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Zolan Kanno-Youngs, a participant in the Boston Globe's co-op program who knows the Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, said he couldn't fathom that his friend was the subject of a massive manhunt.
Kanno-Youngs admitted that he saw resemblance to his friend when the FBI released photos and videos of Tsarnaev and his older brother, 26-year-old Tamerlan Tsarnaev, at a Thursday evening press briefing, but he didn't connect the dots because it seemed too far-fetched. In fact, Kanno-Youngs said he reached out to Dzhokhar Tsarnaev out of fear that his friend might be falsely accused.
"You have something in the back of your head like, 'Wow, like, that maybe looks like Dzhokhar,'" Kanno-Youngs said. "And you know, the crazy thing is probably my first reaction is reach out to him. And I did just to say, you know, 'Yeah, man, be careful because these people might try to think that it's you.'"
At the end of the video, Kanno-Youngs grew emotional, saying he is still in shock.
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http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/friend-reached-out-to-suspect-after-fbi-presser
Video at the link, above.
Marrah_G
(28,581 posts)snot
(10,540 posts)Where's the harm in waiting for proof? Which I have not yet seen.
snooper2
(30,151 posts)They have him on film with the bag. They have footage of him and his brother robbing the convenience store. Police witnessed him and his brother shooting at them and throwing IEDs at them. They witnessed his brother running at them with an IED. They witnessed him taking off and running over his brother after his brother went down.
Use common sense here.
kestrel91316
(51,666 posts)Innocent college students routinely drive around in stolen vehicles shooting at cops and driving over their own brothers' corpses.
cbdo2007
(9,213 posts)Or he would be an accomplice/victim at this point.
Melinda
(5,465 posts)It's very difficult for them in more than one way.
Multilevel heartbreak.