Boston Bomber Develops New Truther Cult
More than enough crazy to go around
Boston has rallied around its police and victims of the marathon bombing, but there are thousands of people who are rallying around Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the man accused carrying out the atrocity.
"We truly believe he has been set up and that there is not enough evidence to incriminate him," said the Facebook group "Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Is Innocent," which has more than 12,000 members.
On Twitter, the hashtag #FreeJahar, the nickname Tsarnaev goes by, has gained traction. A Change.org petition addressed to President Obama has garnered more than 6,000 signatures, saying Tsarnaev and his older brother, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, who died in a gun battle with police, are "wrongfully accused of something they did not do."
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Are these "truthers" at all related to the "birthers?"
How do we know if there's enough evidence or not - we haven't even seen it yet! Don't make up your mind before the information is available.
"the Facebook group "Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Is Innocent," which has more than 12,000 members."
How many of those members are there for the amusement?
Yes, because innocent people often get in shoot-outs and games of grenade toss w/ the police.