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Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Nabisat starts to cry too; Dzhokhar was so nice, this aunt used to let him urinate in the kitchen sink, which was very unusual for us.
So He was so nice that he was allowed to pee in the kitchen sink? Wow what a great prize.. So now that Dzhokhar is over 21. he has moved up to the
prize of blowing unsuspecting people up. I still say, death he deserves for killing and permently maiming Americans just because!
Nabisat starts to cry too; Dzhokhar was so nice, this aunt used to let him urinate in the kitchen sink, which was very unusual for us.
So He was so nice that he was allowed to pee in the kitchen sink? Wow what a great prize.. So now that Dzhokhar is over 21. he has moved up to the
prize of blowing unsuspecting people up. I still say, death he deserves for killing and permently maiming Americans just because!
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Mollie Geier ‏@MollieGeier 10h10 hours ago
@JimArmstrongWBZ did u see Tsarnaev cry?i've read where some are saying he got emotional when his aunt began to sob..that sounds unlike him!
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 8h 8 hours ago
.@MollieGeier There's some debate over whether or not he cried; I didn't see it.
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Mr. Armstrong didn't mention the crying in his tweets yesterday- neither did Alysha Palumbo, so I was surprised when I read the article stating that he cried. :waitasec:
@JimArmstrongWBZ did u see Tsarnaev cry?i've read where some are saying he got emotional when his aunt began to sob..that sounds unlike him!
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 8h 8 hours ago
.@MollieGeier There's some debate over whether or not he cried; I didn't see it.
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Mr. Armstrong didn't mention the crying in his tweets yesterday- neither did Alysha Palumbo, so I was surprised when I read the article stating that he cried. :waitasec:
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Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 4h 4 hours ago
It's Tuesday morning in federal court; day 6 of the #Tsarnaev defense case... Lawyers & courtroom staff are getting ready for the day.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
#Tsarnaev gives a slight smirk to his attorneys as he walks into the courtroom @NECN
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 4h 4 hours ago
#Tsarnaev enters - smiles at Miriam Conrad, sits & starts chatting right away. He's talking, telling lawyers something funny, it seems.
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 4h 4 hours ago
#Tsarnaev's hair hasn't been cut in a while; still wearing his black suit, today with a tan v-neck shirt underneath.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
The judge and jury are in the courtroom. We are set to begin @NECN #Tsarnaev
It's Tuesday morning in federal court; day 6 of the #Tsarnaev defense case... Lawyers & courtroom staff are getting ready for the day.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
#Tsarnaev gives a slight smirk to his attorneys as he walks into the courtroom @NECN
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 4h 4 hours ago
#Tsarnaev enters - smiles at Miriam Conrad, sits & starts chatting right away. He's talking, telling lawyers something funny, it seems.
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 4h 4 hours ago
#Tsarnaev's hair hasn't been cut in a while; still wearing his black suit, today with a tan v-neck shirt underneath.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
The judge and jury are in the courtroom. We are set to begin @NECN #Tsarnaev
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Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
The first defense witness of the day is Amanda Ransom, a 25yo Suffolk University grad from Providence, RI @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 4h 4 hours ago
Judge, jury enter.
Defense calls Amanda Ransom, their 31st witness.
#Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Ransom was college roommates with Katherine Russell - Tamerlan's widow @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 4h 4 hours ago
Ransom's maiden name was Saisselin, she says. She's 25, lives in Providence. Went to Suffolk U for college, lived w/ Katherine Russell.
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 4h 4 hours ago
Ransom was roommates with the woman who would become Dzhokhar #Tsarnaev's sister-in-law (Tamerlan's wife, Katherine).
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 4h 4 hours ago
Ransom says Katherine was funny, sarcastic. The women became friendly. Ransom got to know Tamerlan too.
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 4h 4 hours ago
Ransom: Tamerlan was "outgoing, chatty, and flashy" w/ way he dressed. Jury seeing pics of Tamerlan from around 2007 in and around Boston.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
The jury sees photos of Tamerlan & Katherine.
Ransom: "he was very outgoing & chatty & flashy"
@NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Another photo shows Tamerlan in Boston's North End, white shoes, blue pants, white shirt & scarf @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 4h 4 hours ago
Ransom: Tamerlan used to pay the bouncers at nightclubs so Katherine and I could get in underage. He drove a Mercedes at the time.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Ransom: "they were on & off multiple times...at one point she found out he was dating another woman" @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 4h 4 hours ago
Ransom: Katherine & Tamerlan had a rocky relationship, in part b/c he was cheating.
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 4h 4 hours ago
Ransom started to feel uncomfortable around Tamerlan over time after she overheard some of his conversations w/ Katherine.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Defense: was Tamerlan a laid back person?
Ransom: no it was more aggressive
@NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Ransom: "during that year we were all in the same apt I could hear some of their conversations..." @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Ransom: after they had sex, he said he had AIDS, she started crying, he was laughing...because it was a joke @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 4h 4 hours ago
Ransom: Tamerlan once told Katherine he had AIDS after having sex; she started to cry and he can't stop laughing.
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 4h 4 hours ago
Ransom: I also saw Tamerlan #Tsarnaev get "aggressive" with people on the street.
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 4h 4 hours ago
Ransom: Tamerlan once knocked a man to the ground, punching him in the chest after the man said something to Katherine he didn't like.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Ransom: "a man sitting on a wall said something to Katherine & I...Tamerlan punched him in the chest" @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Ransom says the punch knocked the man off the wall. She was concerned about Tamerlan being aggressive @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Defense: in the summer of 2009 did you suspect her of being emotionally abused?
Ransom: yes
@NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 4h 4 hours ago
Ransom felt Katherine was "being emotionally abused" by Tamerlan.
Then he gives her a Quran, and they start celebrating holidays together.
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 4h 4 hours ago
Ransom: Tamerlan once told Katherine that she was getting heavy and needed to lose some weight.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Ransom: she was in the car with him & he said to her that she was getting fat & she needed to lose weight @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Ransom says she lived with another roommate Stephanie on the 2nd floor of an apt, Tamerlan & Katherine lived on 1st floor @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Ransom: "I would see her less & less at that point...she started to change her dress...and she was wearing a hijab" @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 4h 4 hours ago
Ransom: Katherine soon takes the hijab, fully covers her body, becomes more quiet and alienated from friends.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Ransom: she got quiet and she was obviously alienated from me and Stephanie @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Ransom: I had heard an argument between them & I attempted to help Katherine... @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 4h 4 hours ago
In 2009, Ransom finally moves out after hearing Katherine & Tamerlan fighting; she could hear Katherine asking for help.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Ransom: I was woken up by how loud they were fighting & I could hear banging, it was screaming as well as throwing things @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 4h 4 hours ago
Ransom: I heard banging, yelling, but when I got to Katherine's door at 1am, she told me it was none of my business & to go away.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Ransom: she sounded frantic but when I spoke to her she was very calm & stern with me...told me it was none of my business @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Ransom: their door opened & I think he came out & he was speaking to me from the bottom of the stairwell @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Ransom: he was repeating very angrily, "get down here right now" I said no, he said "if I ever see you again"
@NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 4h 4 hours ago
Ransom: Post-fight, Tamerlan screamed at me: "If I ever see you again..."
She goes to her room, barricades self in w/ desk against the door
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Ransom says she barricaded her door shut with a desk, then went to roommate's room, they both packed bags & left @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Ransom says they went to a high school friend's house because they were scared @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 4h 4 hours ago
Ransom: Katherine called me and told me that "Tamerlan never threatened me and I was being childish."
Friendship ends.
#Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Ransom says she didn't call police because she figured Katherine would deny it & it would agitate Tamerlan more @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Ransom says she did send an email to an attorney at 3:30am that day asking how to get out of her lease @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Ransom says Katherine left her a message, "she said that Tamerlan never threatened me & I was being childish" @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Defense is done with direct, govt begins cross examination @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 4h 4 hours ago
Nadine Pellegrini rises to cross-examine Ransom.
- Do you have anything to tell this jury about this defendant?
- No.
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 4h 4 hours ago
Did you ever meet Dzhokhar #Tsarnaev?
No.
Nothing further.
Ransom steps down.
The first defense witness of the day is Amanda Ransom, a 25yo Suffolk University grad from Providence, RI @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 4h 4 hours ago
Judge, jury enter.
Defense calls Amanda Ransom, their 31st witness.
#Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Ransom was college roommates with Katherine Russell - Tamerlan's widow @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 4h 4 hours ago
Ransom's maiden name was Saisselin, she says. She's 25, lives in Providence. Went to Suffolk U for college, lived w/ Katherine Russell.
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 4h 4 hours ago
Ransom was roommates with the woman who would become Dzhokhar #Tsarnaev's sister-in-law (Tamerlan's wife, Katherine).
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 4h 4 hours ago
Ransom says Katherine was funny, sarcastic. The women became friendly. Ransom got to know Tamerlan too.
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 4h 4 hours ago
Ransom: Tamerlan was "outgoing, chatty, and flashy" w/ way he dressed. Jury seeing pics of Tamerlan from around 2007 in and around Boston.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
The jury sees photos of Tamerlan & Katherine.
Ransom: "he was very outgoing & chatty & flashy"
@NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Another photo shows Tamerlan in Boston's North End, white shoes, blue pants, white shirt & scarf @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 4h 4 hours ago
Ransom: Tamerlan used to pay the bouncers at nightclubs so Katherine and I could get in underage. He drove a Mercedes at the time.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Ransom: "they were on & off multiple times...at one point she found out he was dating another woman" @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 4h 4 hours ago
Ransom: Katherine & Tamerlan had a rocky relationship, in part b/c he was cheating.
