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[Felix Lighter]

I really hate that photo of the victims/bomb/suspect. It literally makes me feel sick.

 

[MThanded]

I'm not clever enough to come up with something witty here. Damn those are some tits though.

those are some serious ones.

 

[CrankyJay]

No, he hugged his dad who just crossed the finish line and ran back to his mother. That's when it exploded and killed him.

goddamnit... =(

 

[F!ReW!Re]

Well this is new:

EDIT: Removed first picture

http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/20...cher-says/4UeCClOVeLr8PHLvDa99zK/picture.html

 

[Vire]

Just took the dog for a walk. Seems like a lot more people are starting to venture out

Why? Did you not see the bullet hole in that guy's chair? Seems stupid.

 

[vatstep]

Just took the dog for a walk. Seems like a lot more people are starting to venture out

I think I'm at least gonna head to the other building to do laundry. I am literally fucking sore from laying on the couch. Definitely won't be going out at night though.

 

[EagleBurnn]

I thought the 8 year old kid was killed in the second blast, while he was running away from the first one.

I'm not sure if an 8 year old can get to the other bomb in 10 seconds.

 

[Divvy]

I have no idea how police get anything coordinated, I can barely understand anything that comes out of the scanner.

 

[HalfBakedProphet]

Last I read before bed was that someone had a better photo of suspect #2.

I wake up and now...holy shit.

 

[Deleted member 8095]

Oh, we're back to posting some picture of a teenage girl and commenting on her boobs? Come on GAF, grow the fuck up.

 

[dc89]

What time is it in Boston now? Sorry, to ask such a silly question!

 

[Eighty Deuce]

those are some serious ones.

Looks like titties cant defeat terrorism, ALL HOPE IS LOST.

 

[GasProblem]

Alright, thanks for clearing that up.

 

[Aylinato]

Well, for one, since he didn't get blown up at the marathon, he pretty clearly understood it was a bomb. For two he's an adult. For three he didn't turn himself in at any point, and if that Twitter account is real, didn't seem conflicted in the time after the bombing. For four, when his brother was killed he escaped again rather than turning himself in. How many chances does someone get until you say "Okay, this person is in control of their actions"

still doesn't mean that he isn't sick in the head(but for justice I will hope he gets tried without the insanity plea

 

[infinityBCRT]

WTF the younger brother ran over his older brother in the car to get away? Wow.

The deadspin story makes it sound like the older brother was shot and killed by the officers before he was run over.

 

[MMBosstones86]

I thought the 8 year old kid was killed in the second blast, while he was running away from the first one.

Given the blasts were 12 seconds and 150ish yards apart...I think its impossible for someone to be killed by the 2nd blast by running away from the 1st.

edit: damn this shit moves fast

 

[Hasphat'sAnts]

Is that Doug Collins?

 

[sangreal]

Well this is new:

idk, they've handcuffed tons of people throughout the night. I'm still surprised John King didn't react to the "WE GOT HIM" episode

 

[BertramCooper]

From The Onion (fake, fake, fake, obviously):

CNN Releases Photos Of 3 Obese Mexican Women Suspected In Boston Bombing

 

[pulga]

Well this is new:

Officers took two men into custody on Norfolk Street in Cambridge Friday morning.

Whats the story with the new guy?

 

[LyleLanley]

What time is it in Boston now? Sorry, to ask such a silly question!

1:09 PM.

 

[JacksUsername]

What time is it in Boston now? Sorry, to ask such a silly question!

Edit: nm, already answered

 

[Stumpokapow]

Hopefully we'll all remember this the next time something like this happens...

The wrong lesson is being learned. It's not just reddit or 4chan or GAF or the internet or CNN. It's the general desire to know everything as it breaks and to become an instant expert on the story and to feel like you're helping and to feel like you're a part of something and to have to know the next shocking twist. It's human nature to get excited about this stuff, but it's our failure that we don't conquer that nature by calming ourselves and wait for actual news to come out. If people really want to learn a lesson from this, it's that they should check out entirely, advocate slow journalism, don't reward groups for breaking up-to-the-minute details or indulge in them, and read long-form summaries at the end of it all.

Not likely.

 

[Kwixotik]

There is a lot of emo-stupid-Imcool tweets in his timeline, nothing to do with being able to put a freaking bomb in a marathon. There are thousands of those tweets all around, I mean he is 19.

Im talking about the big picture around him, the photos with his friends at the university adn such. That kind of thing. It paints a normal picture for a 19 year old. Ugh, can't process.

I wasn't insinuating it had anything to do with him putting a bomb at the marathon. It was just a fitting tweet that agreed with what you were saying at the end of your post.

 

[maquiladora]

"Officer down?"

 

[LiK]

Whats the story with the new guy?

Mentioned they weren't suspects. Just people who happened to be living in the same building, iirc

 

[Jibbajabbawockky]

Eerie...

Thats some 28 Days Later stuff.

 

[GavinGT]

J_tsar has been confirmed to be his twitter by friends and classmates. Plus, the folks he has followed on it reference him as J_tsar also.

And this pic is straight from this Twitter account:

I think that's pretty clearly him on the right. Based on other pics in the account, the Camaro (with a Massachusetts plate) is his.

I would post some choice Tweets, but there are a ton really.

 

[Koko]

What time is it in Boston now? Sorry, to ask such a silly question!

