Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Jury Trial - discussion *GUILTY*

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WBUR Live @wburLive · 3m 3 minutes ago
O'Toole, to jurors: "You are now an official jury and this trial is officially underway." #Tsarnaev

Patricia Wen @globepatty · 22s 23 seconds ago
Judge explains to jury this is federal criminal case and liability can arise in diff ways - direct & indirect.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1m 1 minute ago
The judge is now explaining to jurors what a criminal prosecution is & the difference between state & federal courts @NECN #Tsarnaev

Patricia Wen @globepatty · 37s 37 seconds ago
He said indirect could be "aiding and abetting" someone committing a crime, such as someone helps others commit a bank robbery.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 24s 24 seconds ago
Judge says the indictment alleges #Tsarnaev participated in 3 conspiracies with his brother from February - April 2013 @NECN

Patricia Wen @globepatty · 5s 6 seconds ago
Judge goes thru indictment, including using weapons of mass destruction at the marathon to kill and maim, and killing of MIT police officer.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 14s 15 seconds ago
Judge explains the indictment includes allegations of the use of a weapon of mass destruction @NECN #Tsarnaev

WBUR Live @wburLive · 1m 1 minute ago
O'Toole going through jury instructions. Explaining charges, including conspiracy, use of a WMD, destruction of public property. #Tsarnaev

WBUR Live @wburLive · 13s 13 seconds ago
O'Toole reiterates that #Tsarnaev is presumed innocent until proven guilty by the government's prosecution.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 45s 46 seconds ago
Judge explains the burden of proof lies with the government & never shifts to the defense @NECN #Tsarnaev

WBUR Live @wburLive · 1m 1 minute ago
"The burden never shifts to the defendant to prove that he is innocent." #Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 2m 2 minutes ago
Victims, families, including Richards, Heather Abbot, Dic Donahue listen closely as Judge instructs jurors. #tsarnaev

 

[YESorNO]

Patricia Wen @globepatty · 1m 1 minute ago
Judge names fatal victims: Martin Richard, age 8; Lingzi Lu, 23; Krystle Campbell; 29, and MIT police officer Sean Collier.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 33s 34 seconds ago
The parents of 8yo Martin Richard look upset as the judge mentions his name & the 3 others who were killed @NECN #Tsarnaev

WBUR Live @wburLive · 50s 51 seconds ago
O'Toole reminds jurors that they are not to discuss the #Tsarnaev case with other people, or read/watch/listen to news on the matter.

Patricia Wen @globepatty · 1m 1 minute ago
Judge reminds jurors not to talk to others or read any media regarding coverage of the trial. Also reminds them death penalty phase is later

Patricia Wen @globepatty · 2m 2 minutes ago
Judge explains what is an "opening statement," says "it's a summary" of what they expect the evidence to be. "It's to give you some context"

Patricia Wen @globepatty · 58s 58 seconds ago
He said an opening statement is like the "picture outside the jigsaw puzzle box." Jurors decide if they filled in each piece of the picture

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 39s 40 seconds ago
Judge explains to jury the opening statements are not evidence themselves, that will follow @NECN #Tsarnaev

Patricia Wen @globepatty · 38s 39 seconds ago
Judge explains the poss of lawyers making "objections" during the trial, and the reason is to possibly exclude evidence not admissable

WBUR Live @wburLive · 53s 54 seconds ago
"It is the answers to the questions that constitute the evidence, not the questions themselves," says O'Toole #Tsarnaev

Patricia Wen @globepatty · 13s 13 seconds ago
Judge says jurors may "hear music" when lawyers at sidebar, a way to distract them from hearing what they privately say. Note-taking allowed

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 27s 28 seconds ago
Jurors are told they will have a notebook & can take notes throughout, but don't have to @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 49s 49 seconds ago
“@AielloTV: @AlyshaNECN are you using smartphone or did Judge allow laptops?” I'm using an iPad, some have laptops

WBUR Live @wburLive · 51s 51 seconds ago
The presentation of evidence, of course, will be the lengthiest part of the trial," O'Toole says. #Tsarnaev

 

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Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 3m 3 minutes ago
Martin Richard's dad has left courtroom, quietly. #tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2m 2 minutes ago
AUSA Bill Weinreb begins the government's opening statement @NECN #Tsarnaev

Patricia Wen @globepatty · 2m 2 minutes ago
Prosecutor William Weinreb is starting his opening

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2m 2 minutes ago
Weinreb is setting the scene from the marathon, spectators filling Boylston St., plenty of families @NECN #Tsarnaev

Patricia Wen @globepatty · 7s 8 seconds ago
He says 2 years ago, Tsarnaev arrived at Boston Marathn. He paints the picture of the public enjoying the event. Tsar had a backpack w/bombs

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1m 1 minute ago
Govt says #Tsarnaev wasn't there to enjoy the race, he was there with a backpack & a pressure cooker bomb @NECN

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2m 2 minutes ago
Govt: "The defendant's goal that day was to maim & kill as many people as possible" @NECN #Tsarnaev

WBUR Live @wburLive · 48s 49 seconds ago
Weinreb: the bomb from #Tsarnaev was designed to "tear people apart and create a bloody spectacle."

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 37s 38 seconds ago
Govt says #Tsarnaev purposely put the backpack behind a row of children. Victim Martin Richard's parents look on sadly @NECN

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 32s 32 seconds ago
Govt: "He pretended to be a spectator but he had murder in his heart" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Patricia Wen @globepatty · 1m 1 minute ago
Prosecutor describes Tsarnaev and older bro walking around, lookg for places to put each of their backpacks w/bombs

Patricia Wen @globepatty · 32s 33 seconds ago
Tsarnaev chose to put his backpack near a restaurant and a "row of children," including Martin Richards.

