Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Jury Trial - discussion *GUILTY*

[YESorNO]

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Judge returns, calls lawyers to sidebar to discuss issue about what witness Grant can testify to re: Tamerlan's cell phone.
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
The judge comes in without the jury & attorneys go into an immediate sidebar @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Sidebar over. The jury is being brought in. @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Defense continues direct questioning of federal public defender's office digital forensics expert Gerry Grant @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Testimony continues; Grant reviewed the internet history of Tamerlan's smartphone.
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Grant begins by going over "extraction files" from Tamerlan's cell phone @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Grant says the Internet search history showed the last searches included searches for the marathon bombing @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Jury sees that cell phone web history now.
Visited pages include those about the marathon bombings.
There is also a video from the phone.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Defense attorney Bill Fick will play that video now; it's a little girl climbing up a playground jungle gym, running around.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Jurors are watching a video from Tamerlan's cell phone, laughing as a young girl tries to climb a playground @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Little girl is giggling, laughing, as a male voice encourages her to climb the bars. Man is laughing loudly, girl goes down the slide.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
The girl in the video appears as if she might have been Tamerlan's young daughter @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
The defense is done with direct questioning of Grant. The government begins cross examination @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Fick ends with that video; no explanation.

Cross examination by Aloke Chakravarty.

#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
The government pulls up the call log from Tamerlan's phone - 851 calls listed @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Govt asks about the calls between Dzhokhar & Tamerlan, Grant says he didn't analyze that @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
- You processed everything from Tamerlan's phone?
- Yes.
- Nothing from the defendant's phone?
- Objection, sustained.
#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
- There were 851 calls on Tamerlan's phone, less than 4 dozen to/from the defendant. Did you see who else he called?
- No, sir.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
- You didn't analyze when the two brothers called each other?
- No, sir.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
- With regard to that YouTube account, some of Tamerlan's videos were dance videos, right?
- Maybe, yes.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Govt gets Grant to agree out of the 6,000 yahoo emails, Grant only showed 21 to the jury @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
- As far as emails, you showed the jury about 21 out of almost 6000?
- Yes.
- In some, didn't the defendant suggest articles to his brother?

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Chakravarty goes back to an email sent from Dzhokhar to Tamerlan with an article that is "religious in nature" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Govt: aside from these emails, you don't know what the communications were between the defendant & his brother? @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Grant: no I only looked at these.
Cross examination is done & Grant is excused @NECN #Tsarnaev

 

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Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
The next defense witness is Judith Russell, Tamerlan's mother-in-law @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Grant is done on the stand.

Defense calls Judith Russell, she is Tamerlan's mother in law.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Russell's daughter Katherine married Tamerlan; they have a daughter.

Judith still lives in RI, where Katherine lived at time of bombings.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Russell says she has a 4 1/2 yo granddaughter, Katherine & Tamerlan's daughter @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Russell: I have a 4 1/2 year old granddaughter, Tamerlan's child.
Katherine, sometimes called Katie, was also independent-minded.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Russell says her daughter "Katie" was really independent-minded, she is her oldest daughter @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Russell: Katherine met Tamerlan thru a roommate of hers at Suffolk; they met at a club. She told me he was from Russia.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Russell says a friend set her daughter up with Tamerlan, she learned he was from Russia @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Russell: "I got the idea she really cared for him, so at some point I decided we should meet him" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Russell: She told me Tamerlan was in college, but I have since learned her really wasn't. I got the idea she really cared for him.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Russell: We invited Tamerlan to the family house in RI so we could meet him as relationship got serious.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Russell: They got to the house very late; it bothered me, it wasn't a good way to start off. They said they went the wrong way on 95.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Russell says Katie was living in Boston, going to Suffolk University. She says they were 90 mins late when meeting Tamerlan @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Russell: He didn't really seem interested in getting to know us. Didn't start off well.
He later cheated, they broke up; got back together.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Russell: "I didn't really want her to be with him. They weren't really a good match."
The only thing driving him was boxing at that time.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Russell says at one point they broke up because he cheated on her, her family tried to talk Katie out of getting back w/him @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Russell said all Tamerlan had going for him was boxing, she was concerned about her daughter's relationship with him @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Russell: "I didn't want her to be with him" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Russell: Katherine's roommate's mom called me to say the girls were scared Katie may have been in a domestic-
Objection.
Judge calls sidebar

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
As Russell starts to say the mom was concerned Katie was "in a domestic --" the govt objects & judge calls sidebar @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Back from sidebar, Russell says the phone call caused her concern, "I talked to her a number of times about my concern" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Judy Clarke continues with direct examination.
Russell says that phone call (no details) made her like Tamerlan less.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Russell: I tried to convince her to break up with him, so did my sister. "It didn't make a difference."
#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Russell: She was not religious as a child, but all of a sudden became interested in Islam. Started reading about it a lot.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Russell "she hadn't been interested until Tamerlan, but said she liked what she read reading the books" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Russell: "Over time he became much more religious...every time I saw him he talked about it" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Russell: Over time Tamerlan became much more religious and talked about it much more frequently, show me books, get me to read about it too.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Russell says of her daughter & Islam: "we talked less probably because she didn't want to hear what I had to say about it" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Russell: Katherine and I talked less; she got pregnant her junior year at Suffolk with Tamerlan's baby and dropped out.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Russell says Katie left school after getting pregnant her junior year, got married but no one from her family was there @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Russell: I didn't go to their wedding, no one from our family did. They got married before baby came.
#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Russell: A pregnant Katherine, married, moved back home with us in RI. Tamerlan stayed in Cambridge, but visited, until baby was 10 mos. old