1:10 P.M.

 

[Az]

Whats the story with the new guy?

Ridiculously Photogenic Suspect

 

[Doc Holliday]

So where are the guys who thought the bomber was the missing Brown U student?

 

[dkeane]

What time is it in Boston now? Sorry, to ask such a silly question!

1:10 and around 72º

 

[Captain Pants]

Why? Did you not see the bullet hole in that guy's chair? Seems stupid.

Proving you can get shot anywhere... including home.

 

[Joel Was Right]

Well, for one, since he didn't get blown up at the marathon, he pretty clearly understood it was a bomb. For two he's an adult. For three he didn't turn himself in at any point, and if that Twitter account is real, didn't seem conflicted in the time after the bombing. For four, when his brother was killed he escaped again rather than turning himself in. How many chances does someone get until you say "Okay, this person is in control of their actions"

It seems odd to keep randomly tweeting even after the event as if nothing happened, whilst still in the same clothes, surrounded by bombs, grenades and weapons.

 

[Jackpot]

Why? Did you not see the bullet hole in that guy's chair? Seems stupid.

Don't be so hysterical.

 

[Ludicrous Speed]

Why? Did you not see the bullet hole in that guy's chair? Seems stupid.

I'm in Boston, not Watertown. But there is a lock down that applies to Boston as well. Maybe excessive, I dunno.

But I walked down Mass Ave a couple of blocks and there were uniformed officers on every corner.

 

[KHarvey16]

This hostage thing will turn out to be an autocorrect fail.

 

[F!ReW!Re]

Mentioned they weren't suspects. Just people who happened to be living in the same building, iirc

I'll remove the picture

 

[sammich]

Well, for one, since he didn't get blown up at the marathon, he pretty clearly understood it was a bomb. For two he's an adult. For three he didn't turn himself in at any point, and if that Twitter account is real, didn't seem conflicted in the time after the bombing. For four, when his brother was killed he escaped again rather than turning himself in. How many chances does someone get until you say "Okay, this person is in control of their actions"

Im not wording it correctly. Im not saying hes not in control of his actions. Im saying he is, its just now that hes to a point where he probably doesnt think he has a choice in turning himself in. Im just reading back at what everyone is saying about him(his classmates etc) and he seems to have been a normal dude. At some point someone or something caused him to do this. Hes probably hiding somewhere crying his eyes out knowing that he fucked up his life and sees no better option right now.

 

[TheNatural]

still doesn't mean that he isn't sick in the head(but for justice I will hope he gets tried without the insanity plea

Almost all insanity pleas are struck down, like at a 99.999+% rate. There's a pretty high standard for insanity to the point you have to be a drooling, blubbering piece of meat who has no understanding of surroundings. It's legal suicide to plea insanity because all lawyers know there's virtually zero chance of it succeeding.

 

[Felix Lighter]

The wrong lesson is being learned. It's not just reddit or 4chan or GAF or the internet or CNN. It's the general desire to know everything as it breaks and to become an instant expert on the story and to feel like you're helping and to feel like you're a part of something and to have to know the next shocking twist. It's human nature to get excited about this stuff, but it's our failure that we don't conquer that nature by calming ourselves and wait for actual news to come out. If people really want to learn a lesson from this, it's that they should check out entirely, advocate slow journalism, don't reward groups for breaking up-to-the-minute details or indulge in them, and read long-form summaries at the end of it all.

Not likely.

Yes, I've been trying to very intentionally not keep up with this stuff up to the minute but it is so easy to fall into the trap.

 

[B!TCH]

Well, for one, since he didn't get blown up at the marathon, he pretty clearly understood it was a bomb. For two he's an adult. For three he didn't turn himself in at any point, and if that Twitter account is real, didn't seem conflicted in the time after the bombing. For four, when his brother was killed he escaped again rather than turning himself in. How many chances does someone get until you say "Okay, this person is in control of their actions"

Yeah, I'm not really following why people don't want to believe what we know so far. Granted we don't know everything yet but it seems like there is some willful cognitive dissonance going on as well.

There is a lot of emo-stupid-Imcool tweets in his timeline, nothing to do with being able to put a freaking bomb in a marathon. There are thousands of those tweets all around, I mean he is 19.

Im talking about the big picture around him, the photos with his friends at the university adn such. That kind of thing. It paints a normal picture for a 19 year old. Ugh, can't process.

Why would he be acting suspicious if he knew what he was doing? Some of you are acting as if you expected him to announce "YES, DEATH TO AMERICA, ALLAHU ACKBAR! I AM TERRORIST!" on his public Twitter account. Come on...

 

[Oersted]

Btw... any news about the letters sent to Obama and the congress-man?

 

[Maninthemirror]

Well this is new:

Officers took two men into custody on Norfolk Street in Cambridge Friday morning.

http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/20...cher-says/4UeCClOVeLr8PHLvDa99zK/picture.html

Isnt the arrested guy same as this guy?

On his social media site?

 

[Vyrance]

and we're back

 

[ezekial45]

We're back. What happened?

 

[Tamanon]

Btw... any news about the letters sent to Obama and the congress-man?

That guy was arrested a couple days ago. No more developments put forth yet.

 

[JacksUsername]

And we're back.

 

[jred2k]

Please don't leave me again, thread.

 

[statham]

that was a long break.