Boston Bomber Accused Dzhokhar Tsarnaev turning the Corner at Fairfield and Boylston – Conspiracy Theory Debunked regarding Backpack

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2311443/Boston-bomber-caught-Dzhokhar-Tsarnaev-captured-ALIVE-hiding-inside-BOAT.html

Someone mentioned that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s image going around the corner from the Bombing in Boston on April 15 shows him still carrying a backpack.

I have seen a conspiracy You Tube that claims that “fact” with a quick circle surrounding the spot in question that they say the bag still is visible but not so to me.

I looked at the area and had my doubts for a few seconds but I started with the original photo in The Daily Mail above, cropped it a couple times and even sought out a Google version of the Brick wall of the building on Fairfield and Boylston.

Google photos on their maps on average I estimate to be approximately 18 months to two years old. The Google image is therefore there long before the bombing.

The area in the brick wall behind Tsarnaev has some contrasts in different bricks used.

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The area on the left is full scale in the original photo. The area on the right is compressed in the Tsarnaev photo and the area in question that might have been photo-shopped, the brick work shows flaws in color and or texture that might coincide with the outline of a backpack painted out of the picture.

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While the government has the capability to fake photos. I do not think they faked this one.

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New York Yankee Fans Sing “Sweet Caroline” to a Wounded Boston with Love From New York City

New York City Loves Boston

Yankee Stadium - NYC

Fenway Park - Boston - Home of the Red Sox

As a writer in a global culture I begin to realize how discounted all words are these days even within our own local cultures.

As such I begin to think that symbols and gestures as in differing cultures trying to communicate is the best way to address some issues.

In the case of the tragic bombing in Boston and Boston losing its cherry regarding the global violence of a global culture’s possible birthing pains, the fans in Yankee Stadium New York sang Boston Fenway Park’s favorite song “Sweet Caroline” in solidarity by way of the Red Sox and paying respects to the people and victims in Boston. 

Well stated New Yorkers and Yankee fans.

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/york-yankees-honor-boston-playing-sweet-caroline-211539619--mlb.html

The Brooklyn Academy of Music

I never went to any Diamond concert but here I go with my story about Neil Diamond. I used to start work at 7AM in Rockefeller Center. On some days I would get off the express bus and walk over to 48th to a particular deli “Scott’s” that served a very tasty and cheap bacon and egg sandwich to go. This was in I think July 2001. Well anyway Scott’s is just off NBC’s glass front on the street for the Today Show. Well on this day at 6:30 the plaza was packed with 1,000 people and Neil was doing a warmup for the Today show at 7 AM. The crowd was absolutely on top of every music note and lyric, screaming, clapping, jumping. I stood across the street and listened for a bit and then sadly had to get to work three blocks away.

I remember walking along dark streets and hearing echoes of “Cracklin Rosie” bouncing off the walls of skyscrapers and remember it because it happened a couple of weeks before 911. I remember Neil Diamond with not only a fondness for his music but the memory I have of him in NYC before NYC changed on 911. Whatever. 

~~ My Facebook Page, May 21, 2011

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