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Authorities have yet to determine what motivated suspects Tamerlan, 26, and Dzhokhar, 19, Tsarnaev to set off two home-made bombs at Monday’s Boston Marathon, killing three and severely injuring over 170 people. Nonetheless, the bombings have been labeled an “act of terrorâ€, implying that a known political motive is not necessary for an attack in the US to consitute “terrorismâ€. While this raises significant questions about the term “terrorismâ€, it also highlights a grave double standard in the US government’s response to mass murder.For example, if a mass casualty attack in and of itself equals terrorism, why was the brutal massacre of 20 first graders and six teachers by Adam Lanza never labeled as such? Why isn’t James Holmes–who killed 12 and injured 58 at an Aurora, Colorado, movie theatre last summer–being prosecuted as a “terroristâ€?James Holmes was read his Miranda rights without controversy, despite his home being booby trapped with explosives that the authorities spent several hours dismantling after evacuation of an entire apartment building. Meanwhile, the Department of Justice has invoked the public safety exception to Miranda so they can question Dzhokhar Tsarnaev “extensively about other potential explosive devices or accomplices†before reading him his Miranda rights.
The man who shot up an Aurora, Colo., movie theater during a screening of “The Dark Knight Rises†last summer has reportedly converted to Islam and prays up to five times a day.A prison source say the beard James Holmes sported in court last months represents his new-found faith. The source said Mr. Holmes has turned Muslim as a way of justifying his horrific crimes on July 20 which left 12 people dead and 58 people wounded, the Daily Mail reports.
