Thursday, July 11, 2013

'I would rather see him suffer - Death is too quick': Fury of Boston bomber's victims as 'smirking and yawning' teenage suspect pleads NOT GUILTY to terror attack as he appears in court for first time

Disgusted victims of the Boston marathon terror attacks unleashed their fury at Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on Wednesday, as the teenage suspect pleaded not guilty to all charges against him.
They spoke outside a federal courthouse in the city rocked by the April 15th atrocity which left three people dead and more than 260 wounded and where Tsarnaev made his first fleeting appearance in public since being apprehended.
Dismayed by his demeanor inside the court-room, the 'smirking' and 'yawning' teenager left them outraged as he seemed disinterested during the brief proceeding, where he smiled crookedly and at times nonchalantly stroked his chin.
'Not guilty': A courtroom sketch shows how accused Boston bomber Dzhokar Tsarnaev appeared Wednesday, half his face and one eye swollen, as he pleaded not guilty to all 30 charges against him
'Not guilty': A courtroom sketch shows how accused Boston bomber Dzhokar Tsarnaev appeared Wednesday, half his face and one eye swollen, as he pleaded not guilty to all 30 charges against him

Defense: Attorneys Miriam Conrad and Judy Clarke flank Dzhokhar Tsarnaev before Judge Marianne Bowler. Clarke is known for representing those accused of crimes punishable with the death penalty such as Unabomber Ted Kaczynski
Defense: Attorneys Miriam Conrad and Judy Clarke flank Dzhokhar Tsarnaev before Judge Marianne Bowler. Clarke is known for representing those accused of crimes punishable with the death penalty such as Unabomber Ted Kaczynski
'I'd rather see him suffer, Death is too quick.' said Mildred Valverde, 44, who left the court with the aid of crutches, still recovering three months after Tsarnaev and his older brother Tamerlan allegedly detonated two pressure cooker devices at the finishing line of the Boston marathon.
'Just to be in the same room with him was bothersome, ' added Valverde to NBC News, who said that it is her hope that if Tsarnaev is convicted he doesn't face the death penalty - but rather rots in jail.
Valverde suffered torn ligaments as well as concussion in the attack and described the entire affair on Wednesday as 'kind of eerie, kind of upsetting.'
The proceedings took place in a heavily guarded courtroom packed with about 30 victims and their families, police officers, and members of the public glaring at the teenager who looked every inch his 19-years.
As survivors of the bombing looked on, Tsarnaev, 19, gave a small, lopsided smile to his two sisters upon arriving in the courtroom.
'He came out and he smirked at the families,' said Ed Fucarile, 64, outside of the John Joseph Moakley federal courthouse.
'The lawyers put their hands on his shoulders like it was going to be all right,' added Fucarile, whose son, Marc, 34, was seriously injured in the twin blasts.
Angered: Mildred Valverde, 44 (left) expressed her dismay at Dzhokhar Tsarnaev after his court appearance in Boston on Wednesday as did Ed Fucarile, 64, (right) a father of one victim
Angered: Mildred Valverde, 44 (left) expressed her dismay at Dzhokhar Tsarnaev after his court appearance in Boston on Wednesday as did Ed Fucarile, 64, (right) a father of one victim
Angered: Mildred Valverde, 44 (left) expressed her dismay at  Dzhokhar Tsarnaev after his court appearance in Boston on Wednesday as did Ed Fucarile, 64, (right) a father of one victim
'I actually felt sick to my stomach': Norden said she felt ill as she left the proceedings but wanted to stare down 'the face of evil'
'I actually felt sick to my stomach': Norden said she felt ill as she left the proceedings but wanted to stare down 'the face of evil'
Peter Brown (Center) and Liz Norden (Right) speak to the media outside the U.S. District Court in Boston after Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's arraignment. Norden's two sons each lost a leg in the Boston Marathon bombings
Peter Brown (Center) and Liz Norden (Right) speak to the media outside the U.S. District Court in Boston after Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's arraignment. Norden's two sons each lost a leg in the Boston Marathon bombings
'I'm angry. I want to be there': Boston police escort Liz Norden, right, mother of two wounded Boston Marathon bombing survivors 'I'm angry. I want to be there': Boston police escort Liz Norden, right, mother of two wounded Boston Marathon bombing survivors