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Russell says after Tamerlan & Katie married, she lived with them until the baby was 10-months-old @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Tamerlan continued to live in Cambridge, would visit Tamerlan & their daughter on the weekends @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Russell says when Katie's daughter was 10mo she thought it was time Katie move to Cambridge & Tamerlan support his daughter @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Russell: "I thought it was time that he supported his wife and daughter" so she moved up to Cambridge.
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Russell: "She was very cut off from a lot of the things she had been involved in earlier in her life" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Russell: "We just had to rope off some things because I didn't want to break off my relationship w/her & my granddaughter" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Russell: Katherine told me Tamerlan's dad was a lawyer (he actually repaired cars). I knew his brother was in high school.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Russell: Soon, Katherine told her mom it wasn't right to talk about her husband's family. "She was very cut off from" lots in her life now.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Russell says of Tamerlan's visit to Russia, "I thought it was pretty selfish because it was a vacation basically" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Russell: Once the baby came, I stopped talking about not liking Tamerlan. I didn't want to lose my daughter and granddaughter.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Russell: I knew Tamerlan went back to Russia in 2012. "I thought it was pretty selfish."
#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Russell: Before Tamerlan went to Russia, his appearance changed; beard, longer hair, different clothes.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Russell says Tamerlan had begun to change his appearance before Russia trip, "He grew a beard & his hair got longer" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Russell says Katie told her she was going to wear a head scarf, saw it for the 1st time when she learned she was pregnant @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Russell: When Katherine lived with Tamerlan, she started wearing a headscarf. Mom saw that 1st time the day they told her she was pregnant.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Russell: I had no problem with her adopting Islam because there's nothing wrong with Islam. I didn't like the whole package.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Ruyssell: Seemed like Katherine was giving up a whole lot to be with Tamerlan #Tsarnaev.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Russell shows jury a smiling photo of her daughter and Tamerlan, colorful autumn leaves on the trees, the couple is beaming.
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
The jury sees a smiling photo of Tamerlan & Katherine from around when they began dating @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Jurors see another photo of Tamerlan with a beard & Katherine with a head scarf @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
In this photo Tamerlan is not smiling, Katherine has a small smile @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Russell says Tamerlan would talk about Islam, politics - "this country's influence & harm to Islamic countries" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Russell says she only really saw Tamerlan once in between when he returned from Russia & when he died @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Russell says she learned about the marathon bombing at work @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Defense asks several questions about Russell's possible concerns about the bombing & Tamerlan - govt objects - sustained @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Russell says she woke up early on 4/19/13 & heard her other daughter crying, "Katie thinks that Tamerlan's dead" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Russell says she saw the suspect photos Thursday night but they were "grainy" & "I didn't think it was him" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Russell tears up as she recalls calling the FBI telling them they knew who it was and where they lived @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Russell says she wanted the authorities to make sure her daughter & granddaughter were safe @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Russell says they were all brought to Cambridge Police, interviewed, then she was given her granddaughter @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Russell: "She is healing...it hasn't been as hard as the victims in Boston but she's getting her life together" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Russell's voice cracks again as she says Katherine "is more like the Katie we knew" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Defense is done with direct, govt begins cross @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Russell says Tamerlan was charismatic...
Weinreb: but he didn't pull you in with his charm?
Russell: no
@NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Russell on Islam: "he put a lot of effort into it, he brought different books for me to look at...he did not give up easily" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Russell says Tamerlan encouraged her to read the Koran, she didn't. Says he would check back with her @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Russell says of the Cambridge apartment it was small but neat: "A lot different than the media presented it" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Russell says she met Tamerlan's mother & sisters once, at the baby shower, said they seemed normal @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Russell says her daughter liked Islam, is still a practicing Muslim today & still covers with a head scarf @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Russell says she had the book "Islam for Dummies" on her shelf for a while, doesn't remember who gave it to her @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Russell agrees her daughter has "recovered" from the marathon & post-marathon experience @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Govt is done with cross, defense begins redirect. @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Russell says of Tamerlan's mom: "There was some element that she was a queen at the baby shower, wanting the attention" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Russell says Katherine seems less isolated now. Redirect is done. Russell is excused. @NECN #Tsarnaev

 

[YESorNO]

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
As the defense calls the next witness, they ask for a sidebar before she comes to the stand @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
The next defense witness will be Gina Crawford, Katherine Russell's friend @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Crawford lives in Rhode Island, a nanny, waitress & Starbucks barista "I'm busy but I manage" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Crawford says she & Katherine met in elementary school & they are best friends @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Clarke: You met Tamerlan?
Crawford: I met him once.
Clarke: Only once?
Crawford: yes
@NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Crawford says of Katherine: in high school she was really fun, artsy, social @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Crawford says they remained friends even though they went to different colleges, would talk on the phone @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Jurors see a smiling photo of Crawford & Russell when Crawford visited freshman year in Boston @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Crawford: I was not invited to Katie's wedding. It was a small wedding; "I just thought it was how the culture was".

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Crawford: I met Tamerlan's mother a couple times, once at Katie's baby shower.
"She was very intense; came off as kind of intimidating."

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Crawford says middle of freshman year Russell told her she met Tamerlan at a club, she didn't think it was serious @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Crawford: "I knew it was pretty serious when she got pregnant"
Clarke: well that is pretty serious (mild laughter)
@NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Crawford said they were on again, off again, he cheated on her, Crawford didn't meet him until Russell was pregnant @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Crawford: #Tsarnaev's mom spoke a lot about her religion at the baby shower. There was a heated discussion about Islam; it was uncomfortable

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Crawford: I met Tamerlan when he came in to my Starbucks one day; I recognized him from photos.
I said, nice to meet you; that was it.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Crawford: I also visited Katie & baby in Cambridge; no one else was there. We just walked around Boston, too. No Tamerlan that day.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Crawford: I tried to spend time with them as a couple, but it never happened. Katie knew I would have liked it, but....

