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temmer

(358 posts)
24. your picture is not taken at the bomb site.
Wed Jul 17, 2013, 05:30 PM
Jul 2013

Here's the photo with Martin and Dzhokhar. It's FAKED.



The photo if of unknown origin and appeared in some Yello Press newspapers (Daily Mail etc.)

It purports to show the Richard family as Marathon spectators, with Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in the background, just leaving the scene, and his bag (i.e. bomb) at the metal barrier. It has quickly been accepted by many as evidence that DT's bomb killed Martin and injured the rest of the family. But it's obviously not authentic.

The head of DT has obviously been copied from the photo where he turns into Fairfield Street after the blasts.

We know from the initial charge that DT left his bag a few seconds after the first blast, so the photo must have been shot only seconds before the second blast. However, as we know also from the charge that "Virtually every head turns east (towards the finish line) and stares in that direction, in apparent bewilderedness and alarm".

But neither the Richards nor anyone else stares east "in bewilderedness and alarm". Noone is looking towards the first bomb site. The people are cheering the runners. It is apparent that the first explosion not has occured yet. The photo must have been shot earlier, with DT and the Richard Family pasted in later. A fake.

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I'll buy a copy if there is an article that goes with the cover. GoneFishin Jul 2013 #1
There is. WilliamPitt Jul 2013 #7
he's in good company... corkhead Jul 2013 #2
And this... Tanuki Jul 2013 #3
I wasn't horrified at the cover when I first saw it... hlthe2b Jul 2013 #4
Thank you. One person, at least, who sees that there's more to this than meets the eye... truth2power Jul 2013 #22
a more appropriate picture exlrrp Jul 2013 #5
+10 n/t whathehell Jul 2013 #6
your picture is not taken at the bomb site. temmer Jul 2013 #24
The most important story is about the loss of the arctic ice Botany Jul 2013 #8
...and Stone did a huge story on that a year ago. WilliamPitt Jul 2013 #9
Can it get printed on urinal screens? nt geek tragedy Jul 2013 #10
In Britain, they'd be charged with prejudicing the trial muriel_volestrangler Jul 2013 #11
I've noticed the UK news sites all close their comments in articles about cases Nye Bevan Jul 2013 #25
The photo they chose makes perfect sense onenote Jul 2013 #12
I agree Marrah_G Jul 2013 #13
What's a Flowbee? Fantastic Anarchist Jul 2013 #14
Flowbee website link justiceischeap Jul 2013 #15
Holy shit! I didn't know those existed! nt Fantastic Anarchist Jul 2013 #16
Who cares? naaman fletcher Jul 2013 #17
So the point of this OP is that YOU don't care about the cover. Dawgs Jul 2013 #18
Ermahgerd, a thread that makes a personal point!!! WilliamPitt Jul 2013 #20
Besides, that's just what he looks like. Were they supposed to make him DevonRex Jul 2013 #19
For anyone who isn't afraid to do so, I encourage them to truth2power Jul 2013 #21
+++best post in this thread temmer Jul 2013 #23
+++ ^^^ GoneFishin Jul 2013 #28
Haven't there been hundreds of articles about this guy that included his photo? Nye Bevan Jul 2013 #26
You reckon he'll buy five copies for his mother? nt arely staircase Jul 2013 #27
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