten-in-bostonians-skeptical-of-official-marathon-bombing-account/
- ↑ https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2015/04/02/bost-a02.html
- ↑ http://www.globalresearch.ca/boston-marathon-bombings-guilty-verdict-exposed-as-a-gross-travesty-of-justice/5442240
- ↑ http://whowhatwhy.org/2015/04/09/making-sense-of-boston/
