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One of my facebook friends

Aaron Carine — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 14:18:25 +0000

In reply to Telling Stories

One of my facebook friends disapproved of the lockdown. I think that is taking libertarianism a bit too far.

Nice analysis AA, I agree.

tmccarthy0 — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 13:55:51 +0000

In reply to I just read The Lede's report

Nice analysis AA, I agree.

Oh yes that is very true. I

tmccarthy0 — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 13:53:32 +0000

In reply to I didn't mean to criticize

Oh yes that is very true. I was proud of the cops in this case for taking the kid alive too.

Good for them I hope we get our questions answered.

Here is the link to the

trkingmomoe — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 07:42:42 +0000

In reply to Their mother was arrested for

Here is the link to the police report in the Natick Patch last June: http://natick.patch.com/articles/arrests-1-600-in-clothes-stolen

Their mother was arrested for

trkingmomoe — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 07:31:48 +0000

In reply to Telling Stories

Their mother was arrested for theft of clothing worth $1623. from Lord and Taylors last year. This was just before she went back to Russia. I find that interesting because of what the uncle said about a "not being able to settle." This could be a family dynamic that is more complex then what appears on the surface. Here is the link: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2311653/Boston-bombings-Mother-Boston-bombing-suspects-arrested-year-stealing-1-600-worth-clothes-Lord--Taylor.html

To be fair, the yard with the

erica20 — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 06:41:42 +0000

In reply to I remember thinking the same

To be fair, the yard with the boat in it was one block beyond the perimeter, and the perimeter was established at night. So it's possible that Tsarnaev was already outside the perimeter by dawn. (I'd like to know if there were any other boats inside the perimeter, and whether they were searched or not. I'm not sure I would have looked inside a shrink-wrapped boat, but fortunately I'm not LE.)

I was concerned that Tsarnaev would make his way down to the Watertown Yacht Club just a few blocks away, which would have made for a very dangerous (and expensive!) search indeed.

I followed the story on

erica20 — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 06:37:07 +0000

In reply to I think you're right about

I followed the story on Reddit, which I had never used before.

My favorite comment out of thousands was "Gotta love the Boston Police. They'll call you an asshole to your face, but overall, they're probably the least trigger-happy cops in the country."

I share your appreciation of the (relatively) restrained approach.

"I should mention that there

Michael Maiello — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 00:52:43 +0000

In reply to I just read The Lede's report

"I should mention that there is, to some, a big down side to this approach. To paralyze a whole city in "lockdown" in order to minimize possible loss of life during a manhut, and to go slow and careful rather than just blow suspects to smithereeens, will also get you the argument that you are giving terrorists what they really want: to paralyze daily life and show the impotence of a society's security. That actually strikes me as the drone argument: best way is just kill 'em ASAP."

I haven't seen it yet, but there is also an argument to be made that, despite what they'd done, they were not really enough of a threat to justify a city-wide lockdown order while the police searched for them. Such powers could be potentially abused.

I think you're right about

Ramona — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 00:21:02 +0000

In reply to I just read The Lede's report

I think you're right about the profiling, AA. The brothers made too many mistakes to be considered pros. I think the profilers also guessed that the older brother was probably the more committed and dangerous of the two and by taking it slow they might just be able to take the younger one alive.

I am shocked, though, that Dzhokhar came out of it alive. They could have blasted that boat to smithereens in two seconds. They didn't do it. They were the pros.

There are some more innocent

Elusive Trope — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 00:08:10 +0000

In reply to Call me old fashioned, but

There are some more innocent until proven guilty than others. ;)