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 4h 4 hours ago
Ransom started to feel uncomfortable around Tamerlan over time after she overheard some of his conversations w/ Katherine.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Defense: was Tamerlan a laid back person?
Ransom: no it was more aggressive
@NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Ransom: "during that year we were all in the same apt I could hear some of their conversations..." @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Ransom: after they had sex, he said he had AIDS, she started crying, he was laughing...because it was a joke @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 4h 4 hours ago
Ransom: Tamerlan once told Katherine he had AIDS after having sex; she started to cry and he can't stop laughing.
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 4h 4 hours ago
Ransom: I also saw Tamerlan #Tsarnaev get "aggressive" with people on the street.
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 4h 4 hours ago
Ransom: Tamerlan once knocked a man to the ground, punching him in the chest after the man said something to Katherine he didn't like.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Ransom: "a man sitting on a wall said something to Katherine & I...Tamerlan punched him in the chest" @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Ransom says the punch knocked the man off the wall. She was concerned about Tamerlan being aggressive @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Defense: in the summer of 2009 did you suspect her of being emotionally abused?
Ransom: yes
@NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 4h 4 hours ago
Ransom felt Katherine was "being emotionally abused" by Tamerlan.
Then he gives her a Quran, and they start celebrating holidays together.
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 4h 4 hours ago
Ransom: Tamerlan once told Katherine that she was getting heavy and needed to lose some weight.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Ransom: she was in the car with him & he said to her that she was getting fat & she needed to lose weight @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Ransom says she lived with another roommate Stephanie on the 2nd floor of an apt, Tamerlan & Katherine lived on 1st floor @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Ransom: "I would see her less & less at that point...she started to change her dress...and she was wearing a hijab" @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 4h 4 hours ago
Ransom: Katherine soon takes the hijab, fully covers her body, becomes more quiet and alienated from friends.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Ransom: she got quiet and she was obviously alienated from me and Stephanie @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Ransom: I had heard an argument between them & I attempted to help Katherine... @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 4h 4 hours ago
In 2009, Ransom finally moves out after hearing Katherine & Tamerlan fighting; she could hear Katherine asking for help.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Ransom: I was woken up by how loud they were fighting & I could hear banging, it was screaming as well as throwing things @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 4h 4 hours ago
Ransom: I heard banging, yelling, but when I got to Katherine's door at 1am, she told me it was none of my business & to go away.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Ransom: she sounded frantic but when I spoke to her she was very calm & stern with me...told me it was none of my business @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Ransom: their door opened & I think he came out & he was speaking to me from the bottom of the stairwell @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Ransom: he was repeating very angrily, "get down here right now" I said no, he said "if I ever see you again"
@NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 4h 4 hours ago
Ransom: Post-fight, Tamerlan screamed at me: "If I ever see you again..."
She goes to her room, barricades self in w/ desk against the door
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Ransom says she barricaded her door shut with a desk, then went to roommate's room, they both packed bags & left @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Ransom says they went to a high school friend's house because they were scared @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 4h 4 hours ago
Ransom: Katherine called me and told me that "Tamerlan never threatened me and I was being childish."
Friendship ends.
#Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Ransom says she didn't call police because she figured Katherine would deny it & it would agitate Tamerlan more @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Ransom says she did send an email to an attorney at 3:30am that day asking how to get out of her lease @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Ransom says Katherine left her a message, "she said that Tamerlan never threatened me & I was being childish" @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Defense is done with direct, govt begins cross examination @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 4h 4 hours ago
Nadine Pellegrini rises to cross-examine Ransom.
- Do you have anything to tell this jury about this defendant?
- No.
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 4h 4 hours ago
Did you ever meet Dzhokhar #Tsarnaev?
No.
Nothing further.
Ransom steps down.
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Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 4h 4 hours ago
Defense calls Elizabeth Zamparelli, 22, student at UMass Boston.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
The next defense witness is Elizabeth "Bett" Zamparelli. She graduated from Cambridge Rindge & Latin in 2011 @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 4h 4 hours ago
Zamparelli: went to high school at Cambridge Rindge & Latin.
She looks briefly at #Tsarnaev from the stand.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Zamparelli smiles in Dzhokhar's direction as she says she was friends with him, they met at driver's ed @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Zamparelli says both she & #Tsarnaev were in "Best Buddies" together @NECN
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 4h 4 hours ago
Zamparelli was #Tsarnaev's friend, in his graduating class (2011). They took driver's ed together.
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 4h 4 hours ago
Zamparelli: #Tsarnaev and I were in "Best Buddies", where high school kids interact with special needs kids.
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 4h 4 hours ago
Zamparelli: "I thought we were relatively close."
Never went to his house.
He was "very caring."
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Zamparelli says Dzhokhar wrestled in high school & also life guarded at the Harvard pool @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Zamparelli: "I thought we were relatively close" says they would "hang out, laugh, just talk about stuff" @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Zamparelli says she would talk to Dzhokhar when she was having problems, says he would "make me laugh" @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Zamparelli: I never saw #Tsarnaev argue or fight w/ anyone. He treated women nicely. Never talked politics or religion.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Zamparelli says they kept in touch after high school online, says he was "a little sarcastic, but not mean sarcastic" @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Zamparelli says Dzhokhar never really talked about religion or politics, although she knew he was Muslim @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Zamparelli says she knew Tamerlan through a friend, probably met him junior year of high school @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Zamparelli: I knew Tamerlan thru a friend. But I was much younger than he and his friends were, so not much interaction.
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
One of those friends, Zamparelli answers, was murdered. But a govt objection stops her answer.
#Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Defense done with direct. Govt begins cross examination, asks about using drugs with the Silva brothers @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Zamparelli says she was at an ex-boyfriend's house, Tamerlan was at Brendan Mess' house across the street @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Defense: do you know what happened to Brendan?
Zamparelli: he was murdered
Govt: objection
Judge: Sustained
@NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Miriam Conrad is trying different ways to ask Zamparelli's reaction post-bombing; keeps getting sustained.
Finally: did you recognize pics?
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Zamparelli: "We thought it was a joke, the idea that it could be him." That's not the person my friends and I thought he could be.
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Al Chakravarty stands to cross examine.
- You didn't know Tamerlan well?
- Not really.
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
AC wants to ask about #Tsarnaev & co. buying and selling weed, but gets objected to.
Zamparelli says she smoked w/ him once or twice.
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
AC: you didn't know the depth or range of #Tsarnaev's religious beliefs, did you?
- I knew he was Muslim.
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
AC: You had less contact with #Tsarnaev once he went to college?
- Yes.
That's all from her; Defense calls next witness.
Defense calls Elizabeth Zamparelli, 22, student at UMass Boston.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
The next defense witness is Elizabeth "Bett" Zamparelli. She graduated from Cambridge Rindge & Latin in 2011 @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 4h 4 hours ago
Zamparelli: went to high school at Cambridge Rindge & Latin.
She looks briefly at #Tsarnaev from the stand.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Zamparelli smiles in Dzhokhar's direction as she says she was friends with him, they met at driver's ed @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Zamparelli says both she & #Tsarnaev were in "Best Buddies" together @NECN
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 4h 4 hours ago
Zamparelli was #Tsarnaev's friend, in his graduating class (2011). They took driver's ed together.
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 4h 4 hours ago
Zamparelli: #Tsarnaev and I were in "Best Buddies", where high school kids interact with special needs kids.
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 4h 4 hours ago
Zamparelli: "I thought we were relatively close."
Never went to his house.
He was "very caring."
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Zamparelli says Dzhokhar wrestled in high school & also life guarded at the Harvard pool @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Zamparelli: "I thought we were relatively close" says they would "hang out, laugh, just talk about stuff" @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Zamparelli says she would talk to Dzhokhar when she was having problems, says he would "make me laugh" @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Zamparelli: I never saw #Tsarnaev argue or fight w/ anyone. He treated women nicely. Never talked politics or religion.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Zamparelli says they kept in touch after high school online, says he was "a little sarcastic, but not mean sarcastic" @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Zamparelli says Dzhokhar never really talked about religion or politics, although she knew he was Muslim @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Zamparelli says she knew Tamerlan through a friend, probably met him junior year of high school @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Zamparelli: I knew Tamerlan thru a friend. But I was much younger than he and his friends were, so not much interaction.
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
One of those friends, Zamparelli answers, was murdered. But a govt objection stops her answer.
#Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Defense done with direct. Govt begins cross examination, asks about using drugs with the Silva brothers @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Zamparelli says she was at an ex-boyfriend's house, Tamerlan was at Brendan Mess' house across the street @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Defense: do you know what happened to Brendan?
Zamparelli: he was murdered
Govt: objection
Judge: Sustained
@NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Miriam Conrad is trying different ways to ask Zamparelli's reaction post-bombing; keeps getting sustained.
Finally: did you recognize pics?
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Zamparelli: "We thought it was a joke, the idea that it could be him." That's not the person my friends and I thought he could be.
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Al Chakravarty stands to cross examine.
- You didn't know Tamerlan well?
- Not really.
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
AC wants to ask about #Tsarnaev & co. buying and selling weed, but gets objected to.
Zamparelli says she smoked w/ him once or twice.
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
AC: you didn't know the depth or range of #Tsarnaev's religious beliefs, did you?
- I knew he was Muslim.
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
AC: You had less contact with #Tsarnaev once he went to college?
- Yes.
That's all from her; Defense calls next witness.
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Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Next defense witness requires a translator, we are told.
Lawyers go to sidebar.
