Teen: I Am Not the Boston Marathon Bomber

[Yo_Mama]

16. They didn't know his name

The reason he was picked out was for the bag type and apparent load, positioning, etc.

Realistically, the authorities have to do this type of thing, but it is not profiling. They'll just go through all the video bit by bit and try to track any remotely possible people down, plus people they think might have been in a position where they might have seen something useful to the investigation.

If you think about it, innocent persons are more likely to be picked out first, because of course they didn't know there would be a bomb in a backpack, and they wouldn't worry about trying to be discreet. They'd just be very happily walking around without a care in the world lugging their backpacks.

In any case, the amateurs had already picked him out and put up the pics I think early yesterday - long before the papers got hold of it.

It might by this time make more sense for the authorities to ask people who were there with backpacks just to contact them so that they can work through the elimination process.