Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Jury Trial - discussion *GUILTY*

Status
Not open for further replies.
  • #601
Note to Mods: This thread is hard to find because it is still under "Crimes and Trials" and not under "Trials" - just FYI.
 
  • #602
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 6h 6 hours ago
I'm at federal court in Boston as testimony continues in the marathon bombing trial @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 6h 6 hours ago
#Tsarnaev is in court in a black suit jacket and a grey button down collared shirt @NECN

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 6h 6 hours ago
We're expecting to hear more testimony today on the Officer Collier murder before moving onto the carjacking @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 6h 6 hours ago
The judge & jury are in the courtroom and we're ready to begin the 6th day of testimony in the #Tsarnaev trial @NECN
 
  • #603
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 6h 6 hours ago
The government's 1st witness of the day is MSP Trooper Michael Cashman who responded to the Officer Collier shooting @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 6h 6 hours ago
Cashman says he also responded to Watertown on April 19. Was focused on the green Honda Civic found on Laurel St @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 6h 6 hours ago
Cashman says they believed the civic was the getaway car in the Collier murder @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 6h 6 hours ago
Cashman looking at surveillance of Collier shooting, says the suspects ran back toward Ames St in Cambridge @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 5h 5 hours ago
Jurors are now seeing dark surveillance video of Ames St on April 18, 2013 at 10:26pm @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 6h 6 hours ago
Jurors see a car driving south on Ames St in the dark, about a minute after the suspects were seen walking away from Collier @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 6h 6 hours ago
Jurors see a car driving south on Ames St in the dark, about a minute after the suspects were seen walking away from Collier @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 6h 6 hours ago
Cashman says they brought the Honda Civic back to Ames St a week later to recreate it & see if surveillance looks the same @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 6h 6 hours ago
Jury is now seeing a freeze frame of the re-enactment next to a freeze frame of the car driving away on April 18 @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 6h 6 hours ago
Cashman: "it does appear to me to be the same video." @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 6h 6 hours ago
Cashman is testifying about 3 vials of blood he received from Beth Israel in relation to the investigation @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 6h 6 hours ago
The government has photos of the vials, but they're not being shown to the jury at this time @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 6h 6 hours ago
Prosecution is done with Cashman. Defense has no questions. @NECN #Tsarnaev
 
  • #604
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 6h 6 hours ago
The next government witness is Cambridge Police Det. Anthony Grassi @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 6h 6 hours ago
Grassi says he was only 4 blocks away when he got the call about Collier's shooting. Was there in 30 seconds. @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 6h 6 hours ago
Initially Grassi was told that Collier's gun had been taken. He provided cover until Collier went into an ambulance @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 6h 6 hours ago
Grassi says that turned out to be false. The gun was in the holster secured in a cruiser @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 5h 5 hours ago
Grassi says he found 3 shell casings at the scene of Officer Collier's murder @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 5h 5 hours ago
Jurors are now looking at a photo of the crime scene with the shell casings found behind Collier's cruiser @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 5h 5 hours ago
Jurors are now looking at some photos taken of the inside of Officer Collier's cruiser after the shooting @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 5h 5 hours ago
Grassi says they found a 4th shell casing on the passenger seat & a bullet fragment on the passenger side floor @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 5h 5 hours ago
There was an audible gasp when a very gruesome photo is shown of Collier's driver's seat filled with blood @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 5h 5 hours ago
The photo shows the police radio broken in multiple pieces and spattered with blood @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 5h 5 hours ago
More blood is found on the back floor under the driver side, another microphone on the back passenger floor @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 5h 5 hours ago
The government is done with Det. Grassi. The defense has no questions @NECN #Tsarnaev
 