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Crawford: she had been reading the Koran...because Tamerlan was Muslim @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Crawford: "I thought he put that idea in her head" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Crawford said she wasn't invited to her best friend's wedding "it was small, I just figured that's how the culture was" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Crawford said she met Tamerlan's mom Zubeidat twice "she was very intense, came off as intimidating" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Crawford said Zubeidat spoke about religion at the baby shower "a few people got into a heated discussion about Islam" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Crawford says she met Tamerlan at Starbucks when he came in to get coffee for himself & Katie @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Crawford said she recognized Tamerlan, said "it's nice to finally meet you, hope to see you again" - she never did @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Crawford said she visited Russell once in Cambridge after Katie moved back there with the baby. @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Crawford said she knew Tamerlan traveled to Russia, thought he was going there to be with his dad @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Crawford: I got to see her more when Tamerlan went to Russia.
But when he returned, she got "more intense into Islam".

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Crawford says when Tamerlan returned: "She became more intense into Islam...she would try to get me to read about it" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Crawford said she even watched a few lectures at Russell's urging @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Crawford: She tried to get me to read about Islam, I watched a few lectures on YouTube.
"It's a lot to think about."

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Crawford said she texted with Russell on marathon Monday 2013 to make sure she was ok @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Crawford: I talked to Katie the day of the marathon bombings. They exchanged texts; jury is reading them now.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Crawford: Katie texted me, as far as I know, Tamerlan was home in Cambridge at the time of the attacks.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
In the text chain Russell said "as far as I know Tamerlan was home in Cambridge" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Russell also texted: "although a lot more people are killed every day in Syria, other places - innocent people" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Crawford: Katie texted me that a lot more people are killed every day in Syria.

"I thought it was strange" she'd bring that up now.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Crawford said while Russell was political, she was surprised she would say something like that in reference to the bombing @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Crawford cries as she reads texts she sent Russell when she learned of Tamerlan's death, telling her she loved her @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
They also texted after Tamerlan was killed
Crawford cries as she re-reads those texts, saying she just wants to hug Katie.
No text response.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Objections from govt prevent Crawford from saying what she thought when she heard #Tsarnaev brothers did the bombings.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Crawford: These days, it's kind of back to how it was before everything got so intense. Katie is less intense about Islam.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 59m 59 minutes ago
Crawford is done, no cross examination.

Defense calls a witness, but the wrong guy takes stand

Jury laughs

Judge: "It's been a long day"

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 59m 59 minutes ago
After a brief witness mixup, the defense is trying to get the right witness on the stand. Judge says "it's been a long day" @NECN #Tsarnaev

 

[YESorNO]

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 58m 58 minutes ago
The next defense witness is Robert Ponte, the former music teacher at Cambridge Rindge & Latin HS @NECN #Tsarnaev


Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 58m 58 minutes ago
Ponte was Tamerlan's music teacher in high school.
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 57m 57 minutes ago
Ponte says he had Tamerlan in class in the 2004-2005 school year @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 56m 56 minutes ago
Tamerlan took Jazz Ensemble, beginning in 2004/5 as a high school junior.
Tamleran was 17 going on 18 that year; older than most kids.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 57m 57 minutes ago
Tamerlan was in the 11th grade at the time, "he seemed a little older than most of the students there" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 56m 56 minutes ago
Tamerlan was nearly 18 at the beginning of his junior year, was a "solidly built boy" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 55m 55 minutes ago
Ponte: Tamerlan was polite, respectful, but kept himself isolated. Not engaged socially. "I don't ever recall him smiling in my presence."

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 55m 55 minutes ago
Ponte: "He was not particularly engaged socially...I don't ever recall him smiling in my presence" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 54m 54 minutes ago
Ponte says the school took pride in having students from 80 different countries, Tamerlan's accent didn't stick out @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 53m 53 minutes ago
Ponte says Tamerlan was undertrained for the Jazz piano group, but he wanted to engage him in the school community @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 53m 53 minutes ago
Ponte: Tamerlan was "undertrained" to play w/ jazz ensemble at this level, but I gave him a shot. He was "impassioned" and really wanted to.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 52m 52 minutes ago
Ponte: he made it clear to me he really wanted to try this, he didn't have a piano at home so he used the school piano @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 53m 53 minutes ago
Ponte says Tamerlan made a good effort at first, then had trouble keeping up @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 50m 50 minutes ago
Ponte: I eventually asked Tamerlan not to be in our next show; he glared at me, the look in his eyes was not pleasant.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 52m 52 minutes ago
Ponte says he finally said to Tamerlan he couldn't let him play in the spring concert if he wasn't ready @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 54m 54 minutes ago
Ponte says Tamerlan glared at him "I was uncomfortable...it was hard to know how he would respond...he argued respectfully" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 54m 54 minutes ago
Ponte: "I didn't expect any sort of physical altercation...but I wasn't comfortable" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 53m 53 minutes ago
Ponte: "I wasn't comfortable. I didn't know where he would take that."
I confided in another teacher about Tamerlan's social development.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 53m 53 minutes ago
Ponte says he discussed his concerns about Tamerlan with another teacher "he didn't seem to be adjusting socially" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 52m 52 minutes ago
Ponte says Tamerlan "made promises that kids make...but it didn't happen" says he gave a grade for his effort @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 53m 53 minutes ago
Ponte gave Tamerlan a "gentleman's C" to end the class.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 51m 51 minutes ago
Ponte: after bombings "I received a call from a colleague" "following my conversation a lot of memories came flooding back" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 52m 52 minutes ago
Ponte is asked what he thought about his student being involved in the bombings.
Govt objects; sustained. No answer.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 51m 51 minutes ago
AUSA Nadine Pellegrini gets up to say, ok, so 9 years before the bombing Tamerlan was in your class & couldn't play piano very well?

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 50m 50 minutes ago
Defense done w/direct. Govt simply asks if this music class incident was 9 yrs before the bombings, "yes." Ponte is excused. @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 51m 51 minutes ago
Pellegrini: uh, ok. Nothing further.
Laughter, including from some jurors.

