Shocking New Photos Of Boston Bomber At Moment Of Surrender

Kristin Tate

July 18, 2013 7:00pm PST

Graphic photographs have now surfaced of Boston Bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev at the exact moment of his surrender, when he emerged from his hiding place.
The images show the suspect bruised and bloody.
At the time of the photos, the teen was badly injured after a shootout with police followed by a three hour manhunt. A sniper laser visibly pointed at his forehead in the images. 


Sergeant Sean Murphy, a Massachusetts state policeman, took the photos. He released them in response to the glamorized photo of Tsarnaev published on the cover of the new Rolling Stone issue. Murphy wanted to show what terrorism really looks like.

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Murphy first released the photos to Boston Magazine. He said he was very insulted by the Stone cover, and argued that by glamorizing a suspected terrorist others may be encouraged to commit similar violent acts to get celebrity status.
He said, “The truth is that glamorizing the face of terror is not just insulting to the family members of those killed in the line of duty, (but) it also could be an incentive to those who may be unstable to do something to get their face on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine.”
“I hope that the people who see these images will know that this was real. It was as real as it gets. This may have played out as a television show, but this was not a television show,” he said. “Officer Dick Donohue almost gave his life. Officer Sean Collier did give his life. These were real people, with real lives, with real families. And to have this cover dropped into Boston was hurtful to their memories and their families.”
Unfortunately, many people have not been sensitive about the issue — even those representing Massachusetts. Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick simply said of the Stones issue, “I haven’t read it, but I understand the substance of the article is not objectionable, it’s apparently pretty good reporting.”
Wow. Really?
I lived in Boston for over three years and was there at the time of the attack. I can personally attest to the fact that the Boston Bombing events were extremely horrific and tragic for everybody in that beautiful city. How dare the Rolling Stone — or Governor Deval Patrick — try to downplay the severity of what happened.