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Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Witness arrives in a wheelchair; Mirra Kuznetsov has good English, it seems, but has the interpreter just in case.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
The next defense witness is using an interpreter. She came here from Russia in 1992. @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Kuznetsov owned a Russian language video store in Brighton, the #Tsarnaev family were her customers @NECN
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Kuznetsov: "Nice looking family, it seemed to me they were very close to each other" @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Kuznetsov got to know the #Tsarnaev family as customers of her store; met them around 2005 she testifies.
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Kuznetsov would also deliver items to their Cambridge home, would dine with them at their apartment.
"A very nice-looking family, close."
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Kuznetsov: I met the defendant when he was 10 or 11; they were hugging and kissing him, he was very loved by them.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Kuznetsov says Dzhokhar was 10 or 11 at the time, says the family loved him, kissed him all the time @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Kuznetsov says of Anzor & Zubeidat that they were a great couple "it seemed to me that they loved each other" @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Kuznetsov: #Tsarnaev's mom, when I first met her, she was dressed very fancy, loved her kids clearly.
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Kuznetsov: Anzor was good-looking but quiet; Zubeidat was more talkative; a beautiful couple, they loved each other.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Kuznetsov: Tamerlan looked very nice looking guy, good shape, nice @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Kuznetsov on a memory of brothers: Tamerlan said something to Dzhokhar & it was very powerful...maybe "go to the car"@NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Kuznetsov: I once recall Tamerlan said something "powerful" to Dzhokhar, gave him an order to go back to the car, or something.
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Kutnetzov: Time passes, and I am surprised to see Zubeidat #Tsarnaev wearing the hijab; she tells me she's very religious now.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Kuznetsov noticed the changes around 2008-2009, "(Zubeidat) said she was very happy that Tamerlan became very religious" @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Kuznetsov: Then I see Tamerlan "and I was scared". He looked strange, with his beard and his clothes. Didn't recognize him.
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Kutnetsov: Zubeidat once told me she was very happy that Tamerlan had become religious.
#Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Defense atty Fick wants to ask about what happened and what she saw post-bombing; judge asks for sidebar.
#Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Kuznetsov begins to answer question about calling the FBI shortly after the bombing, govt objects, judge grants sidebar @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Some jurors relaxed, smiling, whispering among themselves as we wait...
#Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Sidebar over. Defense begins asking why Kuznetsov was "scared" when she saw Tamerlan's appearance change @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Sidebar over. Defense begins asking why Kuznetsov was "scared" when she saw Tamerlan's appearance change @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Kuznetsov explains it reminded her of a terrorist.
Defense done with direct, govt has no cross examination & she is excused
@NECN #Tsarnaev
Next defense witness requires a translator, we are told.
Lawyers go to sidebar.
#Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Witness arrives in a wheelchair; Mirra Kuznetsov has good English, it seems, but has the interpreter just in case.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
The next defense witness is using an interpreter. She came here from Russia in 1992. @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Kuznetsov owned a Russian language video store in Brighton, the #Tsarnaev family were her customers @NECN
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Kuznetsov: "Nice looking family, it seemed to me they were very close to each other" @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Kuznetsov got to know the #Tsarnaev family as customers of her store; met them around 2005 she testifies.
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Kuznetsov would also deliver items to their Cambridge home, would dine with them at their apartment.
"A very nice-looking family, close."
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Kuznetsov: I met the defendant when he was 10 or 11; they were hugging and kissing him, he was very loved by them.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Kuznetsov says Dzhokhar was 10 or 11 at the time, says the family loved him, kissed him all the time @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Kuznetsov says of Anzor & Zubeidat that they were a great couple "it seemed to me that they loved each other" @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Kuznetsov: #Tsarnaev's mom, when I first met her, she was dressed very fancy, loved her kids clearly.
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Kuznetsov: Anzor was good-looking but quiet; Zubeidat was more talkative; a beautiful couple, they loved each other.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Kuznetsov: Tamerlan looked very nice looking guy, good shape, nice @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Kuznetsov on a memory of brothers: Tamerlan said something to Dzhokhar & it was very powerful...maybe "go to the car"@NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Kuznetsov: I once recall Tamerlan said something "powerful" to Dzhokhar, gave him an order to go back to the car, or something.
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Kutnetzov: Time passes, and I am surprised to see Zubeidat #Tsarnaev wearing the hijab; she tells me she's very religious now.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Kuznetsov noticed the changes around 2008-2009, "(Zubeidat) said she was very happy that Tamerlan became very religious" @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Kuznetsov: Then I see Tamerlan "and I was scared". He looked strange, with his beard and his clothes. Didn't recognize him.
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Kutnetsov: Zubeidat once told me she was very happy that Tamerlan had become religious.
#Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Defense atty Fick wants to ask about what happened and what she saw post-bombing; judge asks for sidebar.
#Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Kuznetsov begins to answer question about calling the FBI shortly after the bombing, govt objects, judge grants sidebar @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Some jurors relaxed, smiling, whispering among themselves as we wait...
#Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Sidebar over. Defense begins asking why Kuznetsov was "scared" when she saw Tamerlan's appearance change @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Sidebar over. Defense begins asking why Kuznetsov was "scared" when she saw Tamerlan's appearance change @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Kuznetsov explains it reminded her of a terrorist.
Defense done with direct, govt has no cross examination & she is excused
@NECN #Tsarnaev
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Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
The next witness is Dr. Alexander Niss, who works at Hollywood Health Center in LA, private practice in psychiatry @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Next witness: Dr. Alexander Niss, who also has the Russian interpreter with him, just in case, but his English is also good.
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Niss: Works at Hollywood Mental Health center in Los Angeles, private practice in psychiatry.
#Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Dr. Niss got his medical degree in Russia, speaks both Russian & English @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Dr. Niss says he worked at a Moscow psychiatric institute @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Dr. Niss was a licensed doctor in Russia, but then has to re-do much of his training after he moves to the US.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Dr. Niss came to the U.S. in 1994, did training here in Boston at age 50 to become licensed here @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Niss met Anzor #Tsarnaev (the dad) in 2003, as part of his outpatient practice. Saw him for about 2 years.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Dr. Niss was treating Anzor #Tsarnaev from 2003-2005, "His main problem was post traumatic stress disorder" @NECN
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Niss: Anzor #Tsarnaev suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder following the Chechen/Russian war.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Dr. Niss says Anzor's PTSD was from the Russian-Chechen war, "he was tortured he experienced a lot...he had flashbacks" @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Niss: Anzor #Tsarnaev had flashbacks to his time in concentration camp, had hallucinations, "was very sick"; paranoia that KGB followed him.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Dr. Niss says Anzor "had nightmares, paranoia about KGB" @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Niss: Anzor had a head injury at age 8, seizures lifelong as a result.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Dr. Niss says Anzor "had seizures from childhood" @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
The jury will now see a summary of Anzor's health records from Dr. Niss' treatment of him @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Dr. Niss reviews his medical records with the jury; he saw Anzor #Tsarnaev 28 times over 2 years.
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Niss: Anzor suffered from "panic disorders, tense emotionally, startle reflex, voices calling his name."
Gets Rx for Zoloft & Klonopin.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Dr. Niss originally treated Anzor #Tsarnaev with trazadone (sleep disorder), zoloft (anti-depressant) & klonopin (panic attacks) @NECN
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Prosecution objects, suggesting #Tsarnaev's dad's meds aren't related to the issue at hand; judge will allow for now, he says.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Dr. Niss says a month later he tapered off some drugs, added an anti-psychotic medication @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Dr. Niss says in Oct 2003 (2 months later) Anzor's PTSD symptoms were increasing, he adjusted meds again @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
With time, Dr. Niss says, Anzor #Tsarnaev gets a little better, more calm, but not much. Terribly anxious, paranoid.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Dr. Niss testifies 2 months later (Dec 2003) Anzor #Tsarnaev was improving, calmer, sleeping better, no nightmares @NECN
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
By late 2003, Anzor #Tsarnaev was getting worse ("disheveled, depressed, symptoms increasing"); Dr. Niss changes his meds.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
But by March 2004, Dr. Niss says Anzor #Tsarnaev worsened, flashbacks, anxious, tense, sudden fear. He adjusted meds again @NECN
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Niss: Anzor #Tsarnaev also suffered "from having a lot of concussions in his life" as a boxer.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Dr. Niss on Anzor: "He was a boxer, any knockout is a concussion...he had a lot of concussions in his life" @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Dr. Niss testifies in Oct 2004 Anzor #Tsarnaev's condition improved but he had "anger for minimal reasons" @NECN
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Govt objects, saying that Judy Clarke is asking leading questions of Dr. Niss; Judge O'Toole quips that "that might be more efficient".
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Niss: By mid-2005, Anzor #Tsarnaev was going to the Emergency Room almost every night, physical symptoms from PTSD. "He was a sick guy.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Dr. Niss testifies in Jan 2005 Anzor #Tsarnaev was no longer suspicious but was exhausting easily, had some dizziness, headaches @NECN
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Dr. Niss agrees with defense that he tried to medicate the general "bad feeling he had" @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
By May 2005, Dr. Niss testifies Anzor #Tsarnaev was "going to ER almost every night...he couldn't drive" @NECN
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Dr. Niss: "he was really disabled, he couldn't work in my opinion, but I never fill out any forms for him for disability" @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Dr. Niss moved away in 2005, stopped treating Anzor #Tsarnaev - agreed with defense he was "very disabled" @NECN
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Defense is done with direct. Govt has no cross examination. Dr. Niss is excused. It is now morning break. @NECN #Tsarnaev
The next witness is Dr. Alexander Niss, who works at Hollywood Health Center in LA, private practice in psychiatry @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Next witness: Dr. Alexander Niss, who also has the Russian interpreter with him, just in case, but his English is also good.
