AND NOW THE VIDEO FROM WHICH THE SNAPSHOT
WAS TAKEN:
Surveillance Video: Tsarnaev In Holding Cell In July 2013
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOF4UOBvX30
Rather than some sort of calculated, sustained display of evil scorn for America and his victims — CNN’s “defiant salute” — the actual video shows a 19-year-old prisoner bored from sitting alone for hours in a jail. The middle finger was preceded by other gestures that he maintained longer. He was using the camera as some sort of mirror and appears to be occupying and mildly amusing himself. The still photo was shown by prosecutors rather than the video because the former is menacing and the latter is not. Long-time criminal attorney Jeralyn Merritt noted how banal the actual behavior was
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