Explosion at the Boston Marathon.

MattusMaximus said:
So... did or did not the FBI release any images to the public? I'm still confused on this one.
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I posted this a few pages ago:

Today, we are enlisting the public’s help to identify the two suspects.

After a very detailed analysis of photo, video, and other evidence, we are releasing photos of the two suspects. They are identified as Suspect 1 and Suspect 2. They appear to be associated.

Suspect 1 is wearing a black hat

Suspect 2 is wearing a white hat.

Suspect 2 set down a back pack at the site of the second explosion just in front of the Forum Restaurant.

We strongly encourage those who were at the Forum Restaurant who have not contacted us yet to do so.

As you can see from one of the images, Suspects 1 and 2 appear to be walking together through the marathon crowd on Boylston Street in the direction of the finish line. That image was captured as they walked on Boylston in the vicinity of its intersection with Gloucester Street.

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Further, on FBI.gov, we have videos of the suspects. The photos and videos are posted for the public and media to use, review and publicize.

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zeggman said:
My hypothesis was that a person seen next to a woman wearing a pink jacket was Suspect #1.

The data gathered was the color of pants, shoes, jacket, and hat. These tended to support the hypothesis.
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No. When you look at the photo and wonder if That Guy might be "Suspect 1", I suppose you can call that a hypothesis; but looking at the photo again really hard doesn't count as "testing the hypothesis".
 
LTC8K6 said:
However, they might not have known they were suspects, and therefore had not run or covered their tracks yet.

Releasing the pics means they will be running and hiding, if they are guilty.
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Yup, this is another potential problem with the FBI's decision.
 
Checkmite said:
No. When you look at the photo and wonder if That Guy might be "Suspect 1", I suppose you can call that a hypothesis; but looking at the photo again really hard doesn't count as "testing the hypothesis".
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Careful, soon zeggmann will accuse you of claiming there were no bombers and that you don't care about your friends in Boston.
 
LTC8K6 said:
However, they might not have known they were suspects, and therefore had not run or covered their tracks yet.

Releasing the pics means they will be running and hiding, if they are guilty.
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If the two individuals being called suspects by the FBI are the actual bombers they don't appear to have made much, if any effort to conceal their identities. Unless they are somehow completely ignorant to the proliferation of cameras on the average city street they would have to know they will be walking by more than a few of them and that it would be likely that someone would notice the fact that in one shot they have a bag and then in a later one they do not. To me that would imply either someone who wanted to be caught (doesn't seem to be the case here) or someone who doesn't care because they already had plans they expected would allow them to escape the reach of law enforcement.
 
zeggman said:
I believe you're mistaken. I saw what appeared to be a hoodie on the guy wearing the Bridgestone cap.
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I just now confirmed that. Both guys are wearing hooded sweatshirts under their jackets. The one that white hat is wearing is lighter-colored as compared to the other guy.

But I don't think we ever see white hat with sunglasses.
 
MattusMaximus said:
So... did or did not the FBI release any images to the public? I'm still confused on this one.
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The FBI released highlighted photos of individuals they already determined are the suspects. In releasing the images, they asked the public if anybody personally recognized either of the suspects. That was the sole point of releasing those specific images.

The FBI did not release any raw images or videos, nor did they ask the public's help in searching or examining the raw images for "suspicious" people or objects. It only asked anyone who took photos or video at the scene to send those images to the FBI.
 
Twiggett said:
If the two individuals being called suspects by the FBI are the actual bombers they don't appear to have made much, if any effort to conceal their identities. Unless they are somehow completely ignorant to the proliferation of cameras on the average city street they would have to know they will be walking by more than a few of them and that it would be likely that someone would notice the fact that in one shot they have a bag and then in a later one they do not. To me that would imply either someone who wanted to be caught (doesn't seem to be the case here) or someone who doesn't care because they already had plans they expected would allow them to escape the reach of law enforcement.
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Yes, it was pointed out earlier that this could also suggest they are not from the area and were not worried about anyone recognizing them.
 
Checkmite said:
The FBI released highlighted photos of individuals they already determined are the suspects. In releasing the images, they asked the public if anybody personally recognized either of the suspects. That was the sole point of releasing those specific images.

The FBI did not release any raw images or videos, nor did they ask the public's help in searching or examining the raw images for "suspicious" people or objects. It only asked anyone who took photos or video at the scene to send those images to the FBI.
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Thank you for the clarification. I have a better picture of things now.
 
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