Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is in police custody, hours after his brother, Tamerlan died following a gun battle with his pursuers.
I had feared the 19-year old Dzhokhar would either be brought down by police or take his own life which might have left many questions unanswered. Now at least the authorities will have a slim chance to interrogate young Tsarnaev.
Given that this appears to have been a political act, Tsarnaev may be willing to make a statement. Of course, given that he is a recent immigrant of the Muslim faith from central Asia coupled with the fact that today's America is a torture state, he might not be afforded the protections of the American criminal justice system.
Many Americans will be unable to accept the Boston Marathon bombings as acts of domestic terrorism given the religious and ethnic backgrounds of the brothers Tsarnaev. We stand to learn a good deal more about America as this case progresses.
From the sound of it, it looks like this have more in common with the Columbine Massacre then with Al Queda.
ReplyDeleteUh, he is not a recent immigrant. he was born in the US. His brother was born elsewhere, but both grew up in America.
ReplyDeleteI haven't heard that, Matthew.
ReplyDelete"Dzhokhar and his brother, 26-year-old Tamerlan Tsarnaev, were identified by authorities and relatives as ethnic Chechens from southern Russia who had been in the U.S. for about a decade and were believed to be living in Cambridge, just outside Boston."
That's consistent with the account given by the brothers' uncle.