That's it for today.
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Defense: Supermax Prison Is Miserable, So Send Dzhokhar Tsarnaev There

http://www.boston.com/news/local/ma...TDJMcPyVUBW7fPWI/story.html?p1=feature_sec_hp

 

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An Inconveniently Moral Argument for the Death Penalty in the Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Case

"...*The author does not support the death penalty per se and is not espousing the views of any particular institution. This piece is an attempt to imagine what a moral argument for the death penalty could look like for the particular case of Tsarnaev."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rajes...r=Crime&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
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Boston Marathon bomber unlikely to be executed – even if jury votes for death

http://www.theguardian.com/world/20...okhar-tsarnaev-death-penalty?CMP=share_btn_tw

( Demonstrators against the death penalty stand outside federal court in Boston during first day of the penalty phase for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. Photograph: John Tlumacki/AP)

 

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Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s Lawyers Focus on Chaotic Upbringing in Argument Against Death Penalty

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/28/u...gainst-death-penalty.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
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Boston Bomber's Lawyer Urges 'Unrelenting Punishment' Over Death

http://www.newsweek.com/boston-bombers-lawyer-urges-unrelenting-punishment-over-death-325584
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Just to refresh:

Family Matters: Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and the Women in His Life

http://www.newsweek.com/2014/10/24/women-behind-boston-marathon-bombing-suspects-277760.html

(Tamerlan Tsarnaev [bottom center], accompanied by his father Anzor, left, mother Zubeidat and uncle Muhamad Suleimanov, right, is seen in this photo courtesy of the Suleimanova family in Makhachkala. SULEIMANOVA FAMILY/REUTERS/LANDOV)

 

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Life in prison means no martyrdom for Tsarnaev, defense argues

http://edition.cnn.com/2015/04/27/u...ion&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

 

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Boston Marathon bomber was 'a good kid' - defence lawyer

http://tvnz.co.nz/world-news/boston...rss&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
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Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's lawyers ask jury to spare Boston Marathon bomber's life
Death penalty won't even the scales, defence lawyers argue

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/dzhokh...rss&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

(In this courtroom sketch, defence attorney William Fick, left, questions Imam Loay Assaf, who testified that Tamerlan Tsarnaev became angry and took a 'fighting stance' when Assaf likened the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. to the Prophet Mohammed. The defence is arguing that Tamerlan was a volatile figure who was "consumed by jihad' and heavily influenced his younger brother, Dzhokar. [Jane Flavell Collins/Associated Press] )

 

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Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Day 2 of the defense of Dzhokhar #Tsarnaev is about to begin.
Still waiting to hear from his Russian relatives who were flown in last week.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
I'm back at federal court where the defense will continue in its quest to try to spare Dzhokhar #Tsarnaev from the death penalty @NECN

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
#Tsarnaev is in court, takes his seat between his attorneys @NECN

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
#Tsarnaev's entrance once again quiets the chatty courtroom.
He walks to defense table, head down.
We're now waiting for judge/jury.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
The judge & jury are in court. We are about to begin. @NECN #Tsarnaev

 

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Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Judge/Jury arrive.
Defense attorney Tim Watkins calls 1st witness of the day.
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
The first defense witness of the day is Mr. Franca originally from Brazil, he came here in 2006 @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
This witness's last name is Franca; he's testifying with the help of a Portuguese/English interpreter.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Franca's first name sounded to me like "Rogerio", but he wasn't asked to spell it and the defense hasn't given us a list of witnesses.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Franca's first name sounds like Rugerio, but he didn't spell it. He has a Portuguese interpreter @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Interestingly, as Franca took the stand, #Tsarnaev twice turned to whisper something to defense atty Judy Clarke.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Franca says he befriended some Russians in Allston, he eventually met Tamerlan through them @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Franca says he befriended some Russians in Allston, after he moved to the US from Brazil.
#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
One of Franca's friends was Tamerlan Tsarnaev; Franca says Tamerlan used to drink alcohol and smoke weed with the group.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Franca says the Russians drank alcohol, some smoked marijuana including Tamerlan @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Franca eventually moved to Harding St in Cambridge @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Franca says he continued to hang out with Tamerlan, he would stop by the apt 3-4 times/week, sometimes everyday @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Franca: Tamerlan would visit me 3-4 times a week once I moved to Cambridge, sometimes every day. He visited w/ me & my Russian roommate.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Franca says he never went to Tamerlan's apt in Cambridge @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Jury now sees a photo from that Cambridge kitchen, Tamerlan & pals, arms around each other's shoulders, smiling. Tamerlan's wearing shades.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Now the jury sees a photo of Franca & Tamerlan, #Tsarnaev is much bigger than Franca with large arms @NECN

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Franca: Tamerlan was at my house a lot; "he used to smoke weed in my basement". He went clubbing with roommates a lot.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Franca says Tamerlan was helping his father as a car mechanic for work @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Franca: Tamerlan worked by helping his dad as a mechanic. I went to the gym with him twice, watched him box once; he won.
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Franca says he knew Tamerlan was a boxer, went to the gym in Brighton with him twice @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Franca says he didn't like that Tamerlan smoked pot in his basement, asked his roommate to ask Tamerlan to stop @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Franca says Tamerlan confronted him saying "friends don't do that" - Franca says he didn't want to argue @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Franca: Tamerlan keeps smoking weed at my house after I asked him to stop. He never asked me to convert from Catholicism to Islam.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Franca says Tamerlan was always drunk and/or high when he saw him @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Franca says he came home one day & saw Tamerlan & his roommates dividing drugs "I told everyone get out of my room" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Franca says even after he asked Tamerlan to stop doing drugs in his house, Tamerlan continued to smoke there @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Franca on seeing Dzhokhar: "I saw him twice knocking on the door looking for his brother" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Franca says Dzhokhar #Tsarnaev never came in his home @NECN

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Franca: I saw Dzhokhar #Tsarnaev twice before today, when he came looking for his brother at my apt.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Franca eventually moved to Stoughton; Tamerlan never visited there.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Franca: I saw Tamerlan once more, on Boylston Street, around 2012. Exchanged pleasantries, cell phone numbers.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Franca says after 2 years or so he moved to Stoughton, Tamerlan never came down there, only saw him once after the move @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Franca says he learned from his friends that Tamerlan had gone to Russia @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Franca says he saw Tamerlan "one last time" after he returned from Russia "on Boylston Street" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Franca says he was a limo driver at the time, said hi to Tamerlan, exchanged cell phone numbers but never called him @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Franca says Tamerlan was with his wife, had a big beard, dressed in white @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Franca: Tamerlan looked different in 2012; he had a beard, white clothes. His wife was with him; she was also in white, head covered.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Franca says he had met Tamerlan's wife once previously, this time she was "covered" & stepped back behind Tamerlan @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Franca says Tamerlan asked him "are you Muslim yet" - it surprised Franca @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Franca: Katherine took a step back when Tamerlan greeted me. Tamerlan said to me, "You are not Muslim yet?"
-No.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
The men never spoke again.