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Niss: Works at Hollywood Mental Health center in Los Angeles, private practice in psychiatry.
#Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Dr. Niss got his medical degree in Russia, speaks both Russian & English @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Dr. Niss says he worked at a Moscow psychiatric institute @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Dr. Niss was a licensed doctor in Russia, but then has to re-do much of his training after he moves to the US.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Dr. Niss came to the U.S. in 1994, did training here in Boston at age 50 to become licensed here @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Niss met Anzor #Tsarnaev (the dad) in 2003, as part of his outpatient practice. Saw him for about 2 years.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Dr. Niss was treating Anzor #Tsarnaev from 2003-2005, "His main problem was post traumatic stress disorder" @NECN
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Niss: Anzor #Tsarnaev suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder following the Chechen/Russian war.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Dr. Niss says Anzor's PTSD was from the Russian-Chechen war, "he was tortured he experienced a lot...he had flashbacks" @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Niss: Anzor #Tsarnaev had flashbacks to his time in concentration camp, had hallucinations, "was very sick"; paranoia that KGB followed him.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Dr. Niss says Anzor "had nightmares, paranoia about KGB" @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Niss: Anzor had a head injury at age 8, seizures lifelong as a result.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Dr. Niss says Anzor "had seizures from childhood" @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
The jury will now see a summary of Anzor's health records from Dr. Niss' treatment of him @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Dr. Niss reviews his medical records with the jury; he saw Anzor #Tsarnaev 28 times over 2 years.
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Niss: Anzor suffered from "panic disorders, tense emotionally, startle reflex, voices calling his name."
Gets Rx for Zoloft & Klonopin.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Dr. Niss originally treated Anzor #Tsarnaev with trazadone (sleep disorder), zoloft (anti-depressant) & klonopin (panic attacks) @NECN
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Prosecution objects, suggesting #Tsarnaev's dad's meds aren't related to the issue at hand; judge will allow for now, he says.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Dr. Niss says a month later he tapered off some drugs, added an anti-psychotic medication @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Dr. Niss says in Oct 2003 (2 months later) Anzor's PTSD symptoms were increasing, he adjusted meds again @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
With time, Dr. Niss says, Anzor #Tsarnaev gets a little better, more calm, but not much. Terribly anxious, paranoid.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Dr. Niss testifies 2 months later (Dec 2003) Anzor #Tsarnaev was improving, calmer, sleeping better, no nightmares @NECN
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
By late 2003, Anzor #Tsarnaev was getting worse ("disheveled, depressed, symptoms increasing"); Dr. Niss changes his meds.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
But by March 2004, Dr. Niss says Anzor #Tsarnaev worsened, flashbacks, anxious, tense, sudden fear. He adjusted meds again @NECN
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Niss: Anzor #Tsarnaev also suffered "from having a lot of concussions in his life" as a boxer.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Dr. Niss on Anzor: "He was a boxer, any knockout is a concussion...he had a lot of concussions in his life" @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Dr. Niss testifies in Oct 2004 Anzor #Tsarnaev's condition improved but he had "anger for minimal reasons" @NECN
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Govt objects, saying that Judy Clarke is asking leading questions of Dr. Niss; Judge O'Toole quips that "that might be more efficient".
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Niss: By mid-2005, Anzor #Tsarnaev was going to the Emergency Room almost every night, physical symptoms from PTSD. "He was a sick guy.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Dr. Niss testifies in Jan 2005 Anzor #Tsarnaev was no longer suspicious but was exhausting easily, had some dizziness, headaches @NECN
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Dr. Niss agrees with defense that he tried to medicate the general "bad feeling he had" @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
By May 2005, Dr. Niss testifies Anzor #Tsarnaev was "going to ER almost every night...he couldn't drive" @NECN
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Dr. Niss: "he was really disabled, he couldn't work in my opinion, but I never fill out any forms for him for disability" @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Dr. Niss moved away in 2005, stopped treating Anzor #Tsarnaev - agreed with defense he was "very disabled" @NECN
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Defense is done with direct. Govt has no cross examination. Dr. Niss is excused. It is now morning break. @NECN #Tsarnaev
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Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
#Tsarnaev is back in the courtroom after morning break, smiling & talking with his attorneys @NECN
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
The judge & jury are back in court as we resume testimony @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
The next defense witness is Michael Reynolds, a Princeton University professor in the Dept. of Middle Eastern Studies @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Reynolds specializes in Russian studies, the Middle East, and near-eastern studies. Particular interest in The Caucuses.
#Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Reynolds has his PhD, speaks Russian, has studied Arabic, and knows a lot about Islam, he says. This is his 1st time as a witness
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Reynolds analyzed the #Tsarnaev computers, essays, videos, etc. He was also asked to give a cultural/historic background of Chechnya @NECN
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Reynolds was asked to review the materials found on the #Tsarnaev brothers' computers; FBI reports; Russian security services reports.
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Jurors prepare for a history lesson.
Defense attorney David Bruck begins, "Who are the Chechens?"
#Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Jurors see a photo of the 2014 Winter Olympics, held in Sochi.
About 400 miles from Chechnya, Reynolds explains.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Jury sees a map of the Great Caucasus Mountain Range, zooms in on North Caucasus where Chechnya & Daghestan meet @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Reynolds explains the Chechens are "mountain people...scattered in autonomous, small villages" @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Reynolds: the Chechens have lived in the Caucasus mountains from "before recorded time". Thousands of years, without any centralized rule.
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Prosecution rises, saying Reynolds need to but his analysis in a timeframe or else "it's potentially irrelevant."
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Reynolds says, to this day, the Chechens live in spread out mountainous communities, isolated but interdependent.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Reynolds says there is no government in Chechnya, so "life in the mountains is precarious" @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Reynolds says every community has to provide for its own self-protection - "adat" is a social code that regulates everything @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Reynolds: Chechens have a social code they invented to determine how people interact with each other; family units are very strong.
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Reynolds: Chechens are highly patriarchal; the father is in charge of the family. Absent him, the eldest brother takes the lead.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Reynolds says the father in a Chechen family plays important role, in charge of cohesion & material well being of the family @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Reynolds says in Chechen families, the younger brother owes his deference & loyalty to the elder brother @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Reynolds: "It's expected that the younger brothers will listen to the older brother."
Children learn this from birth, he says.
#Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Reynolds: The younger brother owes his loyalty & deference to his older brother. It's like a military unit, he says: discipline & hierarchy.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Reynolds says most mountain people - in Chechnya & Dagestan - are Sunni Muslims @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Reynolds explains the people of the Dagestan highlands are known as "Avars" @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Reynolds gives a brief but detailed explanation of Chechnya's history @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Reynolds says in 1859 Chechnya & Dagestan were conquered by the Russian Empire @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Reynolds says Chechnya had 2yrs of independence 1917-1919 following Russian revolution @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Reynolds says in 1944 Soviet leader Stalin gave order to deport Chechens to Kyrgyzstan & Kazakhstan @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Reynolds: in 2 weeks' time, Stalin had almost every Chechen person put on cattle cars & shipped to central Asia-left to fend for themselves.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Reynolds says in 1956 Chechens were permitted to return to Chechnya, some stayed in Central Asia @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Reynolds explains Chechens asserted their independence & established a government but the Russians refused to recognize it @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Reynolds says in Dec 1994 Boris Yeltsin ordered the invasion of Chechnya, known as the first Chechen war @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Reynolds says at the time there were about 1.2 million Chechens, 50-100,000 died in first Chechen war @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Reynolds says in 1995 "jihadis saw the Chechen struggle as a wonderful opportunity to exploit...further the cause of jihad" @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Reynolds says in 1996 there was a cease fire between Chechnya & Russia, Chechens had been devastated though @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Reynolds says the jihadis further exploited this vulnerability in Chechnya & jihadis also invaded Dagestan @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Reynolds says 2nd Chechen war was from 1999-2009, "Russia was at war inside of Chechnya" & "extortion & bribes quite common"@NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Reynolds says Chechens were "unwanted people" in Russian, was a very difficult time to be Chechen @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Reynolds says online, jihadis have linked themselves with Chechnya & Chechen people @NECN #Tsarnaev
#Tsarnaev is back in the courtroom after morning break, smiling & talking with his attorneys @NECN
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
The judge & jury are back in court as we resume testimony @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
The next defense witness is Michael Reynolds, a Princeton University professor in the Dept. of Middle Eastern Studies @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Reynolds specializes in Russian studies, the Middle East, and near-eastern studies. Particular interest in The Caucuses.
#Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Reynolds has his PhD, speaks Russian, has studied Arabic, and knows a lot about Islam, he says. This is his 1st time as a witness
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Reynolds analyzed the #Tsarnaev computers, essays, videos, etc. He was also asked to give a cultural/historic background of Chechnya @NECN
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Reynolds was asked to review the materials found on the #Tsarnaev brothers' computers; FBI reports; Russian security services reports.
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Jurors prepare for a history lesson.
Defense attorney David Bruck begins, "Who are the Chechens?"
#Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Jurors see a photo of the 2014 Winter Olympics, held in Sochi.
About 400 miles from Chechnya, Reynolds explains.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Jury sees a map of the Great Caucasus Mountain Range, zooms in on North Caucasus where Chechnya & Daghestan meet @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Reynolds explains the Chechens are "mountain people...scattered in autonomous, small villages" @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Reynolds: the Chechens have lived in the Caucasus mountains from "before recorded time". Thousands of years, without any centralized rule.
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Prosecution rises, saying Reynolds need to but his analysis in a timeframe or else "it's potentially irrelevant."