Patricia Wen @globepatty · 2m 2 minutes ago
"He pretended to be a spectator, but he had murder in his heart," said prosecutor.

Patricia Wen @globepatty · 54s 55 seconds ago
He said he stood there for 4 minutes watching before bombs went off. He was near Forum restaurant. He then called Tamerlan on phone

Patricia Wen @globepatty · 22s 23 seconds ago
Tamerlan then detonated his bomb, and then Tsarnaev walked away, and detonated his bomb. "It created a deafening roar."

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 42s 42 seconds ago
Govt says when #Tsarnaev was a safe distance away he detonated the bomb remotely @NECN

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 2m 2 minutes ago
Will Weinreb, starts with openings pointing at #tsarnaev. No reaction, victims looking on.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 36s 37 seconds ago
Mr. Richard returns to courtroom after first mention of his son.

WBUR Live @wburLive · 30s 31 seconds ago
Weinreb, on victims, "they bled to death on the pavement as the defendant ran away." #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1m 1 minute ago
Govt says pieces of the bomb & shrapnel tore through the victims, many had a limb torn off their body @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 12s 12 seconds ago
As govt brings up Martin Richard's injuries his parents seem to be holding back tears. @NECN #Tsarnaev

Patricia Wen @globepatty · 54s 54 seconds ago
The defendant's bomb (pressure cooker bomber) killed&maimed - and many had foot or leg blown off. People bloody "while defendant ran away."

 

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WBUR Live @wburLive · 48s 49 seconds ago
"The bomb tore large chunks of flesh out of [Martin Richard's] body....Martin bled to death on the sidewalk." #Tsarnaev

Patricia Wen @globepatty · 1m 1 minute ago
Prosecutor focuses on Martin Richards. He said his mother rushed near him, but "Martin bled to death on the sidewalk.

Patricia Wen @globepatty · 6s 7 seconds ago
Weinreb talks about Lingzi Lu bleeding to death on the sidewalk, the "insides of her stomach" falling out from the bomb.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 2m 2 minutes ago
"Some bled to death on the pavement....one of them was Martin Richard." Dad looks forward, resting face in left hand.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 2m 2 minutes ago
He is wiping his eyes.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 7s 8 seconds ago
Govt describes the injuries to BU student Lingzi Lu, "Lingzi was screaming in pain & terror" she did not make it @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 40s 41 seconds ago
Govt: even though the defendant's brother set off the bomb that killed Krystle Campbell, he's still responsible @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 12s 12 seconds ago
"What was defendant doing while people were frantically trying to save the wounded from dying on the street?" Buying milk @NECN #Tsarnaev

WBUR Live @wburLive · 1m 1 minute ago
Weinreb's opening statements focusing on graphic scene setting from moments after bombing. #Tsarnaev

WBUR Live @wburLive · 5s 6 seconds ago
Weinreb says #Tsarnaev went to a Whole Foods 20 min after bombing to buy a gallon of milk.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 6s 7 seconds ago
Govt says #Tsarnaev went back to UMass Dartmouth & acted like he didn't have a care in the world @NECN #Tsarnaev

Patricia Wen @globepatty · 1m 1 minute ago
Weinreb said Tsarnaev responsible for the deadly effects of both bombs, even if he dropped off only one. He was a partner with Tamerlan.

Patricia Wen @globepatty · 14s 14 seconds ago
Weinreb said Tsarnaev was caught on surveillance tape. Just 20 minutes after setting off the bomb, he drove to Whole Foods in Central Square

Patricia Wen @globepatty · 1m 1 minute ago
And after going to Whole Foods, he shopped for milk, even starting to buy one, and then trading it for another type of milk. All on video

Patricia Wen @globepatty · 31s 32 seconds ago
Tsarnaev later went back to Umass Dartmouth, going to classes & seeing friends. "He acted like he didn't have a care in the world."

WBUR Live @wburLive · 15s 16 seconds ago
"The defendant pretended nothing had happened... he hung out with friends and partied." #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 19s 20 seconds ago
Govt: "He believed he was a soldier in a holy war against America" "he had taken a step toward reaching paradise" @NECN #Tsarnaev

 

[Queen Bee]

just in these first few opening lines, i'm immediately taken back to that day

omg how horrifying it was :rose:

 

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Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 14s 15 seconds ago
Govt is now reading part of #Tsarnaev writings inside Watertown boat "we Muslims are one body, you hurt one, you hurt us all" @NECN

WBUR Live @wburLive · 2m 2 minutes ago
"He believed that what he had done was good and right." #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 7s 8 seconds ago
Govt: "the defendant's transformation into a terrorist took place over a year or two" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Patricia Wen @globepatty · 1m 1 minute ago
Weinreb said Tsarnaev was feeling okay because he believed he was going to "paradise" based on his belief in Jihad.

WBUR Live @wburLive · 1m 1 minute ago
"The defendant carried out the attack... because he believes America is the enemy of Muslims." --Weinreb on #Tsarnaev

WBUR Live @wburLive · 32s 32 seconds ago
Weinreb says #Tsarnaev's transformation took place over two years. Started reading terrorist literature in 2011.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 19s 20 seconds ago
Weinreb going through a quick narrative of the bombings, victims/families at end of seat. #tsarnaev

Patricia Wen @globepatty · 27s 27 seconds ago
Weinreb said Tsarnaev kept from his friends a belief in radical Islam. That he privately "read terrorist writings and ..terrorist lectures."