Leaning into the microphone, he told a federal judge, 'Not guilty' in a strong Russian accent and said it over and over as the charges were read. Then he was led away in handcuffs, making a kissing gesture toward his family with his lips.
'I expected a lot more,' said Fucarile, 64, of Tsarnaev’s eight-minute hearing on Wednesday. 'It wasn’t what I thought it was going to be.'
Karen Brassard, 51, had her right ankle and leg injured in the Boston marathon attacks.
Her daughter and husband were also hurt as well as a friend who lost both their legs.
She wavers daily about what fate the teenage suspect should receive: “It depends on the minute; it depends on the day. I have mixed emotions,' she said to Bloomberg after attending Tsarnaev’s plea hearing.
'I get angry, but I also think he’s just a kid.'
Wounded: Boston Marathon bombing victim Karen Brassard, one of over 260 wounded, makes her way into the federal courthouse for the arraignment of suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on Wednesday
Wounded: Boston Marathon bombing victim Karen Brassard, one of over 260 wounded, makes her way into the federal courthouse for the arraignment of suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on Wednesday
Tsarnaev is charged with killing three people and injuring about 264 others by setting off homemade bombs - pressure-cookers filled with explosives, nails and ball bearings - assembled by him and his older brother, Tamerlan.
Prosecutors say the brothers placed backpacks containing the bombs among the spectators near the finish line of the race on April 15th.
Martin Richard, 8; Krystle Marie Campbell, 29; and Lingzi Lu, 23 were killed by the bombs - the worst terror attack on U.S. soil since 9/11.

Several days later, in the suburb of Watertown, the brother were involved in a massive gunfight during which 26-year-old Tamerlan Tsarnaev died after his brother ran over him with car as he escaped.

Emotional: A victim of the Boston Marathon bombing arrives at the Joseph Moakley Federal Court House to attend the hearing for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the suspect in the Boston Marathon Bombings in Boston on Wednesday
Emotional: A victim of the Boston Marathon bombing arrives at the Joseph Moakley Federal Court House to attend the hearing for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the suspect in the Boston Marathon Bombings in Boston on Wednesday
Marathon runner Robert Wheeler arrives at the Joseph Moakley Federal Court House to attend the hearing for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
Marathon runner Robert Wheeler arrives at the Joseph Moakley Federal Court House to attend the hearing for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
The ensuing manhunt resulted in a day-long lock-down of most of the Boston area until Dzhokhar was found, badly wounded, hiding in a boat in a backyard.
Tsarnaev, who has been hospitalized since his capture faces 30 federal charges, 17 of which carry the death penalty.
The final decision on that controversial issue will be down to Attorney General Eric Holder, the Obama administration confirmed.
Hours prior to the frenzied gun battle in Watertown that led to Tamerlan's death and Dzhokhar's capture Sean Collier, 27, an officer with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology police department was allegedly shot dead in his patrol car by the Tsarnaev brothers.
Boston, United States. 10th July 2013 -- Media question Shun (Center, last name not given), a former wrestling teammate of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev outside the U.S. District Court in Boston on Wednesday
Boston, United States. 10th July 2013 -- Media question Shun (Center, last name not given), a former wrestling teammate of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev outside the U.S. District Court in Boston on Wednesday


Worldwide interest: Intense media interest had reporters swarming the courthouse Wednesday, representing countries all over the world as Tsarnaev made his brief and disheveled court appearance
Worldwide interest: Intense media interest had reporters swarming the courthouse Wednesday, representing countries all over the world as Tsarnaev made his brief and disheveled court appearance
Speaking outside the court today, his superior officer MIT Police Chief John DiFava pulled no punches with his opinion on the naturalized U.S. Citizen.
'I’d like to grab him by the throat,’ said DiFava who claimed he was 'disgusted' with the 'smug' Tsarnaev during the eight minute long proceedings.
'I didn't see a lot of remorse. I didn't see a lot of regret,' he said to the Boston Globe. 'It just seemed to me that if I was in that position, I would have been a lot more nervous, certainly scared.'
DiFava added: 'I just wanted to see him. I wanted to see the person that so coldly and callously killed four people, one of whom being an officer of mine.'
'The man deserves to die if he’s found guilty.'

