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@mrbee: @mrsjazz: I really get the impression (from everything I've seen and heard first person, to things that I've seen in the media) that he was a kid that was scared of his brother. I know he's "innocent until proven guilty" but his brother murdered three young men in Waltham in 2011, cold blood, slit their throats. They're still unsure if Dzohkhar was there but his DNA was (could be from his brother). He probably thought his brother would do that to him, too.
He didn't train the way his brother trained (MMA, etc.), he wasn't as strictly religious as Tamerlan (full beard, radical outbursts during mosque). His brother kept shooting and fighting until he was gunned down, Dzohkhar ran (over his brother first) down the street and hid.
I'm thankful that it was Dhohkhar that survived and not Tamerlan. Tamerlan would've taken more lives with him if he could've.
(All my opinion, obviously. I can get a bit heated thinking about these two morons... and then just really sad, for everyone)
And his brother was all he had.

(ETA here's the link to the Waltham murder story: http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/mounting-evidence-boston-bombers-involved-2011-triple-murder/story?id=19151271&page=2)

@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: I don't feel sorry for him. He is a monster. He's a murderer. Even if he did just go along with it because he was scared for his life.

@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: The article tries very hard to humanize him and show him as a victim, which I totally disagree with. I cannot imagine how all the real victims feel reading the article.

And I agree with @mrbee, the article didn't have much insight on how he was radicalized. It really didn't provide any new information that wasn't available in the immediate aftermath. I think it is disgusting that Rolling Stone published the story and put his glamour shot on the cover.

@bluestriped bee:

http://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/blog/2013/06/14/officer-injured-during-shootout-with-marathon-bombers-is-finally-heading-home/

http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/regionals/west/2013/05/25/new-police-foundation-raising-money-watertown/ThURxI4UmLMet0jg9fncTJ/story.html

http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20696614,00.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/08/sports/beyond-the-finish-line.html?ref=sports&_r=3&

good ones