Mass. cop reportedly punished for releasing photos of Boston bombing suspect

[Connery]

"A Massachusetts State Police photographer who released stark photos to a local magazine of the capture of Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev reportedly has been relieved of duty.

Boston Magazine reported that Police Sgt. Sean Murphy was relieved of duty Thursday after he gave the magazine photos of Tsarnaev in response to a controversial image on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine.

The photos show a downcast, disheveled Tsarnaev with the red dot of a sniper's rifle laser sight boring into his forehead. They were taken when Tsarnaev was captured April 19, bleeding and hiding in a dry-docked boat in a Watertown backyard.

Murphy said in a statement to Boston Magazine that Tsarnaev is evil and that his photos show the "real Boston bomber, not someone fluffed and buffed for the cover of Rolling Stone magazine."

Mass. cop reportedly punished for releasing photos of Boston bombing suspect

This cop should be lauded not penalized, it takes a certain amount of courage and fidelity to your principals to do what he did. Moreover, there is no glamor in killing the innocent as the bomber did. The public should see both sides of the situation not just what some magazine wishes to do to sell copy.

 

[Sallow]

No..he should be penalized.

Those pictures are the property of the police department. They are part of an ongoing investigation. He's compromised that.

And he knew the deal.

 

[Connery]

No..he should be penalized.

Those pictures are the property of the police department. They are part of an ongoing investigation. He's compromised that.

And he knew the deal.

Yep....nevertheless, the people here are very supportive of this person because of the outrage caused by Rolling Stone.

 

[Katzndogz]

How dare he counter the official story of Tsarnaev being a good looking but misunderstood young man who is an innocent (but pretty) victim of an unjust nation.

Do you see a trend? All the true information we are being given is coming from people who have to break the law to get it to the public. Edward Snowden, Ben Kruidbos, this photographer. Thank God for them and their bravery.

In a time of universal deceit,
telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
George Orwell