Friend Reached Out To Suspect After FBI Presser, Fearing He’d Be Falsely Accused (VIDEO)

[DonViejo]

Zolan Kanno-Youngs, a participant in the Boston Globe's co-op program who knows the Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, said he couldn't fathom that his friend was the subject of a massive manhunt.

Kanno-Youngs admitted that he saw resemblance to his friend when the FBI released photos and videos of Tsarnaev and his older brother, 26-year-old Tamerlan Tsarnaev, at a Thursday evening press briefing, but he didn't connect the dots because it seemed too far-fetched. In fact, Kanno-Youngs said he reached out to Dzhokhar Tsarnaev out of fear that his friend might be falsely accused.

"You have something in the back of your head like, 'Wow, like, that maybe looks like Dzhokhar,'" Kanno-Youngs said. "And you know, the crazy thing is probably my first reaction is reach out to him. And I did just to say, you know, 'Yeah, man, be careful because these people might try to think that it's you.'"

At the end of the video, Kanno-Youngs grew emotional, saying he is still in shock.

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http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/friend-reached-out-to-suspect-after-fbi-presser

Video at the link, above.

[Marrah_G]

1. This is so sad... i wonder if we will ever know what turned this kid into a bomber

[snot]

2. I don't understand the presumption that this suspect is guilty.

Where's the harm in waiting for proof? Which I have not yet seen.

[snooper2]

3. what's your clearance level?

[phleshdef]

4. Please.

They have him on film with the bag. They have footage of him and his brother robbing the convenience store. Police witnessed him and his brother shooting at them and throwing IEDs at them. They witnessed his brother running at them with an IED. They witnessed him taking off and running over his brother after his brother went down.

Use common sense here.

[kestrel91316]

5. You're right, there's not a shred of evidence that he has anything to do with these crimes.

Innocent college students routinely drive around in stolen vehicles shooting at cops and driving over their own brothers' corpses.

[cbdo2007]

6. He's lucky his friend didn't ask him to let him stay for a few days til all this dies down.

Or he would be an accomplice/victim at this point.

[Melinda]

7. There are other humans who love(d) these brothers.

It's very difficult for them in more than one way.

Multilevel heartbreak.