WBUR Live @wburLive · 30s 31 seconds ago
"The defendant had terrorist writings/videos on his laptop, on his iPod, and on CD's in his car." #Tsarnaev

Patricia Wen @globepatty · 14s 15 seconds ago
Weinreb said Tsarnaev's evolution to radical Islam started 2011. On his laptop he had nearly complete version of Inspire magazine.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 36s 37 seconds ago
Govt says jury will see writings & videos on #Tsarnaev laptop including Inspire Magazine by AlQaeda in Arabian Peninsula @NECN

WBUR Live @wburLive · 58s 59 seconds ago
Weinreb says #Tsarnaev had full set of Inspire magazine, an Al Qaeda publication

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 33s 34 seconds ago
Govt: one of the issues of Inspire Magazine gave instructions on how to build a bomb, later Tamerlan bought pressure cookers @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 21s 21 seconds ago
Govt: #Tsarnaev got a gun from Stephen Silva a few months before the bombing, Silva will testify @NECN

Patricia Wen @globepatty · 57s 58 seconds ago
Weinreb said one Inspire issue explained how to make a homemade bomb. Around Christmas 2013, he &his brother began accessing this article

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 34s 34 seconds ago
Govt: about a month before bombing #Tsarnaev brothers went to a shooting range @NECN

WBUR Live @wburLive · 57s 58 seconds ago
Weinreb says #Tsarnaev obtained a handgun from a friend several months before the bombing. Weinreb says Tsarnaev practiced with it.

WBUR Live @wburLive · 1m 1 minute ago
The friend who allegedly provided the gun to #Tsarnaev will be a witness in the trial.

Patricia Wen @globepatty · 2m 2 minutes ago
Weinreb said one Inspire issue explained how to make a homemade bomb. Around Christmas 2013, he &his brother began accessing this article

Patricia Wen @globepatty · 1m 1 minute ago
Weinreb said that Tsarnaev asked Cambridge friend, Stephen Silva, later for a 9 mm gun, and Silva got one for him

Patricia Wen @globepatty · 2m 2 minutes ago
Weinreb said Silva will be a witness in this case

 

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Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 22s 23 seconds ago
Govt: as soon as the bombs exploded, police halted the marathon, ambulances came & took wounded to hospital @NECN #Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 1m 1 minute ago
#tsarnaev appears to look down/away as Weinreb mentions his friend Stephen Silva, the gun he gave him. Will testify.

Patricia Wen @globepatty · 35s 36 seconds ago
Weinreb describing evidence collected at the Marathon bombing scene, including nails, BBs, shrapnel over many blocks on Boylston St

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1m 1 minute ago
Govt: 3 blocks of Boylston St treated like crime scene "among blood & human remains" found hundreds of pieces of shrapnel @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 50s 51 seconds ago
Govt says investigators also found pieces of backpacks @NECN #Tsarnaev

Patricia Wen @globepatty · 39s 40 seconds ago
Said surveillance tape at restaurant shows Tsarnaev with backpack, and then looking at children near Marathon, including Martin Richards

Patricia Wen @globepatty · 15s 16 seconds ago
Then you see Tsarnaev without backpack, and then he walks away, and then his bomb goes off.

WBUR Live @wburLive · 16s 17 seconds ago
Weinreb says surveillance tape from Forum restaurant shows #Tsarnaev dip shoulder at bombing site, possibly drop backpack.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2m 2 minutes ago
Govt: Forum surveillance tape shows #Tsarnaev walk up to front of restaurant with a bomb, stop right behind Martin Richard @NECN

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1m 1 minute ago
Govt: that video revealed that the defendant was one of the bombers @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 20s 21 seconds ago
Govt: video showed everyone except #Tsarnaev snap their heads in the direction of finish line where 1st bomb went off @NECN

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 10s 10 seconds ago
Govt: 5pm on April 18th, FBI held a press conference about bombing suspects @NECN #Tsarnaev

WBUR Live @wburLive · 46s 47 seconds ago
Weinreb says tape shows #tsarnaev walks up to site with backpack, then walks away without one.

 

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Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 25s 25 seconds ago
"The moment he gets there, he dips his shoulder, and after that you never see the backpack on his back again...you can see it at his feet."

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 28s 29 seconds ago
This was from Forum surveillance. Right after 1st bomb, #tsarnaev walked quickly away. Detonated it. Right behind Martin Richard, other kids

Patricia Wen @globepatty · 2m 2 minutes ago
Weinreb said the FBI quickly got the video tapes, and knew they had "two suspected bombers" but no names for them

Patricia Wen @globepatty · 2m 2 minutes ago
Then a few days after the bombing, the FBI released some video and photos to get public help in identifying them.

Patricia Wen @globepatty · 51s 51 seconds ago
Weinreb then talks about text exchanges between Tsarnaev and his Umass friend, Dias Kadyrbayev. Dias refers to FBI photos looking like Tsar

Patricia Wen @globepatty · 10s 11 seconds ago
Weinreb said Tsarnaev brothers went looking for another gun. Surveillance camera in high building in Cambridge shows 2 men near MIT officer

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3m 3 minutes ago
Govt now reading text messages between Dias Kadyrbayev & #Tsaranev before his friends took laptop & backpack out of his dorm room @NECN

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2m 2 minutes ago
Govt says #Tsarnaev brothers were looking for a gun when they drove by Officer Sean Collier in his cruiser at MIT @NECN

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2m 2 minutes ago
Govt says surveillance video is far away, but shows 2 men walk up to Collier's cruiser, open door @NECN #Tsarnaev

WBUR Live @wburLive · 2m 2 minutes ago
Weinreb now telling jurors how #Tsarnaev's friends took evidence from his dorm room at UMass Dartmouth.