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Reynolds says, to this day, the Chechens live in spread out mountainous communities, isolated but interdependent.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Reynolds says there is no government in Chechnya, so "life in the mountains is precarious" @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Reynolds says every community has to provide for its own self-protection - "adat" is a social code that regulates everything @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Reynolds: Chechens have a social code they invented to determine how people interact with each other; family units are very strong.
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Reynolds: Chechens are highly patriarchal; the father is in charge of the family. Absent him, the eldest brother takes the lead.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Reynolds says the father in a Chechen family plays important role, in charge of cohesion & material well being of the family @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Reynolds says in Chechen families, the younger brother owes his deference & loyalty to the elder brother @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Reynolds: "It's expected that the younger brothers will listen to the older brother."
Children learn this from birth, he says.
#Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Reynolds: The younger brother owes his loyalty & deference to his older brother. It's like a military unit, he says: discipline & hierarchy.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Reynolds says most mountain people - in Chechnya & Dagestan - are Sunni Muslims @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Reynolds explains the people of the Dagestan highlands are known as "Avars" @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Reynolds gives a brief but detailed explanation of Chechnya's history @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Reynolds says in 1859 Chechnya & Dagestan were conquered by the Russian Empire @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Reynolds says Chechnya had 2yrs of independence 1917-1919 following Russian revolution @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Reynolds says in 1944 Soviet leader Stalin gave order to deport Chechens to Kyrgyzstan & Kazakhstan @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Reynolds: in 2 weeks' time, Stalin had almost every Chechen person put on cattle cars & shipped to central Asia-left to fend for themselves.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Reynolds says in 1956 Chechens were permitted to return to Chechnya, some stayed in Central Asia @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Reynolds explains Chechens asserted their independence & established a government but the Russians refused to recognize it @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Reynolds says in Dec 1994 Boris Yeltsin ordered the invasion of Chechnya, known as the first Chechen war @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Reynolds says at the time there were about 1.2 million Chechens, 50-100,000 died in first Chechen war @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Reynolds says in 1995 "jihadis saw the Chechen struggle as a wonderful opportunity to exploit...further the cause of jihad" @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Reynolds says in 1996 there was a cease fire between Chechnya & Russia, Chechens had been devastated though @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Reynolds says the jihadis further exploited this vulnerability in Chechnya & jihadis also invaded Dagestan @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Reynolds says 2nd Chechen war was from 1999-2009, "Russia was at war inside of Chechnya" & "extortion & bribes quite common"@NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Reynolds says Chechens were "unwanted people" in Russian, was a very difficult time to be Chechen @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Reynolds says online, jihadis have linked themselves with Chechnya & Chechen people @NECN #Tsarnaev
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Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Reynolds now discusses Tamerlan's Samsung laptop's most viewed websites @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Reynolds reviewed 2 high school essays #Tsarnaev wrote re: this deportation; says they weren't radical in tone; just reflect family history.
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
As jurors take in this history and geography background information, some are taking notes, others look attentive. Some...do not.
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Chechens go to war with Russia in the 90s; jihadi fighters take advantage of the situation, Reynolds says, to "further their cause".
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Chechens return to war with Russia from 1999-2009, Reynolds says, and it was even bloodier war for Chechnya.
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Reynolds: Chechens were regarded as unwanted people throughout Russia; target for bribes, unwanted peoples.
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Reynolds: It would be very easy for a young Chechen to go online and see his country "intertwined" with the cause of international jihad.
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Reynolds reviewed Tamerlan's computer, noting that one of his most-visited websites was one focused on Chechen jihadi struggles.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Reynolds says Tamerlan viewed instructional videos, lectures with speaker explaining Islamic doctrine & rituals @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Reynolds says Tamerlan also accessed "atrocity videos" portraying atrocities against Muslims, many from civil war in Syria @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Reynolds: Tamerlan's computer had Islamic videos and "atrocity videos" showing people being victimized; Bruck wants to show 3 mins of that.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Defense asks to play a 3 min clip of one of these "atrocity videos," over govt objection. Judge grants sidebar @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Govt asks for sidebar, as defense tries to get excerpt of this online "atrocity" video based on conflict in Syria to be shown to jurors.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Back from sidebar, the defense says it will NOT be showing the video clip, Reynolds begins to describe video @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Sidebar ends; we will not see that video after all.
Govt wins that battle; Reynolds is asked to just describe the "quite graphic" video.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Govt objects, judge has defense move on. @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Reynolds: Tamerlan's computer had "a very large quantity" of those atrocity videos on it.
#Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Reynolds also found a lot of what he calls "motivational videos", also largely from Caucasus region, on Tamerlan's computer.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Reynolds says he found "motivational videos" on Tamerlan's laptop from Chechnya, Dagestan depicting jihadis in the mountains @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Reynolds says the videos' message is "one can be part of a greater cause & it's rewarding proving one's courage" @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Reynolds: such "motivational videos" seek to inspire young men to be part of a greater cause: jihad to defend their faith.
#Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Reynolds: Tamerlan created what he calls a "classmates" page, a Russian-language type of Facebook, we are told.
Govt wants another sidebar.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Reynolds says he reviewed a Russian social media site "Odnoklassniki.ru" - translates to "Classmates" - similar to Facebook @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
As defense attempts to show Tamerlan's social media page, govt objects. Judge calls another sidebar @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Defense wants jury to see Tamerlan's "classmates" page; govt says this witness has no foundation to be talking about that.
#Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Back from sidebar, defense attorney David Bruck changes topics again @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Sidebar ends; again, Bruck has to move on, unable to show jury something he wanted to show them.
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Bruck now wants to show jurors a couple of webpages typical of those pro-jihadi sites Tamerlan #Tsarnaev spent so much time on.
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
That site, http://kavkazcenter.com , shows jihadis fighting, lecturing. Explains the "obligations" a Muslim has to his faith.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Defense moves on to http://Kavkazcenter.com - a jihadi website found in Tamerlan's internet browser history @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Reynolds says Kavkazcenter has videos of jihadis fighting in Caucasus, speaking about what they're doing @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Tamerlan #Tsarnaev was on that site as late as 4/7/13, just before the Marathon Bombings.
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Reynolds now reviews for the jury some of the messages exchanged b/w #Tsarnaev brothers while Tamerlan was in Russia & Dzhokhar was here.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Dzhokhar leans forward to see video screen as Reynolds describes email he sent in May 2012 to his brother in Dagestan @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Reynolds says mostly Dzhokhar was replying to Tamerlan's emails, "that's interesting" but in this reply he sent link himself @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Reynolds explains link Dzhokhar sent was from point of view that's reviled by jihadis, very different than Tamerlan's emails @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Bruck: "switching gears now..."
He asks re: #Tsarnaev's boat note & how original it was.
Reynolds: some, not original at all; common quote.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Reynolds: Dzhokhar's boat writing phrase about looking down the barrel of a gun & seeing paradise is widely used by Russians @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Reynolds says its a phrase mostly used by "posers...people trying to look cool" @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Reynolds: the line #Tsarnaev wrote about "looking down the barrel of a gun" is often used by people trying to look cool; posers, he says.
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Bruck: Let's talk about Tamerlan's 6-month trip to Russia in 2012.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Reynolds says when Tamerlan visited Russia in 2012 there was an insurgency taking place in Dagestan @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Bruck now shifts to "several hours" of Russian language audio files found on Tamerlan's computer; Reynolds listened to about 3 hours of them
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Reynolds says Magomed Kartoshov with Union of the Just, was Tamerlan's cousin & had conversations with him @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Reynolds explains Hizb ut-Tahrir "Party of (Islamic) Liberation" @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Reynolds: these audio files are conversations, generally among 4 people.
Govt objects, asks for sidebar.
#Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
As the defense moves on to the 6+ hours of audio recording found on Tamerlan's laptop, govt objects & requests sidebar. @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Back from sidebar, Bruck tries to get a summary of the Tamerlan audio recordings, govt objects, judge sustains @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Sidebar over; Bruck says he's not going to go into the content of those audio tapes, after all.
He has to move on, again.
#Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
"I think that's all," Bruck says.
Govt says their cross-exam will be "much more than 10 minutes" (i.e., will run into lunch break).
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Judge callls teams back to sidebar.
#Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Back from sidebar, judge says we will take lunch now & come back at 1:30pm @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Judge says we will break for lunch, but will only take 30 minutes, not an hour.
Sounded like he said we may end at 3pm today.
#Tsarnaev
Reynolds now discusses Tamerlan's Samsung laptop's most viewed websites @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Reynolds reviewed 2 high school essays #Tsarnaev wrote re: this deportation; says they weren't radical in tone; just reflect family history.
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
As jurors take in this history and geography background information, some are taking notes, others look attentive. Some...do not.
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Chechens go to war with Russia in the 90s; jihadi fighters take advantage of the situation, Reynolds says, to "further their cause".
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Chechens return to war with Russia from 1999-2009, Reynolds says, and it was even bloodier war for Chechnya.
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Reynolds: Chechens were regarded as unwanted people throughout Russia; target for bribes, unwanted peoples.
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Reynolds: It would be very easy for a young Chechen to go online and see his country "intertwined" with the cause of international jihad.
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Reynolds reviewed Tamerlan's computer, noting that one of his most-visited websites was one focused on Chechen jihadi struggles.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Reynolds says Tamerlan viewed instructional videos, lectures with speaker explaining Islamic doctrine & rituals @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Reynolds says Tamerlan also accessed "atrocity videos" portraying atrocities against Muslims, many from civil war in Syria @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Reynolds: Tamerlan's computer had Islamic videos and "atrocity videos" showing people being victimized; Bruck wants to show 3 mins of that.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Defense asks to play a 3 min clip of one of these "atrocity videos," over govt objection. Judge grants sidebar @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Govt asks for sidebar, as defense tries to get excerpt of this online "atrocity" video based on conflict in Syria to be shown to jurors.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Back from sidebar, the defense says it will NOT be showing the video clip, Reynolds begins to describe video @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Sidebar ends; we will not see that video after all.