  • #605
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 5h 5 hours ago
The next government witness is medical examiner Dr. Renee Robinson @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 5h 5 hours ago
Robinson says she has performed more than a thousand autopsies in her career @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 5h 5 hours ago
RE: autopsies - AUSA Steve Mellin: "I'm assuming a gunshot wound to the head is an abnormal thing?" Robinson: yes it is @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 5h 5 hours ago
Dr. Robinson is describing how medical examiners know when a gunshot wound is made at close range @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 5h 5 hours ago
Dr. Robinson says she did the autopsy on Officer Sean Collier on April 19, 2013 @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 5h 5 hours ago
Dr. Robinson said the cause of death of Officer Collier was "gunshot wounds to the head" & manner of death was homicide @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 5h 5 hours ago
Robinson said Collier had "3 gunshot wounds to the head...2 gunshot wounds & a graze" to his hand @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 5h 5 hours ago
Robinson says Officer Collier was shot at close range between the eyes @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 5h 5 hours ago
Robinson says she can't say how close the shots to the head were "maybe a foot, foot and a half" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 5h 5 hours ago
As the jury is shown Officer Collier's autopsy photo, some put their hands to their mouths, others take notes @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 5h 5 hours ago
One juror grabs a tissue, appears to cry as she sees what must be a pretty gruesome autopsy photo of Officer Collier @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 5h 5 hours ago
Dr. Robinson says one bullet was lodged in Collier's neck. @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 5h 5 hours ago
When recovered, this bullet was deformed, had fractured apart, Dr. Robinson says it severed Collier's carotid artery @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 5h 5 hours ago
Dr. Robinson says another gunshot wound was a contact wound, meaning the muzzle of the gun was pressed up to the skin @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 5h 5 hours ago
The contact wound was on Collier's left cheek @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 5h 5 hours ago
Dr. Robinson says she recovered this bullet that went through the left cheek, in Collier's brain @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 5h 5 hours ago
With this type of damage to the brain, Dr. Robinson says "you can't function" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 5h 5 hours ago
Dr. Robinson says the third gunshot wound is near the left ear, another contact gunshot wound @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 5h 5 hours ago
Another juror is now crying, he has grabbed a tissue and is wiping his eyes @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 5h 5 hours ago
This bullet also ended up in Collier's brain @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 5h 5 hours ago
Dr. Robinson says looking at Collier's wounds "he was essentially dead right away" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 5h 5 hours ago
Dr. Robinson says Collier even "inhaled his own blood," says that indicates trauma @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 5h 5 hours ago
Dr. Robinson is now describing the gunshot wounds to Collier's right hand, the side where his gun was @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 5h 5 hours ago
Dr. Robinson says one bullet went through Collier's right thumb and his pinky finger @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 5h 5 hours ago
Dr. Robinson says the second bullet wound to Collier's hand/arm went through his wrist @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 5h 5 hours ago
Dr. Robinson says the third gunshot wound to the right hand grazed the back of his hand @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 5h 5 hours ago
AUSA Mellin suggests Collier's hand may have been on his front console, near police radio. Prosecution is done with Robinson @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 5h 5 hours ago
Defense attorney Timothy Watkins is now cross examining Dr. Robinson @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Watkins is questioning Robinson about how she determines how close the gun is to the wound @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Defense is also asking about gunshot residue on the shooter & blood spatter - Robinson: "I suppose it could bounce back" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Defense is done. Prosecution asks where stippling was on Collier. Robinson: "It was on his face" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Dr. Robinson is done. @NECN #Tsarnaev
 
  • #606
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
The next government witness is Alan Mednick, he owns & works at the Shell gas station on Memorial Dr in Cambridge @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
The jury is seeing maps & Google images of the Shell gas station and the surrounding area @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Mednick says his Shell gas station has 16 surveillance cameras @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Mednick says on April 19th at about 12:30am he got a call to come to the gas station immediately @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 5h 5 hours ago
Mednick says he saw a news alert on his phone that an MIT officer had been shot, knew the urgency of the situation @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 5h 5 hours ago
Mednick says he was met by an FBI agent, played the surveillance video for them, made copies and a print for police @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 5h 5 hours ago
Mednick made copies for Cambridge PD. MSP also there. @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 5h 5 hours ago
Jurors now looking at surveillance video of a black Mercedes pulling up to the pump at the gas station @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 5h 5 hours ago
Jurors see a man in a dark grey hoodie now identified as Dzhokhar grabbing red bull & bags of chips @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 5h 5 hours ago
There are at least 2 other customers in the convenience store with Dzhokhar @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 5h 5 hours ago
Jury sees a person running from the Shell station to the Mobil station across the street @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 5h 5 hours ago
Then the jury sees another man in a black coat & white hat run into the Shell & alert Dzhokahr @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 5h 5 hours ago
Dzhokhar at first runs out with the red bull & chips, then goes back to cash register, before running to Mercedes @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 5h 5 hours ago
The prosecution is done with Mednick, defense has no question. Mednick is excused. We are in morning break @NECN #Tsarnaev
 
