Dzhokhar Tsarnaev described as ‘unassuming’ and ‘normal’

People who knew Dzhokhar Tsarnaev have started to share their memories of the Boston Marathon bombing suspect, calling him “unassuming” and “normal.”
Tsarnaev, the young man whom everyone knew as “Jahar,” was “a normal regular American kid,” said Ty Barros, 21, a former classmate at Cambridge Rindge and Latin High School.
He liked sports and listened to rap music with other kids hanging out in the Cambridge neighborhood around Norfolk Street, Barros said. ”He was a fairly popular kid, he was a fairly friendly nice kid,” Barros said. “I liked his personality.”
He said Jahar never talked politics or said much about the U.S., nor discussed the marathon.
“I would never assume he would have these types of feelings,” Barros said. “There must have been some really drastic changes in the time I haven’t seen him.”
George MacMasters, coordinator of aquatics at Harvard University, said he hired Tsarnaev as a life guard about two-and-a-half years ago, along with other high school students from Cambridge Rindge & Latin.
“I like to hire local youth,” MacMasters said. “Put’ em to work in the pool.”
MacMasters said Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who is still at large, was a good worker and got along well with the other lifeguards. “He seemed like a very quiet, unassuming young man.”
Larry Aaronson, a former teacher at Cambridge Rindge and Latin, told the Boston Globe that he knew Tsarnaev. “If someone were to ask me what the kid was like, I would say he had a heart of gold,” he said. “He was as gracious as possible.”
Robin Young, a public radio host, tweeted that Tsarnaev had been a friend of her nephew, writing, “heart is broken. just confirmed, I know dzhokhar tsarnave, one of best freinds of my beloved nephew,who says he never in his life saw this. [sic]”

That's how it looked below 14th Street in the days after 9/11. And if you're not familiar with Manhattan, the southernmost tip of Manhattan north to 14th Street covers more ground than a lot of small midwestern towns.

Consider this: By their draconian actions, have Boston authorities enhanced potential terrorists' motivation? Will potential terrorists now consider that their action can shut down an entire city?

I just read somewhere that one of these scummy bastards had hopes of boxing in the Olympics???

So much crap flying around at the moment.

Get outta here with that apologist nonsense, Oli. I love ya, man. And I know that you were defending this country in Vietnam while I was still in junior high school, so I know you've seen your share of random violence and senseless death. But that was a different time. If you lived through 9/11 in New York City I doubt you'd be asking that question.

These guys were Chechen rebels right? That would make sense. They have strong ties to Al Qaeda.

But they have an uncle in Maryland and other family in the US so i heard, so how wide does their support system spread??

God only knows, Yogi. Hopefully they'll take the younger scumbag alive and introduce him to Guantanamo North in order to find out.

Hear, hear PB.

Chechen rebels are probably some of the most fanatical and active terrorists on the planet right now. They fought in Iraq and Afghanistan and are well known to be some of the biggest fundraisers of international terror around the globe.

They are known for hostage taking, explosions and have had some high profile incidents this year alone in RUssia. However lot of the organized crime viewed as Russian is also in fact Chechen rebels raising funds.

Speaking of said uncle i have just seen an interview with him on the news. Chaotic to say the least. I couldn't really understand what he was going on about and the 975 reporters around him just added to the chaos.

Damned Chechens.

Classic clip PB.

Didn't the Chechans blow up an opera house or a ballet or something like that in Moscow?

I couldn't help thinking of that clip when they announced one of the Chechens was still on the loose.

Hope he don't get away this time but one thing we know he might not be taken alive which in a way I would feel for the families. They deserve to know why they did this.

And the notorious Beslan school crisis. 380 dead, many of them children.

At the opera house the RUssians pumped through a toxic substance which killed not just the rebels but a lot of the hostages too. In Russia they don't give a fuck when it comes to cracking down on this shit.

You could argue it's always a tough call in those situations but that was drastic to say the least. The stuff they used to subdue the Chechens ended up killing all but two of the hostages. So if you ever get captured by terrorists, you better hope the Green Berets are coming because the sound of the Russian troops hollering outside ain't likely to be much of a crumb of comfort.

Brutal shit.

Now they have army black hawk choppers flying over as well as army EOD teams in working with state and federal enforcement.

the uncle doesnt have kind words for the dead suspect called him a loser and called them both bastards to. I dont think they are getting any support from anyone.

They got some strike teams building up as well.

apparently police are gonna get bulletproof vests for the media.

What I can say about Chechens. They are very hardworking, they really keep together. Like try to insult one, in few minutes there'll be 100 of them around you. They are hotheads for sure.
If it's for me, I'd better be friends with them than enemy.

But yeah I surely want to know what brought these both guys into doing this...

It's reported that the surviving one became a citizen last year.

Watertown was my home for a year in the late 80s though I wasn't able to recognize much of the area from the news coverage last night and this morning. It is surreasl though to see the Greater Boston metro area shut down completely.

Maybe some ideological support, but it doesn't appear to be much in the way of financial support. Considering they had to knock off a 7-11.

Pizzaboy, you made me laugh with that clip from Pine Barrens. Paulie: "The guy was an interior decorator."

I don't know if it is connected or not, but nearly 3 blocks have been cordoned off here in Fullerton due to three suspicious packages being found. All the nearby shops and stores have been evacuated, and police, SWAT, bomb squads, and the FD are out in force.

Probably just a copy cat thing, but scary nonetheless. It is literally right around the corner from my apartment.

One of my cousin's lives about a half mile away from all of the shit going on. Apparently a photo has leaked, and been confirmed by police, of the dead brother in the hospital.

twitter account of this piece of shit
https://twitter.com/J_tsar

Apparently NYPD sent people up here with some grills, and theyre cooking burgers for all the cops that've been working all night.

According to the scanner, Boston Police have someone in custody who APPEARS to be their target, but they said they need to confirm it first.

Ok, I know they just had an update but I was on the phone. In a nutshell, what happened? I take it they did not get the other guy??



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