Tsarnaev is also charged in the shooting death of 27-year-old police officer Sean Collier.
Indeed, almost two dozen representatives of the MIT campus police department arrived at the courthouse before the hearing and remained outside, in uniform and standing to attention, until after it was over.
One friend of Officer Collier told ABC News that they 'were there to represent the police officer that was killed, and the one that was gravely wounded.'
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) police officers stand outside the federal courthouse for the court appearance by accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in Boston, Massachusetts on Wednesday
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) police officers stand outside the federal courthouse for the court appearance by accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in Boston, Massachusetts on Wednesday


Hectic: Throngs of people gathered around the courthouse as Tsarnaev pulled up in a white van (pictured)
Hectic: Throngs of people gathered around the courthouse as Tsarnaev pulled up in a white van (pictured)

MIT Police officers form a firm line in front of the courthouse prior to the proceedings. MIT Police Chief John DiFava: 'I didn't see a lot of remorse. I didn't see a lot of regret'
MIT Police officers form a firm line in front of the courthouse prior to the proceedings. MIT Police Chief John DiFava: 'I didn't see a lot of remorse. I didn't see a lot of regret'
The disheveled teenager was dressed in an orange jump suit, with his arm in a cast as he was led into the court in chains by a police officer in black gloves.
The Russian immigrant and former college student looked much as he did in a photo widely circulated after his arrest, his hair curly and unkempt and he appeared nonchalant, almost bored, during the hearing.



It had been unclear what the teen's current condition was until those in the audience saw Tsarnaev.
Previously at the brink of death following a bloody shootout with police, Tsarnaev was able to stand in the courtroom and enter his pleas.
In an obvious Russian accent, he repeated into a microphone seven times: 'Not guilty.'
Some called his attitude 'cocky' as he entered, saying he had a little smirk on his face.
His hair was long and unruly, his left arm in a cast and jumpsuit, unbuttoned to the waist, revealed a black T-shirt underneath. There was a visible scar just below his throat.
He fidgeted, scratched his face and looked around the courtroom, watching prosecutors as they spoke and occasionally looking back at about 30 survivors of the attack and victims' families.
As survivors of the bombing looked on, Tsarnaev, 19, gave a small, lopsided smile to his two sisters upon arriving in the courtroom - sparking them into tears.
Tsarnaev continued to peer back at his now sobbing sisters as one eye drooped. Half his face appeared swollen.
Tsarnaev's sisters following the brief arraignment Wednesday. As they sobbed in court, Tsarnaev smiled and then blew them a kiss upon his exit
Tsarnaev's sisters following the brief arraignment Wednesday. As they sobbed in court, Tsarnaev smiled and then blew them a kiss upon his exit
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's sister, cradling a small child is surrounded by others as she enters the back door of the Moakley Federal Court in Boston, for the arraignment of her brother, Boston Marathon Bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's sister, cradling a small child is surrounded by others as she enters the back door of the Moakley Federal Court in Boston, for the arraignment of her brother, Boston Marathon Bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
'He didn't seem too shaken up by this. He didn't seem affected one bit, but I'm not a mind reader,' said DiFava.
Among the family of the injured was Liz Norden, whose two sons lost a leg each.
'It has been incredibly hard to accept what happened to my boys,' Norden siad. 'I'm angry. I want to be there.'
She said she wanted to stare down 'the face of evil.'
'I actually felt sick to my stomach,' Norden said afterward.'I am angry.'
'Hearing his sister cry made me angry,' she explained outside the courtroom. 'Look at what he caused. How dare they cry and look at what he did to all these people.'
'They should come to my house and see real suffering,' Norden told ABC News. 'They should see how my sons are in pain every day, how our lives have been turned completely upside down.'
One of Tsarnaev's attorneys, Judy Clarke, asked that Tsarnaev enter a blanket not guilty plea.
To this, Judge Marianne Bowler responded from the bench: 'I would like him to answer.'
'Twitchy': Tsarnaev stands with attorney Judy Clarke, left, before Judge Marianne Bowler, during the arraignment. Witnesses said Tsarnaev appeared to twitch slightly throughout the proceedings
'Twitchy': Tsarnaev stands with attorney Judy Clarke, left, before Judge Marianne Bowler, during the arraignment. Witnesses said Tsarnaev appeared to twitch slightly throughout the proceedings
A supporter of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev leaves federal court after his arraignment Wednesday in which victims and their families sat alongside a dozen Tsarnaev supporters
A supporter of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev leaves federal court after his arraignment Wednesday in which victims and their families sat alongside a dozen Tsarnaev supporters