WBUR Live @wburLive · 2m 2 minutes ago
Weinreb now telling jurors about the death of Sean Collier, and leadup to the Watertown manhunt. #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2m 2 minutes ago
Govt says MIT grad student rode by on bicycle startling suspects, looked them in the eye. He will testify @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 43s 43 seconds ago
Govt: #Tsarnaev brothers shot Collier three times in the head & once between the eyes, tried to unlock his gun from holster @NECN

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 34s 35 seconds ago
Govt: doesn't matter who pulled the trigger "they both murdered him" @NECN #Tsarnaev

WBUR Live @wburLive · 1m 1 minute ago
Weinreb says security video of Collier's death not ideal, but that it, with other evidence, leaves little doubt #Tsarnaev was responsible.

Patricia Wen @globepatty · 3m 3 minutes ago
MIT grad student Harmon happened to be riding bike near MIT police officer Collier, and saw one of Tsarnaevs there.

Patricia Wen @globepatty · 44s 45 seconds ago
Tsarnaevs used the 9mm Ruger gun to kill MIT officer Collier. They tried to steal Collier's gun, but couldn't get it out of secure holster

Patricia Wen @globepatty · 40s 41 seconds ago
Prosecutor said that 9 mm gun was the weapon provided by Silva (former Cambridge Rindge and Latin friend of Tsarnaev's ) to Tsarnaev.

WBUR Live @wburLive · 2m 2 minutes ago
Weinreb says #Tsarnaev tried to steal Collier's gun, unable to undo second part of 2-part lock.

WBUR Live @wburLive · 1m 1 minute ago
Weinreb says video doesn't show whether Dzhokhar or Tamerlan #Tsarnaev killed Collier. "Doesn't matter. They both did it," he says.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 12s 13 seconds ago
Govt says in #Tsarnaev car they had a pressure cooker & at least 4 other pipe bombs @NECN

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 39s 40 seconds ago
Weinreb going over Collier shooting, saying surveillance has them at scene. An MIT student ponta #tsarnaev as reaching into car

WBUR Live @wburLive · 14s 15 seconds ago
Weinreb now detailing carjacking and #Tsarnaev brothers' attempts to flee to NY for more bombings.

 

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Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 56s 57 seconds ago
Govt says they found a man inside his car, Tamerlan used gun to threaten him & had him drive to location to transfer bombs @NECN #Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 14s 14 seconds ago
#tsarnaev had the $800 he robbed from carjacking victim when he was arrested next day.

Patricia Wen @globepatty · 1m 1 minute ago
Prosecutor now talking about Tsarnaev's car-jacking of Mr. Ming, a Chinese man. The bros forced him to drive to an ATM

Patricia Wen @globepatty · 38s 39 seconds ago
The brothers used Ming's bank account and stole $800 from the ATM machine. That cash was later recovered on Tsarnaev.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 29s 30 seconds ago
Govt says #Tsarnaev went inside Cambridge Shell station to buy snacks as Tamerlan put address in GPS, driver escaped @NECN

Patricia Wen @globepatty · 1m 1 minute ago
Later, when they stopped at a gas station, Ming escaped. Tsarnaev was outside car, but Tamerlan distracted with his phone inside the car.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 45s 46 seconds ago
Govt: stolen Mercedes GPS tracked them to Dexter Ave in #Watertown @NECN #Tsarnaev

Patricia Wen @globepatty · 27s 27 seconds ago
The brothers escaped & the GPS tracking system showed where they were going. Watertown police officer Reynolds drove past them.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 48s 49 seconds ago
Govt: officer made a u-turn & began following Mercedes onto Laurel St @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 20s 21 seconds ago
Govt: #Tsarnaev brothers got out of their cars & fired a bullet into first officer's windshield @NECN

WBUR Live @wburLive · 20s 21 seconds ago
Weinreb says a Watertown police officer followed #tsarnaev brothers after the car-jacking. Brothers allegedly opened fire.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 8s 9 seconds ago
Govt: 2nd arriving officer put his car in drive & let it roll toward #Tsarnaev brothers for cover @NECN

Patricia Wen @globepatty · 51s 52 seconds ago
Soon, gunfire broke out. Tsarnaevs shot at Reynolds, as well as another Watertown officer who had come to the scene.

Patricia Wen @globepatty · 1m 1 minute ago
"The defendant and his brother did everything they could to kill those two officers."

Patricia Wen @globepatty · 19s 20 seconds ago
Brothers used explosives too, attacking those two officers, Reynolds and McLellan. Then a third officer, Pugliese, came.

Patricia Wen @globepatty · 19s 20 seconds ago
Brothers used explosives too, attacking those two officers, Reynolds and McLellan. Then a third officer, Pugliese, came.

WBUR Live @wburLive · 45s 46 seconds ago
Weinreb says #Tsarnaev brothers threw pipe bombs/pressure cookers at officers on Laurel St, Watertown.

 

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WBUR Live @wburLive · 46s 46 seconds ago
Weinreb says #Tsarnaev drove directly at officers who were trying to apprehend Tamerlan.

