I get what you are saying with the question you have. You are trying to make sense of it and have no malice intentions (unlike some people). The way I look at conspiracy theories is to look at the specific questions and see if there isn't some rational explanation for it. After all, innocent until proven guilty - the stories we were given are the innocent party, until someone can provide total proof they are in fact false. That's how I look at it anyway.
There was a live announcement and tweet that there was going to be a drill at the Marathon right before the bombing. The blueprint of the drill included backpacks with pressure cookers on the ground.
They had already completed some kind of drill before the bombing. This was recorded by the police as part of their process. The drill was not nearly as intense as the real thing, as was only intended to reflect a minor mishap.
It was reported that Tamerlan was an undercover agent working for the government
Many things are reported, about many things, all over the world. A large portion of the population believe in unicorns. Whilst I have no evidence either way, neither do you or anyone else who claims that. The government will never tell us. So again, innocent until proven guilty - it hasn't changed my mind. Everytime I hear 'the government says', I tune out. The government don't go around stopping people in the stree providing them with confidential information like this. Even if it were true, whoever told you that didn't hear it from the government.
There were other men walking around the marathon carrying large black packs and dressed in the same colored shirt and pants as Tamerlan. The emblem on their backpacks matched the emblem on one of the exploded bags.
This is not uncommon for a sporting event. You aren't going to see women dressed in ball gowns are you. Think of the spectator population. Think of how many people would wear shirts and pants, let alone of the same color. And, being a sporting event where families brought their children, I would expect many to have backpacks (with snacks and water and so on). With the culture of Boston, is it hard to believe they all have a similar design? If someone special has that design, average joes are going to buy that design too. I would be more surprised if it was the specific brand. But, how many brands out there make similar design. Again, because people buy them. And, people buy them because other people are buying them....the cycle of consumer behavior.
The younger brother's finger prints were not found on any of the bombs or bomb materials and there was no trace of bomb making materials found in his dorm or in Tamerlan's house. This came out during his trial. It also came out during his trial that they didn't know who built the bombs and that the firecrackers they found in his dorm would not have had enough powder to make the bombs
What is said in a trial by the defense doesn't sway me, particularly with something so obvious. Maybe he used gloves? It is quite a simple thought that does not beat the overwhelming evidence against them. If they are smart enough to make a bomb as part of a plan, they are smart enough not to trace it to them. Especially with these guys, who did not appear to want to be caught. This is different to suicide bombers who will openly admit to if, if they do not die in the process - they don't care to hide it.
I would expect nothing less than for the defense to provide as much evidence as they can.
Those firecrackers may not have been intended to use with those bombs. They could have been used with different bombs. Or, used as firecrackers. Think about it this way. The firecrackers were found in a completely different bag. Doesn't this suggest that the younger brother had no intention to use them with the bombs he used? I have matches at home. I use some for birthday cakes, to light my fireplace and so on. On any given day someone can find me using the matches to light different things.
5. Dzhokhar's backpack was white and Tamerlan's was gray. The exploded backpacks were dark black.
This is not actually the case. D's backpack had white on it. But, also had a lot of gray/black. It would be reasonable for a police officer or the FBI who checked the footage to call it either color. T's backpack was dark black. In some footage, it appears gray. But, I put this down to the lighting of the picture and so on.
6. A live video of Tamerlan's arrest which is on youtube, has Tamerlan himself saying Podstava as the cops arrest him, which means set up in Russian. There is another video where the cops are shooting at them and the brothers keep shouting that they didn't do it. This part might mean nothing since I am sure a lot of criminals say they didn't do it but I still wanted to include it,
The police have openly admitted, time and time again, that they arrested someone who was a mistaken identity. The footage of them leading someone to the car is this man. So, as far as someone saying something in Russian, I cannot comment. Either way, it is not T.
7. According their aunt, Dzhokhar's lawyers visited his parents and told them that they knew that Dzokhar was innocent and that the appeals was how they were going to free him.
Irrelevant. I wouldn't trust the aunt, if she is the lawyer, as she will say anything to get him off the hook. If she is telling the truth, I wouldn't necessarily believe the defense lawyers believed either. They are allowed to say what they want to play the game.
8. Their friend was killed in Florida during an interview at his home with police. One of the bullets struck him on the top of his head. He had just had knee surgery so he would not have been able fight with anyone.
No. It was actually T's friend. It was not one of the 3 men we see in the movie. There is no evidence to suggest that the deceased friend is in anyway involved too. There is no evidence that he is part of the so-called conspiracy of T being there at that time. There is no evidence of that.
If they knew who he was, I would suggest that he was on some watch list too. But, that doesn't mean any direct link to the bombing.
I wonder if the brothers thought they were just going to be part of a drill, set down backpacks they were given thinking they were fake bombs, and then got set up for the bombing. That would explain also why they just went back to their normal lives and didn't try to flee or escape until they saw their faces on the news. Then they freaked out and went on the run.
Possible. But, again, to me, there is no evidence of this. It is equally as plausible that they dropped the bags and left. Remember, we have seen a lot of suicide bombers in recent years. So, we are starting to become desensitized to it. That doesn't mean anything, though. These guys could have just wanted to try and get away with it. The same way, not all suicides are murder-suicides. Or not all murders also end up with the culprit committing suicide. For example, Columbine massacre saw a murder-suicide, but the aurora shooting did not. So, not all bombings are suicide bombings.
Actually, I just re read a few articles, and there is more to your story of the defense. They stated that D definitely did it (they were trying to prove mitigation, not innocence). They stated that T made the bomb, thus making D less culpable because he could not prove he knew the bomb would work. So, ignore everything I said about that - the defense team admitted fault.
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