Family members of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev leave the federal courthouse following the arraignment Wednesday. Tsarnaev blew his sobbing sisters a kiss as ke left in shackles
Family members of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev leave the federal courthouse following the arraignment Wednesday. Tsarnaev blew his sobbing sisters a kiss as ke left in shackles
Clarke is something of an enigma. The California-based defense attorney emerges only now and again and always to argue against death sentences as she did for Unabomber Ted Kaczynski and other reviled criminals.
Clark's hand remained on her young clients back for much of the proceedings.
On Wednesday, Tsarnaev's mother, Zubeidat Tsarnaeva, told ABC News that everyone is only angry with her son because they know he is innocent.
Heavy security: The U.S. Marshal's van believed to be carrying Tsarnaev is followed by a humvee as part of a motorcade that ushered him to his first public appearance since the April 15 bombings
Heavy security: The U.S. Marshal's van believed to be carrying Tsarnaev is followed by a humvee as part of a motorcade that ushered him to his first public appearance since the April 15 bombings
Show of Strength: Boston motorcycle police officers ride down a drive alongside the federal courthouse before the arrival of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev for his arraignment on Wednesday
Show of Strength: Boston motorcycle police officers ride down a drive alongside the federal courthouse before the arrival of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev for his arraignment on Wednesday
Speaking from her home in Makhachkala, the capital of Dagestan, Zubeidat said that she and her husband will be watching the trial from home and that she believes her son was framed.
'His fate is in Allah's hands,' she told ABC News before the hearing


Prosecutors William Weinreb, Aloke Chak Ravarty, and Nadine Pellegrini said they intend to call between 80 and 100 witnesses to the stand over the course of a trial they said will likely last three to four months.
Motorcade: A Boston motorcycle police officer watches the motorcade pass. Tsarnvaev arrived in foot shackles, appearing disheveled but cocky
Motorcade: A Boston motorcycle police officer watches the motorcade pass. Tsarnvaev arrived in foot shackles, appearing disheveled but cocky


On the same day as the arraignment, Boston's police commissioner appeared on Capitol Hill and complained to a Senate panel that the Justice Department failed to share information on terrorism threats with local officials before the bombing.
'There is a gap with information sharing at a higher level while there are still opportunities to intervene in the planning of these terrorist events,' Commissioner Edward F. Davis III said.
Reporters and spectators began lining up for seats in the courtroom at 7:30 a.m. as a dozen Federal Protective Service officers and bomb-sniffing dogs surrounded the courthouse. Four hours before the 3:30 p.m. hearing, the defendant arrived at the courthouse in a four-vehicle motorcade.
About a dozen Tsarnaev supporters cheered as the motorcade arrived. The demonstrators yelled, 'Justice for Jahar!' as Tsarnaev is known. One woman held a sign that said, 'Free Jahar.'
Lacey Buckley said she traveled from her home in Wenatchee, Wash., to attend the arraignment. She said she believes he is innocent. 'I just think so many of his rights were violated. They almost murdered an unarmed kid in a boat,' she said.
Some even made it inside the court to show their support for the teenager.

'It was a little heartbreaking, but Dzhokhar and I have faith in Allah,' said one supporter, Mary Churbuck, who wore a shirt with Dzhokhar's image and the slogan 'Free the Lion.'
'He's rolling with the punches,' Churbuck said. 'There's no evidence that he did do it. They don't have any evidence of him putting his backpack down.'
"I see zero evidence to say he actually did this," added Lacey Buckley, 23, of Washington state. "There is no DNA; there are no fingerprints. They got nothing."  - See more at: http://bostonherald.com/news_opinion/local_coverage/2013/07/dzhokhar_tsarnaev_pleads_not_guilty_to_marathon_blasts#sthash.t8iX0Z5a.dpuf
"I see zero evidence to say he actually did this," added Lacey Buckley, 23, of Washington state. "There is no DNA; there are no fingerprints. They got nothing."  - See more at: http://bostonherald.com/news_opinion/local_coverage/2013/07/dzhokhar_tsarnaev_pleads_not_guilty_to_marathon_blasts#sthash.t8iX0Z5a.dpuf
A group of friends who were on the high school wrestling team with Tsarnaev at Cambridge Rindge and Latin waited in line for hours, hoping to get a seat.
One of them, Hank Alvarez, said Tsarnaev was calm, peaceful and apolitical in high school.
'Just knowing him, it's hard for me to face the fact that he did it,' said Alvarez, 19, of Cambridge.