WBUR Live @wburLive · 1m 1 minute ago
Weinreb says #Tsarnaev drove right over his brother, dragged body 50 feet.

WBUR Live @wburLive · 30s 31 seconds ago
Weinreb now mentions officer Richard Donohue, who was shot in the leg. Does not mention who fired the bullet. #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2m 2 minutes ago
Govt says Tamerlan ran out of bullets, started charging officers, officers were trying to arrest Tamerlan @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2m 2 minutes ago
Govt says #Tsarnaev got in Mercedes & drove straight at officers, ran over his brother & dragged him down the street @NECN

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 20s 20 seconds ago
Govt says officers began firing at Mercedes to try to stop #Tsarnaev & MBTA Officer Dic Donohue struck by bullet & stopped breathing @NECN

Patricia Wen @globepatty · 1m 1 minute ago
Reynolds & McLellan saw car coming at them, driven by Tsarnaev. At last second, they did not get hit by car, but it drove over Tamerlan.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 16s 17 seconds ago
Govt says #Tsarnaev found boat in #Watertown backyard, smashed phones & tried to hide in a ditch near boat @NECN

WBUR Live @wburLive · 41s 42 seconds ago
Weinreb says #Tsarnaev eventually found the boat in a backyard.

WBUR Live @wburLive · 54s 55 seconds ago
Weinreb says #Tsarnaev had been shot at that point, still had remembered to smash his phones. Hid the phones and an ATM card in a ditch.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 22s 23 seconds ago
"He cared more about killing them than he cared about his brother...the def. Ran right over his brother, and dragged him" #tsarnaev watching

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 36s 37 seconds ago
Govt says #Tsarnaev hid in the boat, boat's owner found him after lockdown was lifted on April 19 @NECN

 

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Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2m 2 minutes ago
Govt says police surrounded the boat, it was fired upon but then hostage negotiators were able to talk him out @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1m 1 minute ago
Govt says again jurors will see the writing from inside the boat @NECN #Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 3m 3 minutes ago
#tsarnaev had written on boat in pencil.

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 2m 2 minutes ago
Investigators say they found bloodied gloves in #tsarnaev's Honda Civic, DNA matching Collier

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 43s 44 seconds ago
Govt says inside #Tsarnaev Honda in #Watertown were 2 bloody white gloves - Officer Collier's blood @NECN

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3s 3 seconds ago
#Tsarnaev is sitting with his back to the courtroom gallery, hard to tell what his reaction is to this @NECN

Patricia Wen @globepatty · 19s 19 seconds ago
Prosecutor talks about multiple ballistics evidence tying the Ruger gun tied to killing of MIT police officer.

WBUR Live @wburLive · 1m 1 minute ago
Weinreb says shell casings found at Collier scene match #Tsarnaev's Ruger 9mm.

WBUR Live @wburLive · 18s 18 seconds ago
"You won't be seeing [Tamerlan] in the courtroom. That's because the defendant killed him." #Tsarnaev

 

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Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1m 1 minute ago
Govt: "You won't be seeing [Tamerlan] in the courtroom, that's because the defendant killed him running him over" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 25s 26 seconds ago
Govt: Even though he and his brother played different roles in these crimes they're equally guilty, they're partners @NECN #Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 17s 18 seconds ago
Weinreb saying we won't see Tamerlan cuz the "defendant killed him while riding in the Mercedes." #tsarnaev slouches into chair

Patricia Wen @globepatty · 2m 2 minutes ago
Prosecutor says Tamerlan won't be in courtroom, but he is involved and "partner" and "in conspiracy" with defendant.

Patricia Wen @globepatty · 59s 60 seconds ago
Prosecutor says two bros didn't do exactly the same thing, but they are equally to blame for everythg "They carried them out as partners."

Patricia Wen @globepatty · 25s 25 seconds ago
Prosec: "Even though Tamerlan Tsarnaev is not here, we will be offering evidence about his role in these crimes." Their roles tied together

WBUR Live @wburLive · 3m 3 minutes ago
Weinreb now going through charges against #Tsarnaev. Says Dzhokhar and Tamerlan are equally guilty, that they were partners.

WBUR Live @wburLive · 2m 2 minutes ago
"Each one played a role in committing the crime," Weinreb says. #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 45s 46 seconds ago
Jury has been listening intently to this entire opening statement by AUSA Bill Weinreb @NECN #Tsarnaev

Patricia Wen @globepatty · 1m 1 minute ago
Prosec: "Even though Tamerlan Tsarnaev is not here, we will be offering evidence about his role in these crimes." Their roles tied together

Patricia Wen @globepatty · 18s 19 seconds ago
Prosecutor explains order of case: Marathon bombing & evidence; surveillance video and photos, then what Tsarnaev did in days after bombg

WBUR Live @wburLive · 42s 43 seconds ago
Weinreb prepping jurors for a lengthy evidence process. Says he wants to streamline process as much as possibe. #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2m 2 minutes ago
The only time #Tsarnaev has really reacted was shifting uncomfortably in his chair as Weinreb said he killed his brother @NECN

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 12s 13 seconds ago
Govt says they will start the case with the marathon bombing, showing surveillance video & photos @NECN #Tsarnaev

Patricia Wen @globepatty · 59s 59 seconds ago
Prosecutor explains order of case: Marathon bombing & evidence; surveillance video and photos, then what Tsarnaev did in days after bombg

Patricia Wen @globepatty · 24s 24 seconds ago
Then will also show Tsarnaevs' role in killing MIT police officer, and evidence at Watertown shoot-out scene and ballistic evidence.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 24s 25 seconds ago
Govt says they will then look at what #Tsarnaev did in the days after the bombing, then on April 18th when Officer Collier was killed @NECN

 

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Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1m 1 minute ago
Govt is now showing the jury & courtroom photos of the victims, starting with MIT Officer Sean Collier @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 15s 16 seconds ago
Now the jury is seeing a smiling photos of Krystle Campbell & Lingzi Lu as Weinreb describes their injuries @NECN #Tsarnaev

Patricia Wen @globepatty · 3m 3 minutes ago
Then will also show Tsarnaevs' role in killing MIT police officer, and evidence at Watertown shoot-out scene and ballistic evidence.