Direct exam is done.

AUSA Bill Weinreb to cross.

#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Weinreb: Tamerlan asked if you were Muslim, you said no, and he just walked away calmly?

Franca: Yes.

W: Nothing further.

#Tsarnaev

 

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Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
The next defense witness is Mark Spencer, the president of Arsenal Consulting, a digital forensics firm @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Defense calls witness Mark Spencer, and as they do, lawyers move to sidebar with the judge.
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Spencer also testified for the defense in the guilt phase @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
The defense also called Spencer back on 3/31 (trial phase 1), to talk about digital forensics related to the #Tsarnaev brothers' computers.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Sidebar ends.
Spencer will be questioned by defense atty. Bill Fick.
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Sidebar done. Mark Spencer is on the stand. @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Defense attorney Bill Fick reminds the jury where Spencer's testimony left off in the guilt phase, analyzing computers @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Spencer begins with a chart we've already seen, summarizing the specifics of the #Tsarnaev brothers' laptops and their home desktop.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
The jury sees files from the CDs recovered from the green Honda Civic & the stolen Mercedes @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Most of the CD files were also found on Tamerlan's laptop, only a few were found on Dzhokhar's laptop @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Spencer now reviews the files found on a CD from the #Tsarnaev brothers' Honda Civic, explains where the audio files on the CD originated.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
The chart shows the overwhelming majority of the audio files came from Tamerlan's laptop; same thing w/ CD found in the carjacked Benz.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
(Remember yesterday, defense promised to go into greater detail re: the brothers' computers and how had what files.)
#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Next, the MacBook Pro's search history (computer looks to have belonged to Tamerlan/Katherine).

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Spencer says the MacBook Pro was registered to Katherine Russell (Tamerlan's wife) @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Spencer says Skype was loaded on that computer, two accounts seemingly linked to Katherine Russell Tsarnaeva @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
The MacBook search history on 1/23/12 included "If your husband becomes a shahid what are the rewards for you?" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
"If your husband becomes a shaheed, what are the rewards for you?" reads one of the titles recovered from internet history.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
1/7/12 search term: "Rewards for wife of mujahideen".

#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Another MacBook Pro search from Jan 2012 - "rewards for wife of mujaheddin" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Spencer says Tamerlan's Samsung laptop used software "TrueCrypt" & "Anonymizer" to protect his data, Dzhokhar did not @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Spencer: Tamerlan's computer was heavily encrypted, unlike Dzhokhar's.
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Spencer says they were able to find Tamerlan's password "Allahuakbar1" & access the data @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Spencer says Tamerlan's Samsung laptop also had YouTube downloaders on it, Dzhokhar's laptop did not @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Spencer: Tamerlan had a program that let him download YouTube content. There are some 13 pages of such files recovered from Tam's laptop.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Some of the downloads on Tamerlan's laptop include Anwar Al-Awlaki lectures "The Sinning Muslim" & "The Righteous Muslim" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Spencer: One of Tamerlan's most visited webpages was http://horizonhobby.com ; it sells radio controlled cars among other things.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Spencer's research shows Tamerlan also visited YouTube & Amazon often @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Spencer says Tamerlan's laptop searched "photos Boston Bombing suspects" at http://cnn.com @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Spencer: Tamerlan's computer also includes page views of marathon bombing suspects' photos, and info about Ruger P95 guns.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Spencer says on 3/4/13 Tamerlan's laptop searched Ruger P95 - the type of gun used to kill MIT Officer Sean Collier @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Spencer shows the jury Skype messages & images between Tamerlan & his wife from 4/19/12 @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Spencer: 4/2012, Tamerlan sent Katherine (via Skype) images depicting the struggles of impoverished people, links to YouTube videos.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Spencer shows jury images sent from Tamerlan to his wife critical of American culture @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
More messages from Tamerlan to his wife are links to photos that show the death & fighting in Syria @NECN #Tsarnaev

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Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
I cannot say that most of the jurors are paying close attention to this witness; many are looking around the courtroom at times.
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Spencer says he used a virtual computer to recreate the wallpaper & desktop from Tamerlan's laptop @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
The wallpaper shown to jurors includes what appears to be a woman with a head scarf & 2 children laying bloody on the ground @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Spencer reads translations of "sticky notes" on Tamerlan's computer "we all belong to Allah & to him is our return" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
More sticky notes: "join the campaign, whether it's easy or burdensome" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Spencer now shows jurors the files that were protected inside Tamerlan's encrypted laptop; folders, music, photos, audio files, etc.