Govt wins that battle; Reynolds is asked to just describe the "quite graphic" video.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Govt objects, judge has defense move on. @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Reynolds: Tamerlan's computer had "a very large quantity" of those atrocity videos on it.
#Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Reynolds also found a lot of what he calls "motivational videos", also largely from Caucasus region, on Tamerlan's computer.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Reynolds says he found "motivational videos" on Tamerlan's laptop from Chechnya, Dagestan depicting jihadis in the mountains @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Reynolds says the videos' message is "one can be part of a greater cause & it's rewarding proving one's courage" @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Reynolds: such "motivational videos" seek to inspire young men to be part of a greater cause: jihad to defend their faith.
#Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Reynolds: Tamerlan created what he calls a "classmates" page, a Russian-language type of Facebook, we are told.
Govt wants another sidebar.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Reynolds says he reviewed a Russian social media site "Odnoklassniki.ru" - translates to "Classmates" - similar to Facebook @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
As defense attempts to show Tamerlan's social media page, govt objects. Judge calls another sidebar @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Defense wants jury to see Tamerlan's "classmates" page; govt says this witness has no foundation to be talking about that.
#Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Back from sidebar, defense attorney David Bruck changes topics again @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Sidebar ends; again, Bruck has to move on, unable to show jury something he wanted to show them.
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Bruck now wants to show jurors a couple of webpages typical of those pro-jihadi sites Tamerlan #Tsarnaev spent so much time on.
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
That site, http://kavkazcenter.com , shows jihadis fighting, lecturing. Explains the "obligations" a Muslim has to his faith.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Defense moves on to http://Kavkazcenter.com - a jihadi website found in Tamerlan's internet browser history @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Reynolds says Kavkazcenter has videos of jihadis fighting in Caucasus, speaking about what they're doing @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Tamerlan #Tsarnaev was on that site as late as 4/7/13, just before the Marathon Bombings.
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Reynolds now reviews for the jury some of the messages exchanged b/w #Tsarnaev brothers while Tamerlan was in Russia & Dzhokhar was here.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Dzhokhar leans forward to see video screen as Reynolds describes email he sent in May 2012 to his brother in Dagestan @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Reynolds says mostly Dzhokhar was replying to Tamerlan's emails, "that's interesting" but in this reply he sent link himself @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Reynolds explains link Dzhokhar sent was from point of view that's reviled by jihadis, very different than Tamerlan's emails @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Bruck: "switching gears now..."
He asks re: #Tsarnaev's boat note & how original it was.
Reynolds: some, not original at all; common quote.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Reynolds: Dzhokhar's boat writing phrase about looking down the barrel of a gun & seeing paradise is widely used by Russians @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Reynolds says its a phrase mostly used by "posers...people trying to look cool" @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Reynolds: the line #Tsarnaev wrote about "looking down the barrel of a gun" is often used by people trying to look cool; posers, he says.
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Bruck: Let's talk about Tamerlan's 6-month trip to Russia in 2012.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Reynolds says when Tamerlan visited Russia in 2012 there was an insurgency taking place in Dagestan @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Bruck now shifts to "several hours" of Russian language audio files found on Tamerlan's computer; Reynolds listened to about 3 hours of them
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Reynolds says Magomed Kartoshov with Union of the Just, was Tamerlan's cousin & had conversations with him @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Reynolds explains Hizb ut-Tahrir "Party of (Islamic) Liberation" @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Reynolds: these audio files are conversations, generally among 4 people.
Govt objects, asks for sidebar.
#Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
As the defense moves on to the 6+ hours of audio recording found on Tamerlan's laptop, govt objects & requests sidebar. @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Back from sidebar, Bruck tries to get a summary of the Tamerlan audio recordings, govt objects, judge sustains @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Sidebar over; Bruck says he's not going to go into the content of those audio tapes, after all.
He has to move on, again.
#Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
"I think that's all," Bruck says.
Govt says their cross-exam will be "much more than 10 minutes" (i.e., will run into lunch break).
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Judge callls teams back to sidebar.
#Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Back from sidebar, judge says we will take lunch now & come back at 1:30pm @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Judge says we will break for lunch, but will only take 30 minutes, not an hour.
Sounded like he said we may end at 3pm today.
#Tsarnaev
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Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 56m 56 minutes ago
The judge & jury are back in the courtroom @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Back from abbreviated lunch; AUSA Bill Weinreb to cross-examine Princeton professor Michael Reynolds.
#Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Government begins cross examination of Professor Michael Reynolds @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
W: didn't the same lack of centralized government you described in Chechnya occur here in the US?
R: I'm not an expert in US history.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
AUSA Bill Weinreb: the world has changed a lot over the past few thousand years
Reynolds: Chechnya has seen a lot of changes
@NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
W: Well, a lot has changed in Chechnya over the centuries?
R: Generally, yes.
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Weinreb: It has changed a lot since WWII?
Reynolds: When you say "it" do you mean the country, the people, the culture of Chechnya?
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
W: Anzor wasn't born or raised in Chechnya, was he? Nor any of his brothers? Nor was Zubeidat? Tamerlan? His sisters?
R: No.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Weinreb points out Dzhokhar's mother & sisters were not born & raised in Chechnya @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Weinreb gets Reynolds to agree Anzor & Tamerlan weren't born or raised in Chechnya either @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
W: Families who move to new countries bring some traditions, abandon others?
R: Yes.
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
W: You followed the news of the marathon bombings? Of Tamerlan's death, Dzhokhar's arrest?
R: Yes.
W: Must have intrigued you?
R: Yes.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Govt gets Reynolds to agree he was interested in the marathon bombings because of the #Tsarnaev brothers' Chechen ties @NECN
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Reynolds admits he wrote an article about the #Tsarnaev brothers in May 2012 called "The Northern Caucasus, the Tsarnaevs and Us" @NECN
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
W: How did you get involved in this case?
R: Defense contacted me in July, 2014.
W: You know what they're seeking to prove here?
R: Yes.
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
W: In May, 2013, weeks after bombings, you wrote an article about the #Tsarnaevs?
R: Yes, before I met the defense.
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Weinreb shows that article to Reynolds; he remembers writing it. It's called: "The Northern Caucasus, the Tsarnaevs, and Us"
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Govt wants to show the article, defense objects. Judge calls sidebar @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Weinreb wants the jury to hear some of what Professor Reynolds wrote in this scholarly article weeks after the bombings.
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Defense objects, govt asks for a sidebar.
#Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Weinreb is back, post-sidebar.
He will ask about the article; jury will not see it in its entirety.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Govt: Being born in Chechnya doesn't make you a murderer
Reynolds: correct
@NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
W: In your first paragraph, you ask what could drive a pair of Chechen brothers to commit this act of violence.
R: Yes.
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
W: Then you wrote, the actions of people cannot be reduced to their identity; "Identity is not destiny," you wrote?
R: Yes.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Govt: Are you here to say a Chechen terrorist is less morally culpable for their crimes?
Reynolds: No
@NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
R: You need to understand peoples' cultures.
W: But are you saying a Chechen terrorist is less morally culpable for his crimes?
R: No.
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Weinreb now focuses on Reynolds' writing that the "cult of elders" declined a lot in recent times in Chechnya; less focus on older males.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Here is Reynolds' article if you'd like to read it: http://www.fpri.org/articles/2013/05/northern-caucasus-tsarnaevs-and-us …
@NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Govt points out Reynolds' article asserts that the "cult of elders" declined in Chechen culture in recent times @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Govt points out Ruslan Tsarni (Anzor's brother) married an American against his father's wishes @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Govt also points out Anzor married Zubeidat (an Avar) against his father's wishes @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Govt is saying these are all violations of Chechen tradition @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Weinreb is using Reynolds' earlier scholarship to contradict some of what he just testified to.
R says he wrote re: culture, not #Tsarnaevs.
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Weinreb asks Reynolds if Tamerlan's decision to marry a Christian woman (Katherine) w/o father's permission violated Chechen rules.
- Yes.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Govt: Did you know Tamerlan #Tsarnaev married Katherine Russell, a Christian, against his father's wishes?
Objection - sustained
@NECN
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Govt asks question more generally without Katherine's name, Reynolds answers that the marriage would not be in conformity
@NECN #Tsarnaev
The judge & jury are back in the courtroom @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Back from abbreviated lunch; AUSA Bill Weinreb to cross-examine Princeton professor Michael Reynolds.
#Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Government begins cross examination of Professor Michael Reynolds @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
W: didn't the same lack of centralized government you described in Chechnya occur here in the US?
R: I'm not an expert in US history.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
AUSA Bill Weinreb: the world has changed a lot over the past few thousand years
Reynolds: Chechnya has seen a lot of changes
@NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
W: Well, a lot has changed in Chechnya over the centuries?
R: Generally, yes.
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Weinreb: It has changed a lot since WWII?
Reynolds: When you say "it" do you mean the country, the people, the culture of Chechnya?
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
W: Anzor wasn't born or raised in Chechnya, was he? Nor any of his brothers? Nor was Zubeidat? Tamerlan? His sisters?
R: No.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Weinreb points out Dzhokhar's mother & sisters were not born & raised in Chechnya @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Weinreb gets Reynolds to agree Anzor & Tamerlan weren't born or raised in Chechnya either @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
W: Families who move to new countries bring some traditions, abandon others?