  • #607
i hope you got my message on the previous page YESorNO.......

you're amazing :tyou:
 
  • #608
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
#Tsarnaev is back in courtroom 9, not making eye contact with anyone as he shuffles in, adjusting the sleeves of his jacket @NECN

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
The judge returns and we begin with an immediate sidebar @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Sidebar over, jury's back. Government's next witness is Eddie Lakkis, the manager of the Mobil gas station on Memorial Dr @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Lakkis manages the Mobil station where jurors just saw a carjacking victim run to on surveillance video @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Lakkis says there are 16 surveillance cameras inside & outside the Mobil mart @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Lakkis says he was called down to the Mobil after midnight on April 19th to pull surveillance video for Cambridge Police @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Lakkis is only asked if this video is the video he pulled from his Mobil. He says yes. It is not yet shown to the jury @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Prosecution is done with Lakkis. Defense has no questions @NECN #Tsarnaev
 
  • #609
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
The next witness is Dun Meng. He is the carjacking victim @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Meng is using an interpreter, but he does speak English. She is there in case he needs translation of something @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Meng is from China, his family is still there. He came to the U.S. to study at Northeastern @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Meng came here in 2009 to study transportation engineering @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Meng graduated in 2012 and got a work visa to stay here. @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Meng is a partner in a company that has created an app where you can order Asian food for delivery @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Meng says in April 2013 he had been back in the US for 2 months, was working constantly at his Cambridge office @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Meng says he worked until about 10:30pm, was driving his leased Mercedes SUV @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Meng began leasing the Mercedes the previous month @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Meng says he drove along the Charles River to relax that night, April 18th @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Meng says he pulled over because he got a text message, felt it was unsafe to text while driving @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Meng says "a few seconds later, I saw another car, a sedan - a 4 door car" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Meng: I noticed the sedan pulled over to the curb very quickly, very fast...right behind me @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Meng says a man got out of the car behind him from passenger side, walked up to his car & knocked on passenger side window @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Meng: I thought he was trying to ask some directions so I rolled down the window more" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Meng: suddenly he put his hands through my window, unlocked the car & jumped in very quickly & closed the door @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Meng: he immediately pointed a gun to me, to my head, he asked for money first, where's the money - says he gave him $45 @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Meng says he handed over his wallet "I told him that's all the cash I have" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Meng: he pulled the magazine of the gun out to show there's bullets in the gun told me he was serious @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Meng says the man said "Do you know the Boston Marathon explosion?" He said yes. "Do you know who did it?" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Meng says the man said "I did it & I just killed a policeman in Cambridge" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Meng says he had seen the flashing lights in Cambridge, so he knew the man probably wasn't lying @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Meng says he felt "terrified, the whole world is looking for him at that time" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Meng was told to drive, say the sedan was behind them @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Meng says he turned onto Commonwealth Ave: the man who jumped in, he ordered me in that direction @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Meng: I was very scared. Says his hands were shaking as he was driving @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Meng says he gave the man his English name Manny, the man thought he said "money" & laughed about it @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Meng says the man told him he was Muslim & "Muslims hate Americans." Meng replied "I'm Chinese" the man told him to relax @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Meng says the man kept asking him questions about himself, why he came to the U.S., who he lived with... @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Meng: "later he asked 'does anyone care about you?'" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Meng tried to make the man relax saying no one paid much attention to him @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Meng says later the man asked for his pin code on his bank card. He gave it to the man @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
The man asked about the '86' in the pin code, Meng said it was his girlfriend's birthday, told him she lived in China @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Meng says he was told to drive onto Arsenal St & was told to turn onto a dark street off of it @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Meng says the man asked if all white people look the same & if he would remember his face. Meng says he won't remember it @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Meng says a few minutes later they pulled over onto Dexter St in Watertown. @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Meng: after we pulled over to the curb, immediately a sedan pulled over behind us @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Meng says the man took the keys & ordered him to sit in the passenger seat @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Meng says he thought "I've got no chance to run away because he's got a gun, it's a very dark street" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Meng says he was also concerned about the car behind them. Didn't know who or what was in it @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Meng says the carjacker & the man in the sedan opened the back of his Mercedes & had a conversation @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Meng: "I heard and it feels like they were moving something into the SUV" he didn't look back for his own safety @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Meng says they loaded "definitely more than two" items into his SUV @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Meng says he was trying to remember the name of the street, not quite sure why @NECN #Tsarnaev
 