 

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Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Spencer shows the jury documents on Tamerlan's computer @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Fick is going quickly through the files, and Spencer is only able to name a few, but we see some Inspire issues, bin Laden photo.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Photos from Tamerlan's laptop from 2012 show him dressed in a white robe & scarf, as well as smiling photos of a young child @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Spencer shows one photo up close; Tamerlan, bearded, draped in a white flag w/ what looks like Arabic script, a friend by his side.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Spencer quickly goes through videos on Tamerlan's laptop, images of terrorists @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
In another photo, bearded Tamleran is dressed in white robes, head covered, holding a handgun.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
A closer view of a photo shows Tamerlan with a beard in a white robe with black foreign writing on it @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Another photo shows Tamerlan in a robe, holding a gun, with a head scarf on @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Two more photos show Tamerlan holding gun with a child & the child holding a large rifle @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Next: Tamerlan taking a selfie in a mirror, holding a handgun, with a toddler next to him.
Next: a toddler holding a huge rifle.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
These photos of Tamerlan have not been seen before to my knowledge @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Spencer reviews, briefly, the many many other photos, videos, music files on Tamerlan's computer.
Jury will now watch brief clip of video.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
The video has chanting underneath and English-speaker explaining the virtue of jihad; images of masked men in the forest, a flag waving.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Jury seeing more thumbnails of photos & videos of a smiling young child, then videos of a man posing with a rifle @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Folders contain files of nasheeds, photos of Bin Laden, Inspire Magazine files, etc @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Another folder on Tamerlan's computer contains web photos of various children injured, naked, dying @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Spencer shows jurors thumbnails of some Real Player files of web videos, some with foreign text @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Defense shows the jury video files of Anwar Awlaki lectures found on Tamerlan's laptop computer @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
The Awlaki video talks about the meaning of jihad, the voice says jihad is clear in the Koran @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
A 2nd Awlaki video shows soldiers shooting at people that appear to be children as the voice talks about Muslims @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
The defense asks to take the morning break, saying they're almost done with Spencer, judge agrees @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Morning recess; back in 15.

#Tsarnaev

 

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Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
#Tsarnaev is back in court following morning break, sitting talking to David Bruck @NECN

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
The judge is back in court without the jury, attorneys immediately go into sidebar @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
judge and lawyers hold sidebar before jury returns from morning break.
the soft jazz returns; it's a new(ish) track.
or is it?

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Once again today, there has been very little testimony about Dzhokhar, the focus is on Tamerlan & his radicalization @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
.@MrPrinceMikka @NECN Very little visible reaction from Dzhokhar #Tsarnaev today

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Sidebar is done. The jury is being brought in @NECN #Tsarnaev

 

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Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Jury returns.
Fick continues with direct exam of Spencer; more contents of Tamerlan's computer to be shown to jurors.
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Digital forensics expert Mark Spencer remains on the stand, as defense atty Bill Fick shows more Tamerlan downloads @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
#Tsarnaev leans forward, looking at the thumbnail contents of his dead brother's computer.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
The jury sees a series of photos of dead or bloodied men, women & children, seemingly in foreign countries @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
These next images are disturbing; they are pictures of dead and bloodied foreign children, mourning families, scenes of destruction.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Several of these images from Tamerlan's laptop are extremely graphic @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
In other photos children are dressed in religious robes & head scarves @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
The courtroom was pretty silent as these photos from Tamerlan's laptop were shown @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Other pics are cherubic faces, little kids reading Arabic script, little girls wearing headscarves, the call to prayer

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Dozens and dozens of these images, in kind of a gruesome slideshow, since most were graphic.
#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Fick says he will play, for his last exhibit, an audio file & show its English translation

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Jurors are now hearing a Russian audio file from Tamerlan's laptop @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
The audio contains two male voices discussing the Christian crusades, then talking about Muslims @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Jurors hear Russian men speaking; translation on their TV monitors, but hard to read.
#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Fick: "I have nothing further"

Government declines to cross examine, so Spencer is done.

 

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Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Defense asks for a sidebar as Spencer steps down

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Post-sidebar, judge announces a "slight logistical problem" that requires another recess.
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Back from sidebar the judge says "there's a slight logistical problem we have to solve" so we're taking a brief recess @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 55m 55 minutes ago
#Tsarnaev re-enters courtroom (he is escorted out when jury leaves), but no idea when this break will end...

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 55m 55 minutes ago
#Tsarnaev is back in court as we wrap up the second break of the day @NECN

 

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Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 51m 51 minutes ago
OK, now we are back.
Defense calls its 11th witness.
#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 50m 50 minutes ago
John Curran takes the stand.
He is 73, from Boston; a retired state worker.
He was a volunteer boxing coach for 47 years.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 49m 49 minutes ago
The next witness is 73yo John Curran of Watertown, he's retired from the state now, but was very involved in US boxing @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 48m 48 minutes ago
Curran was involved with the Somerville Boxing Club from 1988-2008 @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 48m 48 minutes ago
Curran met Tamerlan #Tsarnaev, thought "he was kind of charming" and was "eager to participate" in boxing, but "he didn't listen".

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 48m 48 minutes ago
Curran says he knew Tamerlan #Tsarnaev - at first he thought he was charming, eager to participate, but didn't listen to instructions @NECN

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 47m 47 minutes ago
Curran: Tamleran didn't want to learn from his instructors; he had basic "European" boxing skills and needed to relearn, but was resistant.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 47m 47 minutes ago
Curran says Tamerlan's boxing skills were European, didn't listen to instruction on how to adjust @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 47m 47 minutes ago
Jury sees a photo of Tamerlan in boxing gear with American flag on it, his father Anzor standing with him @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 47m 47 minutes ago
Curran shows jury a photo of Tamerlan in his boxing gear, his dad standing proudly by his side.
#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 46m 46 minutes ago
In this photo, Tamerlan's helmet is emblazoned with the stars and stripes of the American flag.
#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 44m 44 minutes ago
Curran: Tamerlan's dad was very proud, supportive, encouraged by son's ability. Tamerlan tried harder when his father was there.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 45m 45 minutes ago
Curran: "it was very frustrating, he was very reluctant to change the style, it was the style he learned in Russia" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 43m 43 minutes ago
Curran says "I saw Dzhokhar probably twice...I think he was probably 10 or 11-years-old when he was in the gym" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 43m 43 minutes ago
Curran: I saw Dzhokhar twice in the gym, "the young man right there," he says, pointing at the defendant. Dzhokhar looks up.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 43m 43 minutes ago
"He was like a puppy following his brother," Curran says of how Dzhokhar followed Tamerlan when the former was about 11 or 12.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 42m 42 minutes ago
Curran reviewing an old article from the Lowell Sun, with a color photo. It's him, Tamerlan holding a trophy, Anzor #Tsarnaev (dad).