R: Yes.
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
W: You followed the news of the marathon bombings? Of Tamerlan's death, Dzhokhar's arrest?
R: Yes.
W: Must have intrigued you?
R: Yes.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Govt gets Reynolds to agree he was interested in the marathon bombings because of the #Tsarnaev brothers' Chechen ties @NECN
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Reynolds admits he wrote an article about the #Tsarnaev brothers in May 2012 called "The Northern Caucasus, the Tsarnaevs and Us" @NECN
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
W: How did you get involved in this case?
R: Defense contacted me in July, 2014.
W: You know what they're seeking to prove here?
R: Yes.
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
W: In May, 2013, weeks after bombings, you wrote an article about the #Tsarnaevs?
R: Yes, before I met the defense.
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Weinreb shows that article to Reynolds; he remembers writing it. It's called: "The Northern Caucasus, the Tsarnaevs, and Us"
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Govt wants to show the article, defense objects. Judge calls sidebar @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Weinreb wants the jury to hear some of what Professor Reynolds wrote in this scholarly article weeks after the bombings.
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Defense objects, govt asks for a sidebar.
#Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Weinreb is back, post-sidebar.
He will ask about the article; jury will not see it in its entirety.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Govt: Being born in Chechnya doesn't make you a murderer
Reynolds: correct
@NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
W: In your first paragraph, you ask what could drive a pair of Chechen brothers to commit this act of violence.
R: Yes.
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
W: Then you wrote, the actions of people cannot be reduced to their identity; "Identity is not destiny," you wrote?
R: Yes.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Govt: Are you here to say a Chechen terrorist is less morally culpable for their crimes?
Reynolds: No
@NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
R: You need to understand peoples' cultures.
W: But are you saying a Chechen terrorist is less morally culpable for his crimes?
R: No.
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Weinreb now focuses on Reynolds' writing that the "cult of elders" declined a lot in recent times in Chechnya; less focus on older males.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Here is Reynolds' article if you'd like to read it: http://www.fpri.org/articles/2013/05/northern-caucasus-tsarnaevs-and-us …
@NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Govt points out Reynolds' article asserts that the "cult of elders" declined in Chechen culture in recent times @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Govt points out Ruslan Tsarni (Anzor's brother) married an American against his father's wishes @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Govt also points out Anzor married Zubeidat (an Avar) against his father's wishes @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Govt is saying these are all violations of Chechen tradition @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Weinreb is using Reynolds' earlier scholarship to contradict some of what he just testified to.
R says he wrote re: culture, not #Tsarnaevs.
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Weinreb asks Reynolds if Tamerlan's decision to marry a Christian woman (Katherine) w/o father's permission violated Chechen rules.
- Yes.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Govt: Did you know Tamerlan #Tsarnaev married Katherine Russell, a Christian, against his father's wishes?
Objection - sustained
@NECN
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Govt asks question more generally without Katherine's name, Reynolds answers that the marriage would not be in conformity
@NECN #Tsarnaev
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Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Govt: would it be a violation of the custom if an older brother told the younger brother not to smoke but he did anyway?
@NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
W: Would it violate Chechen rules if a younger brother smoked a cigarette against his older brother's wishes?
R: It depends on context.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Reynolds says yes. He answers similarly to defying older brother by smoking & selling pot, drinking alcohol.
@NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Reynolds says these are all "relatively minor" violations of the code known as "adat"
@NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Overall govt theme: Anzor violated Chechen customs, Tamerlan violated Chechen customs, Dzhokhar violated Chechen customs.
#Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Reynolds wrote Dzhokhar & Tamerlan were hardly typical Chechens, weren't born there @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Weinreb suggesting that Reynolds' testimony about the patriarchy's role in the #Tsarnaev family was exaggerated or incorrect.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Govt: can you say no one of Chechen origin who looks at jihadi website thinks it's extreme?
Reynolds reluctantly says no
@NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
W: You wrote that "some Chechens rejected violent extremism"?
R: That is correct.
W: So seeing terror propaganda could push you away?
R: No.
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
W: Whether you're repelled by violent jihad or encouraged by it, depends on the kind of person you are?
R: Yes.
#Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Govt says Reynolds wrote it was the #Tsarnaev brothers' choice to embrace radicalism
Reynolds: that's no longer my belief
@NECN
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Govt suggests Reynolds' belief changed after he met with the defense team. Reynolds claims it was after he studied the case @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Weinreb: Didn't you write the #Tsarnaev's chose to carry out terrorism?
Reynolds: That is no longer my belief; I have since changed my mind.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Govt done with cross examination. Defense begins redirect @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Bruck for re-direct exam.
B: Chechen culture doesn't dictate every single action?
R: No, no serious scholar would say that. It all depends.
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Reynolds: One can identify "general patterns".
Bruck: A younger brother and an older brother?
R: That would be a good example, yes.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Defense gets Reynolds to explain Tsarni is the Chechen name & not an alias for #Tsarnaev which is the Russian version of the name @NECN
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Defense gets Reynolds to clarify the cultural code or "adat" is never adhered to by everyone, some more strict than others @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Bruck: These brothers do identify as Chechens, correct?
Reynolds: Yes.
B: Do Chechens assimilate well to other cultures?
R: No.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Reynolds continues to explain under redirect by defense that Chechens do not assimilate well with other cultures @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Bruck: In fact, Chechens in Jordan and elsewhere still maintain their distinct language, generations after leaving home?
Reynolds: Yes.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Defense gets Reynolds to explain Tamerlan's opinion of what was going on in Chechnya was based on jihadi videos he watched @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Bruck, hoping to show that individual families can preserve as much native culture (brother following brother) as they see fit.
#Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Bruck done, Weinreb will re-cross Reynolds.
#Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
W: The Chechen brother-brother relationship is a "hardy" one; it survives immigration?
R: Yes.
W: Assuming it was there in the first place?
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Govt: could there be no pattern of oldest male leadership & family moved around a lot
Reynolds: there may be such families
@NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
W: What if the #Tsarnaev sisters told you no such pattern existed in their family--
Objection, sustained.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Govt done with re-cross. Reynolds is excused @NECN #Tsarnaev
Govt: would it be a violation of the custom if an older brother told the younger brother not to smoke but he did anyway?
@NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
W: Would it violate Chechen rules if a younger brother smoked a cigarette against his older brother's wishes?
R: It depends on context.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Reynolds says yes. He answers similarly to defying older brother by smoking & selling pot, drinking alcohol.
@NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Reynolds says these are all "relatively minor" violations of the code known as "adat"
@NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Overall govt theme: Anzor violated Chechen customs, Tamerlan violated Chechen customs, Dzhokhar violated Chechen customs.
#Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Reynolds wrote Dzhokhar & Tamerlan were hardly typical Chechens, weren't born there @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Weinreb suggesting that Reynolds' testimony about the patriarchy's role in the #Tsarnaev family was exaggerated or incorrect.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Govt: can you say no one of Chechen origin who looks at jihadi website thinks it's extreme?
Reynolds reluctantly says no
@NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
W: You wrote that "some Chechens rejected violent extremism"?
R: That is correct.
W: So seeing terror propaganda could push you away?
R: No.
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
W: Whether you're repelled by violent jihad or encouraged by it, depends on the kind of person you are?
R: Yes.
#Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Govt says Reynolds wrote it was the #Tsarnaev brothers' choice to embrace radicalism
Reynolds: that's no longer my belief
@NECN
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Govt suggests Reynolds' belief changed after he met with the defense team. Reynolds claims it was after he studied the case @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Weinreb: Didn't you write the #Tsarnaev's chose to carry out terrorism?
Reynolds: That is no longer my belief; I have since changed my mind.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Govt done with cross examination. Defense begins redirect @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Bruck for re-direct exam.
B: Chechen culture doesn't dictate every single action?
R: No, no serious scholar would say that. It all depends.
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Reynolds: One can identify "general patterns".
Bruck: A younger brother and an older brother?
R: That would be a good example, yes.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Defense gets Reynolds to explain Tsarni is the Chechen name & not an alias for #Tsarnaev which is the Russian version of the name @NECN
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Defense gets Reynolds to clarify the cultural code or "adat" is never adhered to by everyone, some more strict than others @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Bruck: These brothers do identify as Chechens, correct?
Reynolds: Yes.
B: Do Chechens assimilate well to other cultures?
R: No.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Reynolds continues to explain under redirect by defense that Chechens do not assimilate well with other cultures @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Bruck: In fact, Chechens in Jordan and elsewhere still maintain their distinct language, generations after leaving home?
Reynolds: Yes.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Defense gets Reynolds to explain Tamerlan's opinion of what was going on in Chechnya was based on jihadi videos he watched @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Bruck, hoping to show that individual families can preserve as much native culture (brother following brother) as they see fit.
#Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Bruck done, Weinreb will re-cross Reynolds.
#Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
W: The Chechen brother-brother relationship is a "hardy" one; it survives immigration?
R: Yes.
W: Assuming it was there in the first place?
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Govt: could there be no pattern of oldest male leadership & family moved around a lot
Reynolds: there may be such families
@NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
W: What if the #Tsarnaev sisters told you no such pattern existed in their family--
Objection, sustained.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Govt done with re-cross. Reynolds is excused @NECN #Tsarnaev
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Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Professor Reynolds is done.
Next defense witness: Henry Alvarez, Cambridge Rindge & Latin graduate, now at UMass Boston.
#Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
The next defense witness is Henry Alvarez, of Cambridge. Went to Cambridge Rindge & Latin HS @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Alvarez: I met Dzhokhar #Tsarnaev thru the wrestling team we were both on at CRLS in 2008.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Alvarez says he met Dzhokhar #Tsarnaev through the CRLHS wrestling team his freshman year @NECN
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Alvarez says of wrestling "honestly it sucked" says there were hardly any breaks, started right after football season @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Alvarez: When I first started wrestling, "I hated it. It sucked."
Laughter in court.
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Alvarez: I met #Tsarnaev when I was a freshman and he was a sophomore. We were both new to the team. He hated wrestling practice too.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Alvarez says he & #Tsarnaev got to know each other commiserating about how tough wrestling practice was @NECN
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Alvarez: #Tsarnaev would always try to encourage me when I got tired at daily practices.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Alvarez says he liked the bond, that he connected with his teammates because wrestling team smaller than football team @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Alvarez shows jurors a CRLS wrestling team photo from 2008/9.
He says he got to know #Tsarnaev well.
"He was a kind person...mellow."
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Alvarez: #Tsarnaev wouldn't hurt anybody. He liked to dance before a tournament to relax his anxious teammates. Danced to song "Like a G6"
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Alvarez on Dzhokhar: "He's a kind person...never caused harm to anybody or disrespected anybody" @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Alvarez says the coach picked #Tsarnaev as co-captain "I guess he figured he could lead by example" @NECN
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Alvarez: We never talked about religion; I knew he was Muslim, that's all. I knew he had a brother; he was proud of his boxing skills.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Alvarez says he's catholic, learned Dzhokhar is Muslim, only talked about it once @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Alvarez: Dzhokhar said his brother was a boxer "I could sense some pride talking about his brother, about his boxing skills" @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Alvarez says Dzhokhar came to CRLS wrestling practice about 8-9 times during his college winter break @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Alvarez: #Tsarnaev would come back to high school when he was a college freshman 8-9 times to help out with our practices.
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
#Tsarnaev puts hand on his chin, seems to lean forward to study the old group photo he's in as a high school sophomore
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
The jury sees Alvarez's senior night wrestling photo, Dzhokhar, then a freshman at UMass-Dartmouth was in the pic @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Now jury sees a photo of #Tsarnaev, arm draped over Alvarez, just before Alvarez wrestles on his "senior night".
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Alvarez said he had invited Dzhokhar to come to the senior night wrestling matches. @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Def ask what Alvarez thinks of #Tsarnaev involvement in bombing
Alvarez:I honestly never could imagine he would do something like this
@NECN
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Defense done. On cross examination, govt gets Alvarez to agree he really didn't know #Tsarnaev well outside school @NECN
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Al Chakravarty on the cross: To wrestle like you guys did took a lot of determination?
- Yes.
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
C: #Tsarnaev was a mentor to you?
A: Somewhat.
C: Coaches, teammates were tight, you relied on each other?
A: Yes.
Nothing further.
Professor Reynolds is done.
Next defense witness: Henry Alvarez, Cambridge Rindge & Latin graduate, now at UMass Boston.
#Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
The next defense witness is Henry Alvarez, of Cambridge. Went to Cambridge Rindge & Latin HS @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Alvarez: I met Dzhokhar #Tsarnaev thru the wrestling team we were both on at CRLS in 2008.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Alvarez says he met Dzhokhar #Tsarnaev through the CRLHS wrestling team his freshman year @NECN
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Alvarez says of wrestling "honestly it sucked" says there were hardly any breaks, started right after football season @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Alvarez: When I first started wrestling, "I hated it. It sucked."
Laughter in court.
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Alvarez: I met #Tsarnaev when I was a freshman and he was a sophomore. We were both new to the team. He hated wrestling practice too.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Alvarez says he & #Tsarnaev got to know each other commiserating about how tough wrestling practice was @NECN
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Alvarez: #Tsarnaev would always try to encourage me when I got tired at daily practices.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Alvarez says he liked the bond, that he connected with his teammates because wrestling team smaller than football team @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Alvarez shows jurors a CRLS wrestling team photo from 2008/9.
He says he got to know #Tsarnaev well.
"He was a kind person...mellow."
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Alvarez: #Tsarnaev wouldn't hurt anybody. He liked to dance before a tournament to relax his anxious teammates. Danced to song "Like a G6"
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Alvarez on Dzhokhar: "He's a kind person...never caused harm to anybody or disrespected anybody" @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Alvarez says the coach picked #Tsarnaev as co-captain "I guess he figured he could lead by example" @NECN
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Alvarez: We never talked about religion; I knew he was Muslim, that's all. I knew he had a brother; he was proud of his boxing skills.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Alvarez says he's catholic, learned Dzhokhar is Muslim, only talked about it once @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Alvarez: Dzhokhar said his brother was a boxer "I could sense some pride talking about his brother, about his boxing skills" @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Alvarez says Dzhokhar came to CRLS wrestling practice about 8-9 times during his college winter break @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Alvarez: #Tsarnaev would come back to high school when he was a college freshman 8-9 times to help out with our practices.
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
#Tsarnaev puts hand on his chin, seems to lean forward to study the old group photo he's in as a high school sophomore
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
The jury sees Alvarez's senior night wrestling photo, Dzhokhar, then a freshman at UMass-Dartmouth was in the pic @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Now jury sees a photo of #Tsarnaev, arm draped over Alvarez, just before Alvarez wrestles on his "senior night".
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Alvarez said he had invited Dzhokhar to come to the senior night wrestling matches. @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Def ask what Alvarez thinks of #Tsarnaev involvement in bombing
Alvarez:I honestly never could imagine he would do something like this
@NECN
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Defense done. On cross examination, govt gets Alvarez to agree he really didn't know #Tsarnaev well outside school @NECN
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Al Chakravarty on the cross: To wrestle like you guys did took a lot of determination?
- Yes.
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
C: #Tsarnaev was a mentor to you?
A: Somewhat.
C: Coaches, teammates were tight, you relied on each other?
A: Yes.
Nothing further.
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Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
The next defense witness is Roy Howard, Dzhokhar's CRLS wrestling coach @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Defense calls Roy Howard, CRLS graduate and now a chef at Harvard University. His second job: wrestling coach.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Howard is a chef at Harvard University, also coaches wrestling, football & lacrosse @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Dzhokhar seems to at times be looking in the direction of his old HS wrestling coach @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Howard says wrestling is tougher than football, wrestler need to know about nutrition, have to be certified in weight class @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Howard coached #Tsarnaev on wrestling team at Cambridge Rindge and Latin; says it's more demanding than football.
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Howard: #Tsarnaev wrestled at the 135 weight when he was at his most advanced level.
He was "quiet, hard-worker".
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Howard says #Tsarnaev started at 112lbs, lightest weight class, ended at 135lbs @NECN
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Jury sees photos of Dzhokhar wrestling from Jan 3, 2011, his senior year @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Howard shows jurors a montage of high school yearbook images; #Tsarnaev is featured prominently in his wrestling gear, mid-match.
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Howard: #Tsarnaev "showed leadership, hard-work" and so became co-captain.
I never met his parents, though I usually try to see all parents.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Howard says he tried to talk to parents about demands of wrestling, but never spoke to Dzhokhar #Tsarnaev's parents @NECN
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Howard: I never saw #Tsarnaev's parents at any of his wrestling matches.
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Howard: #Tsarnaev came back to visit school during practice in 2013, "the year of the bombings."
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Defense: was his participation in the marathon bombing consistent with the Dzhokhar you knew?
Howard: no sir
@NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Howard is done, after saying the young man responsible for the bombings is not consistent with the young man he coached.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Defense done with direct. Howard is excused without cross examination. We are ending early today. @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Court is done for the day.
#Tsarnaev
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The next defense witness is Roy Howard, Dzhokhar's CRLS wrestling coach @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Defense calls Roy Howard, CRLS graduate and now a chef at Harvard University. His second job: wrestling coach.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Howard is a chef at Harvard University, also coaches wrestling, football & lacrosse @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Dzhokhar seems to at times be looking in the direction of his old HS wrestling coach @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Howard says wrestling is tougher than football, wrestler need to know about nutrition, have to be certified in weight class @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Howard coached #Tsarnaev on wrestling team at Cambridge Rindge and Latin; says it's more demanding than football.
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Howard: #Tsarnaev wrestled at the 135 weight when he was at his most advanced level.
He was "quiet, hard-worker".
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Howard says #Tsarnaev started at 112lbs, lightest weight class, ended at 135lbs @NECN
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Jury sees photos of Dzhokhar wrestling from Jan 3, 2011, his senior year @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Howard shows jurors a montage of high school yearbook images; #Tsarnaev is featured prominently in his wrestling gear, mid-match.
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Howard: #Tsarnaev "showed leadership, hard-work" and so became co-captain.
I never met his parents, though I usually try to see all parents.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Howard says he tried to talk to parents about demands of wrestling, but never spoke to Dzhokhar #Tsarnaev's parents @NECN
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Howard: I never saw #Tsarnaev's parents at any of his wrestling matches.
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Howard: #Tsarnaev came back to visit school during practice in 2013, "the year of the bombings."
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Defense: was his participation in the marathon bombing consistent with the Dzhokhar you knew?
Howard: no sir
@NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Howard is done, after saying the young man responsible for the bombings is not consistent with the young man he coached.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Defense done with direct. Howard is excused without cross examination. We are ending early today. @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Court is done for the day.
#Tsarnaev
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http://www.boston.com/news/local/ma...rnaev-trial/I5TiQaxX3KEmRafWjWi9LI/story.html
http://www.wbur.org/2015/05/05/dzhokhar-tsarnaev-penalty-phase-tamerlan
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