  • #610
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Meng says the carjacker sat in the driver seat, other man sat in the back seat behind him @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Meng just identified the man in the back seat as Dzhokhar #Tsarnaev - pointing to him in court @NECN

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Meng says the carjacker started to drive, he made a lot of turns, about 10 minutes later he pulled over in front of an ATM @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Meng says he later learned the man driving his car was Tamerlan #Tsarnaev @NECN

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Meng says Dzhokhar knocked on his front passenger window & asks for the PIN number @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Meng says Dzhokhar went into the ATM while Tamerlan stayed in the car with him @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Meng says Tamerlan never told Dzhokhar how much money to take out, never had a discussion about it @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Meng: "I was thinking maybe this was my chance to run because they told me they both had guns" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Meng says he didn't think he'd have a chance to run with both of them armed, needed to try with only one of them around @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Defense asks to have Meng clarify who told him they both had guns. Meng says it was Tamerlan @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Meng says Dzhokhar never told him how much money he had taken from his bank account @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Meng says the two men may have discussed the money, but they were speaking to each other in a foreign language @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Meng says Tamerlan was driving toward Waltham when he asked Meng how much gas he had in his car @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Meng said he had a quarter tank, could drive about 50 miles. Meng says after a few miles Tamerlan doubled back @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Meng says Tamerlan asked him "can your car drive out of state like New York?" Meng said yes @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Meng says Tamerlan asked if he had GPS in his car, Meng says he lied & said no. @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Meng says Dzhokhar talked to him for 1st time asking "can you connect iPhone with your car can you play music, I said yes" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Meng says Dzhokhar asked which card was his credit card, asked for his zip code @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Meng says Dzhokhar took his card to the gas pump for 2-3 minutes, got back in the car & began to talk to Tamerlan @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Meng says he thinks the first gas station looked closed, he saw that they didn't get gas @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Meng says they left the first gas station & headed east back toward Watertown in front of the house again @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Meng says Dzhokhar went into the green sedan & "grabbed something very quickly" he thinks it was a CD @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Meng says they played music in his car, "it sounded a little bit weird, it sounded religious" says it made him "nervous" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Meng says Tamerlan made a turn onto a dark, dead end street, "at that point I thought maybe they would kill me" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Meng: "fortunately they didn't" kill him, says Tamerlan pulled back out of the street & headed toward Boston @NECN #Tsarnaev
 
  • #611
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Meng says his roommate began calling his cell phone. Says Tamerlan asked who was calling him @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Meng says he then got a text message in Chinese. It read "where are you it's dangerous outside, come home" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Meng said he translated the text for Tamerlan. Says Tamerlan asked how to spell "no" in Chinese @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Tamerlan asked to see a dictionary, Meng pulled up an English-Mandarin dictionary on his phone @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Meng says at that point they were pulled over & Tamerlan had his gun in the door @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Meng says he didn't run because he wasn't sure if Dzhokhar had a gun in the back seat @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Meng says his roommate's boyfriend started calling him. Says Tamerlan "became a little bit nervous, anxious" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Meng says of Tamerlan, "He took the gun & pointed it to me and said you have to answer the phone" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Meng said of Tamerlan, "He said if you say anything in Chinese I will kill you right now" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Meng said Tamerlan said "just say you feel sick, you stay at a friend's home tonight" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Meng said he spoke English, which was unusual, he & his roommates usually spoke in Mandarin @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Meng says his roommate questioned why he was speaking in English. He just repeated himself & said he had to go @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Meng says Tamerlan relaxed & said "good job boy" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Meng says they started heading down Soldiers Field Road, finally saw a gas station with lights on, Tamerlan said "yes!" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
When asked if Tamerlan even pointed the gun at Dzhokhar, Meng thinks for a moment & says "no, never" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Meng said Dzhokhar asked the zip code again, but then said to Tamerlan it's cash only @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Meng says when Dzhokhar went in to pay for the gas, it was just him & Tamerlan in the car, gun was in the driver door pocket @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Meng said he thought "this may be my last chance" to run away @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Meng says he knew he might have to unlock the door then open it before running @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Meng says of Tamerlan "he didn't have the gun in his hand, both his hands were on the Garmin-like GPS device" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Meng: "I calmed down in my mind & said 1-2-3-4...it was the most terrifying moment, the most difficult decision of my life" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Meng said Tamerlan had told him they weren't going to kill him "I was struggling with should I trust him?" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Meng: "I count down 1-2-3-4, unbuckled my seat belt, unlocked the door...I could feel he was trying to grab me" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Meng says Tamerlan shouted a swear as he bolted from the car & "dashed into the street" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Meng says he wasn't sure if the gas station he ran to across the street was open or not "I was praying please be open" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Meng says he yelled "please call 911" he had to repeat himself before the man understood him @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Meng says he ran into the storage room behind the desk "I'm worried about they will kill me...I just want to hide" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Meng says he could hear the 911 call being made, phone was handed to him, police came quickly @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
After that intense testimony, we will break for lunch. Meng will return to the stand at 2pm @NECN #Tsarnaev
 
