The Boston Bomber By Chandler Sendek

Background: Early Life  Born July 22, 1993 in Kyrgyzstan  His family migrated to Dagestan at a young age  Moved from there to the United States around the age of 8  His parents divorced while living in the U.S.

Background: Education  He Graduated from Cambridge Rindge and Latin School  He enrolled in the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth for a major in marine biology  He had hoped to become a dentist  Began failing his classes around the time of the bombing

Background: Social  Was popular among his peers and was considered normal  Sometimes engaged in the use of marijuana with his friends  Volunteered at the Best Buddies program  Spoke English clearly and was not seen as foreign by his classmates

Criminal Life: Before The Bombing  No previous offenses or charges, but he had one run in with police a year before the bombing In 2012 he had his car searched by Arlington Police with a warrant after getting reports of an underage drinking party

Criminal Life: The Bombing  He and his brother, Tamerlan, were accused of committing the Boston Marathon bombings on April 15, 2013  During the 2013 Boston Marathon when the runners crossed the finish line, bombs were detonated killing 3 people and injuring as many as 264 others

Criminal Life: The Manhunt  After the bombing he and his brother were accused of murdering MIT Police Officer, Sean Collier, on the MIT campus  They were also accused of carjacking an SUV and robbing the owner, a 26- year old Chinese immigrant  They used the antitheft tracking device in the SUV to locate the brothers

Criminal Life: The Manhunt (cont.)  Police found the brothers driving the stolen SUV early the morning of April 19  They engaged in a gun-fight with the police  Dzhokhar was wounded and escaped using the SUV when he allegedly ran over his brother who was being arrested  After speeding off, he ditched the car and fled on foot until thousands of police officers conducted a manhunt and found him in a boat in a nearby yard

Criminal Life: Charges  On April 22, he was charged with: Using and conspiring to use a weapon of mass destruction resulting in death Malicious destruction of property resulting in death  Both charges in connection with the bombings

Legal Terms  Conspiring: ○ An agreement between two or more persons to engage jointly in a criminal act  Weapon of Mass Destruction: ○ any destructive or explosive device designed or intended to cause death or serious injury  Malicious Destruction: ○ Intentional or deliberate harming of personal or public property

Criminal Life: Evidence  MIT campus surveillance video of boys approaching Collier’s vehicle from behind  During interrogation, Dzhokhar admitted that they were planning on setting off explosives in Times Square next  Dzhokhar reportedly wrote a note while he had been hiding in the boat In the note he claimed responsibility for the bombings and stated it was to repay military injustices in Iraq and Afghanistan Considered the victims in Boston “collateral damage” much like the Muslims in the American wars

Sentencing  On July 10, 2013 in the federal court in Boston, Tsarnaev had an arraignment for 30 charges Including 4 for murder and previous charges given earlier ○ Such as using and conspiring to use a weapon of mass destruction resulting in death He pled not guilty to all charges against him The prosecution is pushing for the death penalty The final hearing for Dzhokhar is scheduled for November 3, 2014

“When you attack one Muslim, you attack all Muslims.” - Dzhokhar Tsarnaev  In the note he had written in the boat while evading the police

 Nickname: The Boston Bomber  Cultural references:  He made the cover of Rolling stone magazine

Sociological Theory of Deviance  I believe the Conflict Theory is the most applicable to Dzhokhar  I chose the conflict theory because it emphasizes the struggle for other cultures to gain equality and maintain fundamental practices  This theory explains the lack of acceptance for the values of other cultures demonstrated by the majority population

Sociological Theory of Deviance  Using the perspective of the conflict theory it shows that minority cultures when exposed to the values of majority have trouble exposing the majority to the values of their own. This causes different categories or classifications of people within society. When people are classified against each other, conflict usually breaks out while each group strives for superiority over one another’s culture.