Tsarnaev Apologized for Middle Finger to Cell Camera, US Marshal Says
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev apologized to a deputy U.S. court marshal for showing his middle finger to a camera in a courtroom holding cell in July 2013.
That’s according to the marshal, Kevin Roche, who testified on Wednesday about reprimanding Tsarnaev for flashing his middle finger and a two-finger sideways gesture. Roche said he and other marshals perceived these as “defiance’’ and went to speak to Tsarnaev.
“We asked if he was going to be a problem for the rest of the day,’’ said Roche, who was called to the stand by Tsarnaev’s defense team.
Tsarnaev acknowledged what he did and responded, “No, I’m done. I’m sorry,’’ according to Roche.
Prosecutors showed the below video still to jurors in their opening statements of the sentencing phase of Tsarnaev’s trial. Prosecutors said Tsarnaev was “unrepentant, uncaring, and untouched about even half the sorrow he has created.’’ Defense attorneys then entered the above video into evidence days later.
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