2013: THE YEAR AMERICA BEGAN HUNTING DOWN AND SHOOTINGS IT'S OWN TEENAGERS. WHY?

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was found hiding in a boat in a Watertown back garden on the evening of 04/19/2013.

The boat was quickly surrounded and subject to a large law enforcement response which included a vast number of local officers, several swat teams, two helicopters equipped with thermal imaging units, and snipers situated on the higher floors of neighboring homes that overlooked the boat, and so provided a good vantage point for any activity that may of emanated from it.

Despite initial statements to the contrary, authorities have since confirmed  that Tsarnaev was totally unarmed whilst he was inside the boat.

Yet he was subjected to a barrage of automatic gunfire during which over two hundred rounds of ammunition were expended and aimed at his known location inside the boat, Three separate stun grenades were then deployed to that same location


Injuries

Dr J Odom was asked to provide a brief description of Tsarnaev's injuries prior to Tsarnaev's first court appearance (beside hearing) on 04/22/2013:

"Multiple gunshot wounds the most severe of which entered through the left side, inside of his mouth, and exited the left side of his lower face. This was a high powered injury that resulted in a skull base fracture , with injuries to the middle ear, the skull base, the lateral portion of his C1 vertebrae, with a significant soft tissue injury, as well as injury to the pharynx, the mouth and a vascular injury that's been treated."

"He has multiple gun shot wounds to the extremities that have been treated with dressings to the lower extremities, and in the case of his left hand, he had multiple bony injuries as well that were treated with fixation and soft tissue coverage, as well as tendon repair and vascular ligation."

Injuries in further detail

Sixteen separate gunshot and serious puncture type wounds, including bullet/puncture wounds to both legs, back, collar bone, face, neck, hand and both arms.. He also suffered numerous soft tissue injuries and  burns caused by being in close proximity to the stun grenades.

Tsarnaev received life altering injuries.

As a result, the entire left side of his face is deformed and has suffered permanent paralysis. He has lost all hearing in his left ear and the vision in the left eye is so severely impaired it has lost useful vision. He will never fully recover from all of the injuries he sustained.

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, unarmed, and at the point of surrender

2013 was the year of an appalling terrorist attack at the Boston marathon finish line that claimed the lives of three innocent people and injured hundreds more.


It was also the year that saw the unarmed teenager suspected of that crime hunted down and shot like a wild animal without any explanation ever being provided as to why.

Such things set a dangerous precedent so as questioners we are duty bound. We have a legitimate, important, and candid reason for inquiring further: however uncomfortable that may ultimately make us feel.

References:

Goldstein. S (02/23/2013) New York Daily News. New York

Dr J Odom (04/22/2013) cited in court document 13-MJ-2106-MMB, in State V Tsarnaev, filed 04/24/2013

Court House News Service (07/19/2013), Pasadena, California.