  • #612
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
We are back in session in the #Tsarnaev trial. Carjacking victim Dun Meng is back on the stand. @NECN

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Jury is watching video & audio from when Meng ran for his life from the #Tsarnaev brothers @NECN

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
You see Meng running inside, closing the door behind him, pointing outside @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
You see Meng pleading with the clerk to call 911, his hands almost in prayer as he crawls around the back of the counter @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Meng crawls into a storage room to hide as the clerk picks up the phone @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Jury now hear's the 911 call of Meng pleading "please help me, someone took my car" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Meng tells 911 operator, "they told me they did the explosion, the marathon explosion!" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Meng to 911: "please help me, please, they have guns!" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
The 911 operator is trying the whole call to get Meng to calm down, tells him to take a deep breath @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Meng says he was trying to tell the 911 operator that the men looked Middle Eastern @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
The 911 call ends as we see an officer inside the Mobil station, Meng walks out from the storage room @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Meng still has phone in his hands, his hands are up @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Meng told the officer he still had his cell phone in the car & the car had a GPS system @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Meng: I told them my car had a tracking system from Mercedes @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Meng also gave police his ATM card number to try to help them track down the suspects @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Meng says he had his wallet & sunglasses in his car. AUSA Mellin: did you ever put a Tupperware bomb in your car? Meng: no @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Mellin: did you ever hit an animal or a human being with the right front quarter panel of your car? Meng: No @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Mellin: did you ever have bullet holes in your car before April 18th at 10:30pm? Meng: no @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Mellin: was your back window shot out or damaged? Meng: No @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Prosecution is done with Meng. David Bruck begins cross examination for the defense @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Bruck: the person who came up to your car that night...that person was Tamerlan correct? Meng: Yes @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Bruck: Tamerlan is the person who pointed a gun at you & robbed you that night & threatened to kill you? Meng: Yes indeed. @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Bruck: after Tamerlan got in the car, took your money & made you drive, did there come a time he made a cell phone call? @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Meng says he doesn't remember if Tamerlan made a call @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Bruck asks if Meng saw another gun besides the one Tamerlan had. Meng says no. @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Bruck asks if the first thing Dzhokhar said to him was if his iPod could connect to the car. Meng says yes @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Defense done. Prosecution does redirect & asks who was loading things in your car? Meng says they both were @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Mellin: who was the person who got out of the sedan & into your car? Meng: Dzhokhar @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Prosecution asks who asked for his pin, took out his money, tried twice to fill gas. Meng answers over & over: Dzhokhar @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Prosecution: did the defendant ever tell you he did not have a gun? Meng: No @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Meng is excused. He didn't need any help with the interpreter. @NECN #Tsarnaev
 