Patricia Wen @globepatty · 3m 3 minutes ago
Also will hear about evidence at their family's' Norfolk Street apt and dorm room. Also his laptop, which contained "hidden" political life

Patricia Wen @globepatty · 2m 2 minutes ago
Also there will be evidence from autopsies of the fatal victims.

Patricia Wen @globepatty · 58s 58 seconds ago
Weinreb now showing color photos of the victims through video screens to jurors -- first Collier, then Campbell, Lu, and then Richards.

Patricia Wen @globepatty · 32s 32 seconds ago
Prosecutor: "He blew Martin's arm almost entirely off his body..He died at the scene of his wounds."

WBUR Live @wburLive · 2m 2 minutes ago
Prosecution now showing pictures of 4 people killed, including extent of their wounds. #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 53s 53 seconds ago
Now the jury is seeing a smiling photos of Krystle Campbell & Lingzi Lu as Weinreb describes their injuries @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 11s 11 seconds ago
Lastly, the govt shows 8yo Martin Richard, smiling in a bright green shirt as his injuries are described @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 53s 53 seconds ago
Martin Richard's mom looks down and rubs her nose as Weinreb continues @NECN #Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 5s 6 seconds ago
Pros. showing photos of the four fatal victims. Collier, Campbell, Lingzi, Richard, graphically describing evidence. Families sit still

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 10s 10 seconds ago
The government has wrapped up its opening statement. Defense attorney Judy Clarke begins defense's opening statement @NECN #Tsarnaev

WBUR Live @wburLive · 40s 41 seconds ago
Weinreb closes by recapping charges. Now Judy Clarke up for the defense. #Tsarnaev

 

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Patricia Wen @globepatty · 2m 2 minutes ago
Weinreb said evidence will show Tsarnaev responsible for all this, bec.
"America needed to be punished for killing Muslims overseas."

Patricia Wen @globepatty · 2m 2 minutes ago
Prosecutor opening is now done, and defense attorney Judy Clarke begins.

Patricia Wen @globepatty · 2m 2 minutes ago
Clarke: "We meet in the most tragic of circumstances," and horrific deaths, including the loss of "precious" 8 year old.

Patricia Wen @globepatty · 2m 2 minutes ago
These deaths are "incomprehensible and inexcusable." Clarke says we will all agonize over all the tragedy.

Patricia Wen @globepatty · 1m 1 minute ago
Says these were result of "senseless and horrible acts" carried out by 26-year-old Tamerlan and 19-year-old "Jahar."

Patricia Wen @globepatty · 47s 47 seconds ago
Clarke acknowledges Tamerlan and defendant carried backpacks to Marathon, and later killed 3 people and hundreds more.

WBUR Live @wburLive · 3m 3 minutes ago
Clarke begins by praising the victims. "precious 8-yr-old boy," "fine young police officer," etc. #Tsarnaev

WBUR Live @wburLive · 2m 2 minutes ago
Clarke calls the circumstances "reprehensible" and "inexcusable." #Tsarnaev

WBUR Live @wburLive · 2m 2 minutes ago
Clarke says circumstances were caused by "senseless and misguided acts," carried out by Tamerlan/Dzhokhar #Tsarnaev

WBUR Live @wburLive · 1m 1 minute ago
Clarke says defense and prosecution will agree about many things, including that #Tsarnaev placed bombs at Marathon.

WBUR Live @wburLive · 50s 51 seconds ago
In other words, Clarke just admitted that her client did it. #Tsarnaev

WBUR Live @wburLive · 5s 5 seconds ago
"It was him," Clarke says about #tsarnaev placing bomb, being captured in Watertown.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2m 2 minutes ago
Defense: on April 18th the #Tsarnaev brothers went on a "path of destruction" @NECN

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1m 1 minute ago
Defense says Tamerlan died "determined not to be taken alive, Dzhokhar fled" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 11s 11 seconds ago
Defense says of video of Dzhokhar walking with backpack on Boylston St "IT WAS HIM" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 17s 18 seconds ago
Defense: so why have a trial you may ask? @NECN #Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 2m 2 minutes ago
Government openings went exactly 50 minutes. Judy Clarke starts by noting beauty of all 4 victims, calls bombings "difficult to grasp."

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 4s 4 seconds ago
Judy Clarke saying the 19 year old, the "younger brother", is indeed person in surveillance, in video placing bomb "by tree" and in boat

Patricia Wen @globepatty · 1m 1 minute ago
Attorney Judy Clarke explains there are two phases to this trial; first guilt-not guilty, and then death-penalty phase.