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 42m 42 minutes ago
In another photo, the jury sees Curran, Tamerlan holding a trophy, dad Anzor #Tsarnaev in the background @NECN

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 41m 41 minutes ago
Jury sees Lowell Sun article on Tamerlan boxing in Golden Gloves novice class titled, "Foreign Influence at Gloves" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 42m 42 minutes ago
Govt objects to the Lowell Sun article and the photo being shown; article headline is "Foreign influence at Gloves".
It is allowed.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 41m 41 minutes ago
The article is about the Golden Gloves boxing competition and its decision to allow non-citizens to sometimes compete, as in 2009.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 39m 39 minutes ago
Curran says Tamerlan won the Golden Gloves finals in Lowell in 2009. The championships were in Salt Lake @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 39m 39 minutes ago
Tamerlan won that year, was to go to nationals in Salt Lake City to compete; he got the flu, did poorly at the fights.
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 39m 39 minutes ago
Curran says Tamerlan & another boxer were sick at the championships, Tamerlan "ran out of gas" & didn't do well @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 37m 37 minutes ago
In 2010, the rules changed and foreign athletes are not allowed to advance to nationals; Tamerlan wanted Curran to fix it so he could box.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 37m 37 minutes ago
Curran says Tamerlan won Lowell finals again in 2010, but that year USA Boxing wouldn't let foreigners go to championships @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 37m 37 minutes ago
Curran says Tamerlan asked him to fight the system so he could go to the championships, Curran refused @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 36m 36 minutes ago
Curran says now he's at S. Boston Boxing club, says he'd see Tamerlan a couple of times "then I wouldn't see him for months" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 36m 36 minutes ago
Curran and Tamerlan part ways, see less of each other.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 37m 37 minutes ago
Curran: I think all boxers should always wear headgear.

Defense is done; Steve Mellin crosses.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 36m 36 minutes ago
Defense done with direct. Govt begins cross examination @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 35m 35 minutes ago
AUSA Steve Mellin: you were never the defendant's coach were you?
Curran: he didn't even box
@NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 35m 35 minutes ago
Curran agrees Dzhokhar was 9 or 10 years old when he saw him. Govt is done with cross, Curran is excused @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 36m 36 minutes ago
Mellin: You last saw this defendant about 10 years ago?
Curran: Correct.
Mellin: Nothing further, your honor.

 

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Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 36m 36 minutes ago
The next defense witness is Kendrick Ball, the owner of a Worcester boxing gym @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 37m 37 minutes ago
Next witness: Kendrick Ball.
He's a Personal Care Assistant and he owns a boxing gym in Worcester.
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 35m 35 minutes ago
Ball's gym is called Camp Get Right. He says he operates the gym for the love of boxing "I think that was my calling" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 37m 37 minutes ago
Ball owns Camp Get Right, a money-losing boxing gym in Worcester. He does it because he loves the sport, he tells jury.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 35m 35 minutes ago
Ball boxed all the way to the junior Olympics himself, but admits "I wasn't that good" so he started coaching @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 33m 33 minutes ago
Ball first sees Tamerlan #Tsarnaev box at the Lowell Golden Gloves competition in 2010.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 33m 33 minutes ago
Ball says he watched Tamerlan fight a boxer from his gym named Brian Daniels. Tamerlan beat him twice @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 32m 32 minutes ago
Defense will show jury a video clip; govt objects, but judge allows.
It's Tamerlan boxing.
#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 31m 31 minutes ago
Tamerlan is announced as the winner after the tournament; his arm is raised in triumph, Rocky theme plays.
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 31m 31 minutes ago
Video ends as the announcer says "your champion in the blue corner Tamerlan #Tsarnaev !" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 30m 30 minutes ago
In the video Tamerlan's arms are raised, the Rocky theme music playing as the crowd cheers @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 31m 31 minutes ago
Ball on Tamerlan: he stood out to me, he had a trench coat on, tight fitting jeans, boots that looked like aluminum foil @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 31m 31 minutes ago
Ball also testifies that he encourages the men he trains to always wear their headgear.
He recalls Tamerlan "stood out" with his style.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 30m 30 minutes ago
Ball: Tamerlan wore tight jeans and boots "that looked like a aluminum foil or something", and a button-down shirt open to his chest.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 30m 30 minutes ago
Govt rises to object, Steve Mellin says, "I give up."

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 29m 29 minutes ago
Ball says he invited Tamerlan to his gym to spar with one of his fighters, but he came with no coach, no headgear or cup @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 27m 27 minutes ago
Ball says Tamerlan had asked to spar more rounds, Ball invited him back, Tamerlan said he'd go easy on the guy @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 27m 27 minutes ago
Ball: Tamerlan came to the gym a second time without headgear, cup, mouthpiece. He took a beating that time.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 26m 26 minutes ago
Ball said his guy got Tamerlan pretty good, he stepped out of the ring & started spitting up blood, but came back for more @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 26m 26 minutes ago
Ball: I last saw Tamerlan at the Lowell Memorial Auditorium "the year of the bombing"; we were watching Golden Gloves fights there.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 25m 25 minutes ago
Defense is done with direct. Govt begins cross examination of Ball @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 24m 24 minutes ago
AUSA Mellin gets Ball to agree his interactions w/Tamerlan were in 2010, thought his clothes were "different" even then @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 25m 25 minutes ago
Mellin: When you worked with Tamerlan, it was 2010? That was last time you saw him in the ring?
Ball: Yes.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 25m 25 minutes ago
Mellin: His flashy clothes were in 2010, right?
Ball: Yes.
M: Did you know his younger brother? ever see him before?
B: No.

Ball excused.

 

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Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 25m 25 minutes ago
Defense calls next witness, and govt. immediately objects, says this testimony would be "cumulative".

Sidebar.

