Moroccan track fan labeled as terrorist bag man by the NY Post seeks to clear his name

[BeyondGeography]

One of two men wrongly branded as the Boston bomber has a message for the world: “I didn’t do it.”

Teenager Salah Barhoum’s face was plastered on the front of the New York Post Thursday — and the tabloid labeled him and a friend “Bag Men” and reported they were being sought by the authorities investigating the Boston Marathon bombings.

But the dedicated high school track star wasn’t in hiding — and he wasn’t guilty.

“I want people to know I wasn't behind this I was just there to watch and enjoy the marathon, like everyone else," said Barhoum, 17, gladly posing for photos and taking media questions outside his home in Revere, Mass.

“The only thing they look at is my skin color and since I'm Moroccan I'm kind of dark,” he said. “Last night I couldn't sleep. Just thinking about the consequences. What are people going to say and what the result is going to be.”

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/hs-track-star-speaks-didn-article-1.1320766#ixzz2Qqci1DPk

[Enrique]

1. i hope he's doing this under legal guidance

i wouldn't want him to undermine his legal case against Murdoch.

[closeupready]

2. IMPO, he definitely has a slam-dunk defamation case against

that rag. K&R

[sufrommich]

3. God,that poor guy. I hope he sues

the shit out of the NY Post.

[appleannie1]

4. I hope he sues the crap out of that rag.

[Cha]

5. Best of Luck getting your name cleared, Salah Barhoum. I'm sorry the

stupid rupert murdoch owned NY post is so fooking irresponsible. They care more about sensationalism than getting anything right.

Their reputation is already in the sewer.

[joeybee12]

6. He needs to sue them and FUX which showed the Post ad naseum this a.m.