Patricia Wen @globepatty · 38s 39 seconds ago
"The essence of the charges are four sets of criminal acts" - the bombing, the murder of MIT officer, the carjacking & the shoot-out.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 13s 14 seconds ago
Defense: the indictment in this case is not that simple, we think the question of "WHY" is important @NECN #Tsarnaev

Patricia Wen @globepatty · 2m 2 minutes ago
"We will not sidestep" Tsarnaev's role in this tragedy. But we have a different view of what happened

Patricia Wen @globepatty · 28s 29 seconds ago
She shows two photos of defendant - one a wholesome teenager w/his brother, to a killer walking side-by-side at Marathon 2013.

WBUR Live @wburLive · 2m 2 minutes ago
Clarke asks, "What took Dzhokhar from this, to this?" #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 17s 17 seconds ago
Defense: what took them from this (young photo) to this (backpack photo)? @NECN #Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 6s 7 seconds ago
"We do not and we will not sidestep Jahar's responsibility for his actions." She wants to know what turned him into the person in video

Patricia Wen @globepatty · 3s 3 seconds ago
Def Atty talks about extreme radicalization of older bro:
"It was Tamerlan Tsarnaev who self-radicalized, it was Jahar who followed him."

Patricia Wen @globepatty · 8s 9 seconds ago
Tamerlan had Russian translation of how to make bomb, he bought BB's in the pressure cookers. He bought pressure cookers& fireworks

WBUR Live @wburLive · 2m 2 minutes ago
Clarke says Tamerlan #Tsarnaev became obsessed with radical Islam.

WBUR Live @wburLive · 2m 2 minutes ago
"It was Tamerlan #Tsarnaev who self-radicalized. It was Dzhokhar who followed him," Clarke says.

 

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Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2m 2 minutes ago
Defense: Tamerlan led the way down Boylston St, Tamerlan shot & killed Sean Collier @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 46s 47 seconds ago
Defense: Tamerlan held the gun to the carjacking victim & told him "I just killed a police officer" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Patricia Wen @globepatty · 2m 2 minutes ago
"Tamerlan led the way down Boylston Street," and he was the one who carjacked Ming and who (she says) shot MIT officer.

Patricia Wen @globepatty · 16s 17 seconds ago
Clear that defense plans to use the guilt/not-guilty phase as a prelude to "mitigation" part of death penlt trial: Jahar as victim of Tam

WBUR Live @wburLive · 33s 34 seconds ago
Clarke argues that there's no evidence Dzhokhar #Tsarnaev downloaded terrorist materials.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 35s 35 seconds ago
Defense: there is a thumb drive that has never been found, last known attachment was done the day Tamerlan left for Russia @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 55s 55 seconds ago
Defense: Dzhokhar spent most of his time online doing what teenagers do - Facebook, cars, girls @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 39s 40 seconds ago
Defense: we will not argue Tamerlan put a gun to Dzhokhar's head & forced him to do this @NECN #Tsarnaev

Patricia Wen @globepatty · 47s 48 seconds ago
Def attorney acknowledges that defendant may had had radical Islam material on his laptop, but it also had lots of typical teenager stuff.

WBUR Live @wburLive · 24s 25 seconds ago
Clarke says jury will hear evidence of Tamerlan's influence on #Tsarnaev. Judge interrupts, "Very limited evidence."

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 43s 44 seconds ago
As defense begins to get into family history, judge stops Judy Clarke. This gets into mitigating factors @NECN #Tsarnaev

 

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Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 30s 31 seconds ago
Defense: Dzhokhar was influence by brother due to his age, their culture & Tamerlan's sheer force of personality @NECN #Tsarnaev

Patricia Wen @globepatty · 30s 31 seconds ago
Def attorney says Tsarnaev had plummeting life at Umass dartmouth & failing grades. He came under Tamerlan's "sheer force of personality."

WBUR Live @wburLive · 20s 20 seconds ago
Clarke: "Dzhokhar must be held responsible," but that he did not choose his path, as prosecutors say. #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 43s 44 seconds ago
Defense: we must hold Dzhokhar responsible for what he did, but he was under the influence of his brother @NECN #Tsarnaev

Patricia Wen @globepatty · 49s 50 seconds ago
Def attorney says she doesn't think defendant without blame. He must be held responsible.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 40s 40 seconds ago
Defense says of #Tsarnaev boat writings, Dzhokhar was "jealous of his brother who had achieved martyrdom & wished he had too" @NECN

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 6s 7 seconds ago
Clarke saying, when Tamerlan returned from Russia, Jahar had already been alone, parents left, was failing out of school.

Patricia Wen @globepatty · 21s 22 seconds ago
Def attorney says the writing in the boat reflect what defendant had " read and heard" but thinks that it needs to be read in larger context

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 11s 12 seconds ago
Defense:after 1st phase "there will be questions we cannot answer now, there will be questions that carry over to 2nd phase" @NECN #Tsarnaev

WBUR Live @wburLive · 22s 22 seconds ago
Clarke asks jury to take questions over to the second phase of the trial. #Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 1m 1 minute ago
"Unfortunately and tragically, Jahar was brought into his brother's passion, and his plans, and that led the way to Boylston st." #tsarnaev

WBUR Live @wburLive · 21s 22 seconds ago
"None of you would be sitting here today had you not convincingly and with conviction, told us that you can...remain open." #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 39s 40 seconds ago
Defense: you would not be sitting here if you hadn't told us you could keep your hearts & minds open to think about evidence @NECN #Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 24s 25 seconds ago
Judy Clarke telling jurors they all have shown they can be open. Asks them to be mindful of this in 2nd phase of trial. #tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 33s 33 seconds ago
Defense: holding the questions you have that can't be answered in this phase will not be an easy task @NECN #Tsarnaev

Patricia Wen @globepatty · 3m 3 minutes ago
Def attorney says the writing in the boat reflect what defendant had " read and heard" but thinks that it needs to be read in larger context

Patricia Wen @globepatty · 2m 2 minutes ago
Def attorneys tells jurors you will hear from police, victims, and more -- and "listen with heavy hearts."

