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Tamerian & Dzhokhar Tsarnaev

Through the truly remarkable work of a number of cooperating law enforcement agencies and public-minded citizens, the suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings were quickly identified and neutralized, one through death and the other through capture. The first thing we need to do is remember and honor all of the victims, particularly MIT Police Officer Sean Collier and Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority Officer Richard Donohue. These two fine men are heroic examples of the willingness of police officers to place their own lives on the line every day to protect ours.

And now that the manhunt is over and the next phase of the investigation begins, it is appropriate for us to review the two statements we were prepared to make about the perpetrator or perpetrators before we knew anything about him or them.

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Bombing Suspects

As our frequent readers know, we have not wanted to get out in front of the search for the perpetrators of the Boston bombings and have therefore resisted offering any specific profiling information without full knowledge of what is going on inside the investigation.

However, there are a few characteristics of which we are dead certain, and we are therefore offering them without fear of getting in the way of the investigators or compromising their work.

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Boston Bombing

As we’ve often said, the solution to most violent crimes, especially predatory crimes, is the equation: Why + How = Who. And in a case as tragic and impactful as these twin bomb blasts near the finish line to the Boston Marathon, there are always going to be “media experts” who want to offer their opinions. For the time being, in my opinion, they ought to be honest enough to say, “I just don’t know.” The analysis of the structure of the bombs themselves will help determine whether this is a domestic or international conspiracy or some lone wolf looking for personal fame.

Beyond that, I think it is best that the so-called “experts” keep their mouths shut and let law enforcement investigators do their job without speculation that could very well lead to copy cat crimes or misguided reports that send the investigation off in a wrong direction. The consideration for would-be commentators should be the same as it is for physicians: First, do no harm.

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