#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 24m 24 minutes ago
Government objects to the next defense witness, so the judge holds a sidebar @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 21m 21 minutes ago
Sidebar done. The next defense witness is Brandon Douglas of Watertown, a UMass-Amherst graduate @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 21m 21 minutes ago
Defense calls to the stand Brandon Douglas.
He is a former wrestler, into MMA, Brazilian jujitsu, etc.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 21m 21 minutes ago
Douglas is very involved in wrestling, now also involved in mixed martial arts @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 20m 20 minutes ago
Douglas went to gyms in Somerville and Brighton to train.
He met Tamerlan in late 2008/early 2009 in Brighton gym.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 19m 19 minutes ago
Douglas says he met Tamerlan #Tsarnaev at a local gym "he was fast, hit very hard, he was a very dangerous competitor" @NECN

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 21m 21 minutes ago
Brandon: "As an athlete, he was incredibly fast, hit very hard. He was a very dangerous competitor."
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 19m 19 minutes ago
Douglas says of Tamerlan, at first "he was self-deprecating to a degree, he was generous with his time with beginners" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 19m 19 minutes ago
Douglas: Initially, Tamerlan was self-deprecating, showed self-control, "but those traits began to change."

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 19m 19 minutes ago
Douglas: Tamerlan told me he couldn't go to nationals to compete in boxing because he wasn't a US citizen.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 18m 18 minutes ago
Douglas: Tamerlan thought it was an intentional slight, directed solely at him.
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 18m 18 minutes ago
Douglas says Tamerlan said of Golden Gloves slight "issues with his citizenship had denied him entry into that tournament" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 17m 17 minutes ago
Douglas: "he expressed frustration, he felt it was an intentional slight directed solely at him" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 16m 16 minutes ago
Douglas says as a political science major, he & Tamerlan would have political discussions @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 18m 18 minutes ago
Douglas: We talked politics "on several occasions".
Tamerlan believed in conspiracy theories.
Objection, sustained.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 17m 17 minutes ago
Douglas: Tamerlan was intense when talking politics, but not surprising "given the content of the conversation."

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 16m 16 minutes ago
Douglas says of Tamerlan's political discussions "there was an insanity to it" but considering subject was understandable @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 16m 16 minutes ago
Douglas on Tamerlan: "he was a very flashy dresser, shiny shoes" clean shaven originally @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 15m 15 minutes ago
Douglas says over time Tamerlan dressed "more conservatively" & "grew a beard" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 16m 16 minutes ago
Douglas: Over time, Tamerlan changed; Grew a beard, stopped wearing his "flashy" clothes, no more "shiny alligator shoes".
#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 15m 15 minutes ago
Douglas: Tamerlan rubbed people the wrong way, used ppl's gear without permission, interrupted classes, wore street shoes on the mats.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 15m 15 minutes ago
Douglas says Tamerlan had disagreements with the gym they belonged to, would be loud & disruptive, wore street shoes inside @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 13m 13 minutes ago
Douglas says he did not see Tamerlan at the Wai Kru gym on 4/12/13, but knew he had been there earlier that day @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 14m 14 minutes ago
On Friday 4/12/13, Douglas was at the gym in Brighton after Tamerlan had left. (It's the Friday before the bombings.)

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 12m 12 minutes ago
Jurors watch surveillance video from 4/12/13.
It's Tamerlan getting ready to box at Wai Kru in Brighton. Dzhokhar is in the ring too.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 11m 11 minutes ago
Tamerlan is stretching, getting ready to spar with his opponent, Dzhokhar is lazily bouncing off the ropes, like a little kid.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 13m 13 minutes ago
Defense shows surveillance video from the gym with Tamerlan in the boxing ring, Dzhokhar on the side @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 10m 10 minutes ago
As Tamerlan stretches & warms up around the ring, Dzhokhar leans back on the side of the ring @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 9m 9 minutes ago
Tamerlan throws hand wraps to Dzhokhar, Douglas says Tamerlan took his gloves & another boxer's gloves without permission @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 11m 11 minutes ago
According to the time stamp on the video, it's just after 3pm on the Friday before the bombings.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 12m 12 minutes ago
Tamerlan throws hand wraps at Dzhokhar; they are Douglas' gloves that Tamerlan took without permission.
#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 9m 9 minutes ago
The video ends.
Tim Watkins wants to ask about what happened later that day, but keeps getting objected to. Asks for a moment.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 9m 9 minutes ago
There was a 3rd unidentified man in the ring with Tamerlan & Dzhokhar @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 9m 9 minutes ago
Douglas says "the GM of the gym emailed the owner to express his displeasure with Tamerlan that evening" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 9m 9 minutes ago
He gets Douglas to say that after that gear incident, the management of the gym was upset Tamerlan borrowed gear.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 10m 10 minutes ago
Defense done with direct. Govt begins cross examination @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 9m 9 minutes ago
Govt gets Douglas to agree the last time he saw Tamerlan was Feb 2013, never met Dzhokhar in person @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 9m 9 minutes ago
Direct is done.
Mellin on cross: have you ever met the defendant? Ever seen him box?
- No sir

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 9m 9 minutes ago
Douglas is excused & we're in lunch break @NECN #Tsarnaev

 

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Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 59m 59 minutes ago
#Tsarnaev is back in court as the lunch break wraps up @NECN

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 57m 57 minutes ago
The attorneys have just gone back to judge's chambers @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 47m 47 minutes ago
#Tsarnaev has just been escorted out of court, as we wait for judge and jury to arrive. I've never seen that before. Not sure what's up.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 45m 45 minutes ago
No lawyers and no defendant in courtroom right now...
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 23m 23 minutes ago
JUST RELEASED: a photo of Tamerlan #Tsarnaev from his 2012 trip to Russia @NECN

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 23m 23 minutes ago
The attorneys are back in court after a lengthy meeting in judge's chambers @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 22m 22 minutes ago
Judge enters; calls layers to sidebar. Laughter in the gallery (given our long wait so far).
Court officer: "Quiet in the courtroom please!"