'FREE JAHAR!': CONSPIRACY THEORISTS AND SUPPORTERS GATHER OUTSIDE ARRAIGNMENT OF ALLEGED BOSTON BOMBER DZHOKAR TSARNAEV

Around a dozen supporters of accused Boston Marathon bomber, 19-year-old Dzhokar Tsarnaev, were among those gathered outside John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse in South Boston awaiting his arraignment hearing and first public appearance since the April 15 bombings that killed three and left many more injured.
Supporters: Jennifer Michio, left, and Duke La Touf, right, stand in support of Tsarnaev outside the federal courthouse prior to his arraignment Wednesday in Boston
Supporters: Jennifer Michio, left, and Duke La Touf, right, stand in support of Tsarnaev outside the federal courthouse prior to his arraignment Wednesday in Boston

One woman held a sign that said, 'Free Jahar.'
Jennifer Michio wore a shirt bearing the teen's likeness and the words, 'Dzhokar Tsarnaev Is Innocent.'
The supporters and protesters represented a cross-section of beliefs.
Wake up: Duke La Touf holds a sign in support of Tsarnaev outside the same Boston courthouse where the Whitey Bulger trial is in its fifth week
Wake up: Duke La Touf holds a sign in support of Tsarnaev outside the same Boston courthouse where the Whitey Bulger trial is in its fifth week

Several of Tsarnaev's high school wrestling teammates were in attendance and weren't sure what to make of the accusations.
Another man, with no apparent personal connection to Tsarnaev, held a sign proclaiming 'Boston was a false flag,' among other declarations.
Lacey Buckley, 23, said she traveled from her home in Wenatchee, Wash., to attend the arraignment. Buckley said she has never met Tsarnaev but came because she believes he's innocent.
'I just think so many of his rights were violated,' Buckley said. 'They almost murdered an unarmed kid in a boat.'
Around 10 or 12 of these supporters wound up inside the court for Wednesday's proceedings, along with about 30 victims and family of victims.
Brittney Gillis, a student at the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth, where Tsarnaev attended, came to the courthouse because she wanted to see the suspect. She said he used to walk her friend home in the evenings because he was worried about her being alone.
'He would walk her from the campus library to her dorm at night,' she said.
Jennifer Michio (left) and another woman run from the media as they leave the Joseph Moakley Federal Court House following the arraignment for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
Jennifer Michio (left) and another woman run from the media as they leave the Joseph Moakley Federal Court House following the arraignment for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev

Fans? Michio and a companion leave following Wednesday's arraignment
Fans? Michio and a companion leave following Wednesday's arraignment


Defiant: Mary Churbuck, a supporter of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, speaks to reporters outside federal court after Tsarnaev's arraignment Wednesday, on July 10th, 2013 in Boston
Defiant: Mary Churbuck, a supporter of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, speaks to reporters outside federal court after Tsarnaev's arraignment Wednesday, on July 10th, 2013 in Boston
A supporter of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev leaves federal court after his arraignment Wednesday, on July 10th, 2013, in Boston
A supporter of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev leaves federal court after his arraignment Wednesday, on July 10th, 2013, in Boston
Read the full text of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's criminal complaint...

Normal life: Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and a friend. The 19-year-old is set to stand trial for the Boston bombing
Normal life: Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and a friend. The 19-year-old is set to stand trial for the Boston bombing
'Killers': The Tsarnaev brothers are pictured at the Boston Marathon before the bombings
'Killers': The Tsarnaev brothers are pictured at the Boston Marathon before the bombings on April 15
According to court papers, Tsarnaev scrawled a note on an inside wall and beams of the boat in which he hid.
'Now I don't like killing innocent people it is forbidden in Islam but due to said it is allowed,' he wrote, according to court papers. 'Stop killing our innocent people and we will stop.'
'The U.S. Government is killing our innocent civilians,' the note read, according to the papers. 'We Muslims are one body, you hurt one you hurt us all.'
Devastation: Medical workers rush to help the injured at the finish line of the Boston Marathon after two pressure cooker bombs were detonated near the finish line on April 15
Devastation: Medical workers rush to help the injured at the finish line of the Boston Marathon after two pressure cooker bombs were detonated near the finish line on April 15
Staying strong: A makeshift memorial was set up for victims of the bombings near the marathon finish line
Staying strong: A makeshift memorial was set up for victims of the bombings near the marathon finish line
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