Patricia Wen @globepatty · 50s 50 seconds ago
Def atty is essentially conceding the first phase of the trial, finding guilt, but asking jurors to "hold open" their minds for second phase

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 39s 40 seconds ago
Defense has wrapped up its opening statement. Judge reiterates jury has heard no evidence yet @NECN #Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 1m 1 minute ago
After 20 minutes, Clarke finishes

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2m 2 minutes ago
Court is now in a brief recess @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 45s 45 seconds ago
#Tsarnaev gets up & scratches his head as he walks out of the courtroom with US Marshals @NECN

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 40s 40 seconds ago
Judge taking break, #tsarnaev escorted out without looking back.

Patricia Wen @globepatty · 2m 2 minutes ago
The court now recessing for a break before witnesses take stand.

 

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Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 19m 19 minutes ago
The government's first witness will be the Boston Athletic Association head Tom Grilk @NECN #Tsarnaev

Patricia Wen @globepatty · 7m 7 minutes ago
Waiting for trial to resume. Questions swirling re: how a trial over Tsarnaev's guilt proceeds when his attorney already says he did it.

Patricia Wen @globepatty · 4m 4 minutes ago
Wondering how defense will cross-exam gov't witnesses: Eliciting testimony to reinforce that Tamerlan is the bully & defendant the follower?

Patricia Wen @globepatty · 2m 2 minutes ago
During recess, prosecutor Weinreb amicably showing defense attorneys an elaborate chart on white poster board, presumbly an upcoming exhibit

 

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Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 6m 6 minutes ago
We are back from break & about to resume with testimony. @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4m 4 minutes ago
For what it's worth, the prosecution took about 50 minutes in its opening statement & the defense took about 20 minutes @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3m 3 minutes ago
#Tsarnaev is back in the courtroom. He tends to walk in with a bounce in his step, swinging his arms @NECN

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3m 3 minutes ago
#Tsarnaev is now looking at a binder as attorney Miriam Conrad flips through it @NECN

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1m 1 minute ago
The jury has been brought back in & they have now been given notebooks so they can take notes if they want @NECN #Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 19s 20 seconds ago
We are back in session and #tsarnaev quickly, quietly brought into courtroom, which has thinned out a bit after openings done.

Patricia Wen @globepatty · 2m 2 minutes ago
Odd that Tsarnaev's plea in documents is "not guilty." His top def attorny just told the world he took part in bombings. Strange trial ahead

Patricia Wen @globepatty · 2m 2 minutes ago
The trial is now resuming. Tsarnaev standing for judge and jury, and chatting with def attorney Clarke.

Patricia Wen @globepatty · 1m 1 minute ago
Tsarnaev looks like he often did before - sitting back in his wooden chair, his head propped at slight angle. Flat expression.

 

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Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2m 2 minutes ago
Government calls its first witness, Thomas Grilk, head of the BAA @NECN #Tsarnaev

Milton Valencia @MiltonValencia · 1m 1 minute ago
First witness is Thomas Grilk, from the Boston Athletic Association. #tsarnaev

Patricia Wen @globepatty · 2m 2 minutes ago
First witness is Thomas Grilk, at the Boston Athletic Association. He is exec director. He is on the stand.

WBUR Live @wburLive · 2m 2 minutes ago
First witness is Thomas Grilk, Executive Director of Boston Athletic Association, which puts together marathon. #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 45s 46 seconds ago
AUSA Aloke Chakravarty will be questioning Grilk for the government @NECN #Tsarnaev

Patricia Wen @globepatty · 40s 40 seconds ago
He says, as exec dir, he is in charge of day-to-day activities of the Boston Athletic Assoc, wh/sponsors the Boston Marathon.

WBUR Live @wburLive · 57s 58 seconds ago
Grilk describing his role as ED of BAA. Says he's responsible for day-to-day activities. #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 46s 47 seconds ago
Tom Grilk is not only the executive director of the BAA but he has been the finish line announcer too @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 9s 10 seconds ago
Grilk: the marathon has a great significance to many people @NECN #Tsarnaev

Patricia Wen @globepatty · 5s 6 seconds ago
He is being questioned by a diff mem of the gov't team: Aloke Chakravarty who pros Tarek Mehanna of Sudbury, convictd of supporting Al Qaeda

WBUR Live @wburLive · 3s 4 seconds ago
Grilk is giving history of the marathon, from its inception in 1897. #Tsarnaev

 

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Patricia Wen @globepatty · 28s 28 seconds ago
Witness reviewing the distinguished history of the Boston Marathon & how most runners have to qualify to compete & huge # of volunteers.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 54s 54 seconds ago
Grilk says marathon is significant for runners because it's the only race outside the Olympics where you have to qualify @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 55s 55 seconds ago
Grilk says the marathon is also significant for volunteers & people who cheer on the runners @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 27s 27 seconds ago
Grilk says marathon was tied to Patriot's Day because it was known as America's marathon, celebrated the nation @NECN #Tsarnaev

WBUR Live @wburLive · 30s 30 seconds ago
Grilk says Boston Marathon was originally known as "America's Marathon," explaining significance of holding it on Patriot's day. #Tsarnaev