  • #613
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Next government witness is William O'Keefe with Bank of America @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
O'Keefe says there's a digital video recorder for all transactions in the ATM @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
O'Keefe says he has accessed the digital video recordings "countless times" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
O'Keefe says he was asked to retrieve video of certain transactions from the Bank of America ATM at 39 Main St, Watertown @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
O'Keefe pulled video and put it on a thumb drive. Later on he reviewed the related financial records @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
There is a male juror who has been nodding off during this testimony about ATM transaction documents @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
These ATM records show $800 was withdrawn from Meng's account @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Records show in 3 minutes there were 3 attempts to withdraw money, the first two were rejected @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Jury is now watching video of Dzhokhar waking into the ATM vestibule after swiping the card to get inside @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Dzhokhar walks up to the ATM, jurors see a close up shot of his grey hoodie with bright yellow & blue writing on it @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
You can also see him looking over his shoulder outside of the vestibule @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Dzhokhar then runs from the vestibule to the outside. O'Keefe says it's 11:21pm on April 18, 2013 @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
It looks like Dzhokhar takes something from the machine, rolls it up & stuffs it in his pocket @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Prosecution is done with O'Keefe. Defense has no questions @NECN #Tsarnaev
 
  • #614
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
The next government witness is Cambridge Police Officer Michael Nickerson @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Nickerson says he started working at 11pm on April 18, 2013. On his way to work he got a text about the MIT shooting @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Nickerson says he was dispatched to the Mobil station on Memorial Drive in Cambridge at 12:19am on April 19 @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Nickerson: "He said somebody approached him when he pulled over to text on Brighton Ave in Brighton" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Nickerson said he called in the license plate & description, then learned about the GPS tracking system @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Nickerson says he passed along that information, heard the dispatcher relaying the tracking info on the SUV @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Prosecution is done with Nickerson. Defense has no questions. @NECN #Tsarnaev
 
  • #615
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
The next government witness is Cambridge Police dispatcher Joseph Sullivan @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Sullivan was working the 11pm-7am shift April 18-19th, 2013 @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Sullivan: we received a report of an officer down so we dispatched a car over there @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Sullivan says they received the 911 call, the dispatcher processed the call, they had questions for the caller @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Sullivan says they ran his name & DOB, got his license plate number, googled the Mercedes tracking services & called them @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Sullivan says they are able to ping the vehicle & tell you where it is within several yards or feet @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Sullivan says the Mercedes SUV originally pinged at 87 Dexter Ave, Watertown @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Sullivan says he immediately put that information out to officers in the field @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Sullivan says at about 1am April 19th, officers made contact with the Mercedes SUV, so he hung up with the Mercedes company @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Prosecution is done with Sullivan. Defense has no questions. That's the last witness here so we are done for the day. @NECN #Tsarnaev
----------------------------

https://twitter.com/alyshanecn
 
  • #616
The Boston Globe ‏@BostonGlobe 46m46 minutes ago
Image shows Dzhokhar #Tsarnaev as he withdrew $800 from bank account of Dun Meng http://ow.ly/KgcUN

B_681_yWwAITbnn.jpg
 
  • #617
Dale Burges ‏@CoordinatorS_ 2h2 hours ago
cbsboston: RT JimArmstrongWBZ: Carjack victim Dun Meng identifies Dzhokhar #Tsarnaev in court today. Courtesy Jane…

B_6wd9UUMAAVFWp.jpg
 
  • #618
Hilary Sargent ‏@lilsarg 2h2 hours ago
Here’s the Bank of America ATM where Dzhokhar #Tsarnaev used Dun Meng’s ATM card on April 18. [39 Main St, Watertown]

B_6vp8tUsAAHuHy.png
 
  • #619
"Surveilance footage of alleged Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev shopping at Whole Foods in Cambridge just 20-25 minutes after the explosions."

[video=youtube;k8mpCUdEC3c]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8mpCUdEC3c&feature=youtu.be[/video]
 
  • #620
Garrett Quinn ‏@GarrettQuinn 3h3 hours ago
Dun Meng on the stand in the Dzhokhar #Tsarnaev trial today.

B_6iYVmWYAAm1Q9.jpg
 
Status
Not open for further replies.

Members online

Online statistics

Members online
104
Guests online
2,404
Total visitors
2,508

Forum statistics

Threads
632,686
Messages
18,630,494
Members
243,252
Latest member
R_Cohle
Back
Top